Naga Pramod
Naga Pramod is a computer science major and tech news reporter with a passion for cyber security, networking, and data science. [email protected]
Tony Blair Institute For Global Change says increased surveillance is a “price worth paying”
The institute thinks we should ease off on civil liberties for the sake of the pandemic.
Poll suggests majority of people support big tech contact tracing
The pandemic has been a big boon for big tech overreach.
Activists in China detained for bypassing censorship using GitHub
The activists had been archiving the articles that the Chinese government had been suppressing.
WhatsApp was so desperate to suppress conspiracy theories it suppressed everything
Facebook is taking a sledgehammer approach to even private conversations.
Bill Gates praises China’s response to the outbreak
China’s censorship-driven response to the coronavirus has earned it praise from the former Microsoft CEO.
The movies and shows censored on Disney Plus
Isn’t art supposed to be a product and a representation of its time?
Herman Li, DragonForce guitarist, criticizes Universal for claiming his own music on YouTube
Universal hasn’t even been paying Li the royalties he’s owned.
Advertiser Linkvertise threatens legal action against ad-blocker Universal Bypass
Apparently Universal Bypass is guilty of “copyright infringement.”
US Police begin using surveillance drones donated from China
The use of drones is being encouraged to enforce social distancing measures.
UK nurses remove Twitter Maori tribute video after being accused of “cultural appropriation”
The nurses caved to online pressure.
State governors say Facebook is lying, Facebook alone decided to shut down protest groups
States say Facebook decided to censor the groups on their own accord.
Google blocks church’s app for mentioning coronavirus
Google says it violates the “sensitive events” policy.