Arnold Zafra
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China preps for the launch of government-backed cryptocurrency, censors any negative backlash
China doesn’t want any public opinion getting in the way of its upcoming launch.
Research shows “political Twitter” is made up of mostly older, prolific, anti-Trump users
According to the report, only 6% of U.S. adults on Twitter are responsible for 73% of tweets related to national politics.
Comcast isn’t happy it won’t be able to see your web history when traffic is encrypted
Comcast uses anti-monopoly arguments for criticizing Google for encrypting web traffic.
Hillary Clinton is still blaming Facebook for helping Trump spread “outright lies about Democrats”
Clinton added that, “even though these posts violate Facebook’s stated terms of service, they’re still up.”
TikTok accused of censoring content about Hong Kong protests
Yaqiu Wang, a Hong Kong-based researcher for Human Rights Watch, said the Hong Kong protests marked one of the first big tests of how Chinese companies could project the government’s dogmas to a global audience.
Chinese state media accuses Facebook of “suppressing voices of justice” by supporting Hong Kong protestors
According to the commentary, Facebook is jumping to the front of the state and mobilizing violence in the Hong Kong protests.
California Attorney General hasn’t joined other states in antitrust probe of Google, his eighth largest donor
Politicians have been condemning Becerra’s lack of participation in the investigation of Google.
Nintendo successfully persuades court to order ISPs to block access to websites
The litigious gaming company was able to persuade the court to require UK internet providers to block accesses to websites that enable Switch game piracy.
Facebook and Instagram app downloads are in decline
Data provided by the Bank of America that shows a 13% year over year decline in the downloads of Facebook and Instagram mobile apps.
Facebook makes plea to iPhone users, recommends not turn off location tracking when iOS 13 is released
Facebook says it still believes that its platform is better when it tracks your location.
FBI launches “Think Before You Post” campaign, warning students to be careful what they say online
FBI issued the warning to students who are into posting malicious threats not only on their social media accounts but also through emails, or text messages.
Facebook censors satirical women’s site Reductress, suggests satire is “clickbait”
Facebook calls the satirical site Clickbait.