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The FBI won’t name other social media companies it pays
The FBI says it reimburses platforms for the cost of its requests.
The FBI flagged tweets on Ukraine and vaccines
Twitter execs couldn’t link the tweets to the foreign influence campaigns the FBI was alleging.
FBI flagged so many tweets, Twitter execs had to find a way to process stream of requests
Many flags weren’t based on foreign influence operations, but domestic tweets from US citizens.
Eufy responds to criticism of its “no cloud” privacy controversy
Questions have been raised about where data gets stored.
Lawmakers push back against FBI facial recognition tech
For violating civil liberties.
New report shows extent of Apple’s censorship for China and Russia’s governments
VPNs and private browsing apps are the main types of apps that are unavailable in these countries.
FBI responds to Twitter censorship allegations, blames “conspiracy theorists” and “misinformation”
The FBI says what it did wasn’t censorship.
Scott Adams announces switch to Rumble for live streams after YouTube demonetization
More people are ditching YouTube for its censorship tactics.
VP Kamala Harris would “require” social media to work with The White House to protect “democracy”
Harris says she is concerned about “disinformation and misinformation.”
Babylon Bee chief criticizes social media’s censorship of satire
The Babylon Bee has face multiple acts of censorship.
UK ISP Three is blocking private email service Tutanota
“ISPs must not have the power to decide which online services users can or can not access.”