Tom Parker
Tom Parker is a founder and lead editor for Reclaim The Net and provides news and analysis on how we can promote free speech, stop censorship, and protect our personal data online.
US social media companies delay signing France “hate speech” pledge
A senior Trump administration said some of the social media companies felt “bullied by France to join.”
Trump admin eyes proposal to curb gun violence by monitoring mental states with Alexa, Apple Watch, and more
The proposal would also use advanced AI to identify mental changes that make people more prone to violent behaviors.
New Facebook emails show employee concerns about Cambridge Analytica data scraping months before media reports
Facebook says the September 2015 discussions were a separate incident to the sale of user data to Cambridge Analytica that Facebook discovered in 2015.
Jordan Peterson deepfake voice simulator taken offline after Peterson suggests legal action
The site allowed users to type phrases for the Jordan Peterson deepfake voice simulator to read out loud.
Google leaker says the company is using a blacklist to scrub “Clinton body count” from autocomplete results
Multiple Google engineers have claimed that the company employs blacklists and their claims are supported by several leaked documents which appear to show Google blacklists.
DC Court of Appeals will hear Laura Loomer and Freedom Watch’s big tech anti-conservative bias lawsuit
The appeals court has agreed to hear the merits of the case which accuses Apple, Facebook, Google, and Twitter of working together to “intentionally and willfully suppress politically conservative content.”
Senator Josh Hawley slams Facebook’s conservative bias audit: “it’s a smokescreen disguised as a solution”
The audit has received widespread criticism from both conservatives and liberals.
Developer-focused email service Mailgun bans Gab after three years of business
Mailgun is the latest of many companies to deplatform Gab but despite these obstacles, the free speech social network has almost doubled its traffic this year.
MoviePass reportedly exposes 50,000 customer card numbers, hundreds of emails, and credit card numbers
Earlier this month, MoviePass was also accused of changing customer passwords to encourage them to use the service less.
FTC chairman says Facebook merging with Instagram and WhatsApp will make it difficult to break up
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is planning to unify the messaging features of Facebook Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
Major big tech antitrust investigation to start as early as September
The big tech companies are facing mounting pressure from various US federal departments.
Twitter bans ads from state-controlled media days after report of Hong Kong protest propaganda campaign
The announcement comes less than a week after a news agency founded by the Communist Party of China was found to be running propaganda ads against Hong Kong protestors.