Larry Sanger, Wikipedia co-founder, calls for a Declaration of Digital Independence
Sanger outlines the problems with the modern web.
Month: June 2019
Nintendo is still damaging creators and YouTube is allowing it
Nintendo is up to its old tricks, almost wiping out creators’ entire businesses at the click of a button, and forcing the takedown of content they have no legal right to take down.
Project Veritas sends letters to Congress suggesting Google is “likely in violation of federal election law”
The letter cites examples from its recent investigative report which showed a Google executive talking about company plans to prevent the next “Trump situation.”
Democrats say Facebook is “not doing enough” ahead of the 2020 election
The terms “fake news” and “misinformation” are thrown around.
Facebook is creating its own “Supreme Court” oversight board for content
Facebook are working on deciding who should be allowed to decide what content is allowed on Facebook.
Western governments issued a “Regin” malware attack on Russia’s Yandex service, Reuters reports
Spokesperson for Yandex, Ilya Grabovsky, confirmed the incident.
Trump administration considering proposals to ban end-to-end encryption
The controversial proposals to end encryption would put people at risk, security experts say.
Edge browser adds tracking prevention feature
Microsoft has joined the other Chrome competitors in working to add privacy features to their browser.
Black Pigeon Speaks demonetized two weeks after YouTube deleted and reinstated the channel with no explanation
This comes after recent investigative reports suggesting that YouTube is suppressing what it deems to be “right-wing” creators on its site.
