Month: July 2019
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Amazon’s Ring home security company has reportedly partnered with at least 200 law enforcement agencies
This follows wider concerns around how Ring is creating a corporate surveillance network and the plans Amazon has for this…
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YouTube demonetizes popular YouTube channel Top 5 Scary Videos
The channel is the lates independent channel to be hit by YouTube’s practices.
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YouTube chief proposes “positive discrimination” of “authoritative sources” like CNN over indie creators
YouTube appears to be turning its back on the users that built the platform.
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As centralized platforms turn to bias and censorship, 2019 is the year to start a website
Social platforms are worse than ever with censorship, privacy invasion and bias. It’s time to go back to having a…
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With the CASE act, Congress takes aim at memes
The CASE act will allow copyright trolls to tackle those who upload works they don’t own the original copyright for.
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The cost of “free” – Google doesn’t need your dollars when it has your personal data
“Free” services like Gmail come with a hidden cost.
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey vows to suppress “misinformation” on the road to the 2020 elections
Dorsey isn’t the only big tech CEO that’s made this promise.
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Google whistleblower Greg Coppola to Tucker: algorithms don’t “write themselves”
The reprimanded employee went on Fox News to give more info about what he says are Google’s biases.
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Reddit CEO Steve Huffman tries to explain the vague reasons behind “quarantining” subreddits like The Donald
Keeping the rules vague seems to be a recent tactic to allow platforms to ban at will, even when users…
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Amazon and Microsoft now control half of the entire cloud infrastructure market
The illusion of choice is getting weaker.
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German trade union IG Metall is using its power to get YouTubers to unionize
YouTubers are constantly being demonetized and banned from the platform, having their livelihoods threatened.
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AdGuard Pro returns to iOS after years of conflict with Apple’s oppressive practices
Apple seems to be lighting up on its restrictive practices in the face of antitrust scrutiny brewing.












