Author: Carl Sinclair
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Congressional candidate Laura Loomer raises alarm on Big Tech ties to concentration camps in China
Loomer is making it her mission to call out Big Tech dominance.
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How TikTok ordered moderators in India to censor content which is “against Chinese government”
Direct calls for censorship match up with previous reports.
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Rumors of incoming antitrust action against Google are mounting
Most rumors point to “early summer” being when the trigger is pulled.
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The failure of the Patriot Act review vote reveals a Senate uninterested in digital freedoms
The Senate has renewed the ability for the FBI to access citizens’ internet history without a warrant.
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Facebook quietly forms new lobbying group to promote the virtues of Big Tech in Washington
Facebook is also going to use the group to promote other Big Tech companies – not just itself.
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Status is the latest privacy-focussed chat app that aims to fix messaging and more
More alternatives are popping up in recent months.
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UK’s centralized contact tracing corona app aided by UK intelligence agency
The UK, along with France, have rejected a decentralized model.
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Corona apps pose a threat to civil liberties and privacy
?Governments are coming up with questionable ways to tackle the pandemic.
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Senator Blumenthal blasts Zoom for privacy issues while co-sponsoring anti-privacy bill
Genuinely misguided or intentionally deceptive?
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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.
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Opera browser begins showing Disney Plus overlay ads on Netflix.com for some users
Users reported the ads to us over the last few days.
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DoNotPay’s launches new service to automatically request rent and bill extensions during pandemic
Companies are coming up with new ways to assist users.