Month: January 2022

Germany backs down on threat to ban Telegram

It would have been impossible anyway.

Turkey’s Erdogan threatens media for publishing stories that go against the country’s “core values”

New censorship threats.

Spotify embraces Big Tech’s “content advisory” labels

Responding the the outrage.

Ottawa City Councillor requests lawsuit to seize GoFundMe funds raised for Canada’s Freedom Convoy

Another attempt that could suppress public support.

Joe Rogan responds to Spotify outrage; “Many of the things that we thought of as ‘misinformation’ just a short while ago are now accepted as fact”

Rogan made a video response to censorship demands.

How Big Tech uses DRM to build and maintain strangleholds on hardware

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YouTube changes copyright rules after Totally Not Mark copyright strikes

Countries with strict copyright laws will have less impact on other countries.

Many apps caught sending data to brokers

Increasingly common.

Pope Francis criticizes social media for allowing “misinformation” to spread

The Pope targets social media algorithms.