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.
How to Stop Your Amazon Fire TV Edition Smart TV From Tracking You
The Amazon Fire TV Edition platform can collect data about your usage of streaming apps and some of your viewing habits. Here’s how to limit this data collection.
How to Turn Off Your Vizio Smart TV Tracking Features
Vizio smart TVs have a number of built-in tracking features. Here’s how to turn them off.
How to Stop Your Roku Smart TV From Tracking You
Smart TVs that use the Roku TV operating system can track your viewing habits in real-time. Follow these steps to disable this tracking.
How to Stop Facebook From Tracking You on iOS and Android
Facebook can track you on your mobile device, even if you’re not an active Facebook user. Follow these steps to minimize the data Facebook collects on iOS and Android.
16 Facebook Privacy Settings You Need to Change Right Now
Protect your privacy and minimize the personal data Facebook collects by changing these 16 settings.
Twitter’s Latest Account Suspensions Prove Your Content Isn’t Safe on Social Media in 2019
We’re less than one week into 2019 and Twitter is already letting content creators know that nothing they post to social media is going to be safe this year.
Private Search Engine DuckDuckGo Hits a Record 9 Billion Private Searches in 2018 as Consumers Become More Privacy Conscious
This represents the company’s biggest ever year-on-year increase in the number of total private searches.
Dave Rubin and Jordan Peterson Announce They’re Leaving Patreon
Jordan Peterson and Dave Rubin are making a stand against Patreon’s ever moving encroachment on free speech and free expression.
The UK’s Proposed Online Forums Bill Is Another Example of Why Hate Speech Laws Shouldn’t Be a Thing
these terms could easily be used to suppress free speech and censor people through the legal system.
New Study Reveals Many Popular Android Apps Have Been Sending Data to Facebook (Even When You Don’t Have a Facebook Account)
This data was sent to Facebook regardless of whether app users were logged into their Facebook accounts.
Google Knows What You’ve Purchased by Scanning Your Emails
Twitter users have discovered that Gmail is scanning email receipts to link non-Google purchases to a user’s Google account.
YouTuber Attorney Lior Leser Announces Plans to File an FTC Complaint Against Patreon and PayPal
A legal expert has laid out his plans to file an FTC (federal trade commission) complaint against the payment processor PayPal and the fan funding website Patreon.