New Zealand police website for snitching on people breaking coronavirus lockdown crashes due to popularity
March 30, 2020
There’s growing concern about digital tools being used to invade people’s civil liberties.
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Month: March 2020
Random copyright troll flags iPad videos and YouTube’s broken system complies with the takedowns
March 30, 2020
YouTube’s broken system still allows random accounts to claim content without proving they have the rights to it.
Brazil: Bolsonaro’s official response to the coronavirus isn’t allowed on Twitter
March 30, 2020
Whether Bolsonaro is right or wrong, should Twitter have the power to silence heads of state?
UK government actively working with social media to remove coronavirus “fake news and harmful content”
March 30, 2020
Big tech’s crackdown on coronavirus content has led to the censorship of many who question the measures that are being put in place.
Microsoft’s YouTube channels get hacked, promote crypto scams
March 30, 2020
YouTubers with hacked accounts sometimes have to wait months for YouTube to reinstate them. Will Microsoft get preferential treatment?
Instagram deletes @bestmemes with 14 million followers after posting fake Trump/Obama PayPal giveaway
March 30, 2020
The account was suspended this morning.
De-Mainstream YouTube tool adds channel filters so you can now block specific channels from recommendations
March 29, 2020
The extension makes it easy to stop mainstream sources from popping up in your recommendations.
Venezuela’s internet is on the brink of collapse after quarantine data increase and fuel shortages
March 29, 2020
Maduro has ordered internet companies to remain operating, but infrastructure is buckling.
Community-powered 3D gun blueprints repository DEFCAD is back online
March 29, 2020
Censorship challenges have taken the site offline several times over the last seven years.
This 17-year-old built one of the most visited coronavirus stats websites
March 29, 2020
Avi Schiffmann, a 17-year-old student living in Washington, has spent the last few months creating a website to collect all the information related to COVID-19,
New Zealand police website for snitching on people breaking coronavirus lockdown crashes due to popularity
There’s growing concern about digital tools being used to invade people’s civil liberties.
March 30, 2020
Random copyright troll flags iPad videos and YouTube’s broken system complies with the takedowns
YouTube’s broken system still allows random accounts to claim content without proving they have the rights to it.
March 30, 2020
Brazil: Bolsonaro’s official response to the coronavirus isn’t allowed on Twitter
Whether Bolsonaro is right or wrong, should Twitter have the power to silence heads of state?
March 30, 2020
UK government actively working with social media to remove coronavirus “fake news and harmful content”
Big tech’s crackdown on coronavirus content has led to the censorship of many who question the measures that are being put in place.
March 30, 2020
Microsoft’s YouTube channels get hacked, promote crypto scams
YouTubers with hacked accounts sometimes have to wait months for YouTube to reinstate them. Will Microsoft get preferential treatment?
March 30, 2020
Instagram deletes @bestmemes with 14 million followers after posting fake Trump/Obama PayPal giveaway
The account was suspended this morning.
March 30, 2020
De-Mainstream YouTube tool adds channel filters so you can now block specific channels from recommendations
The extension makes it easy to stop mainstream sources from popping up in your recommendations.
March 29, 2020
Venezuela’s internet is on the brink of collapse after quarantine data increase and fuel shortages
Maduro has ordered internet companies to remain operating, but infrastructure is buckling.
March 29, 2020
Community-powered 3D gun blueprints repository DEFCAD is back online
Censorship challenges have taken the site offline several times over the last seven years.
March 29, 2020
This 17-year-old built one of the most visited coronavirus stats websites
Avi Schiffmann, a 17-year-old student living in Washington, has spent the last few months creating a website to collect all the information related to COVID-19,
March 29, 2020
