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Japan makes big steps towards a cashless society
New digital payments for salaries.
Brazil to test biometric database for “election integrity”
Data collection.
US is set to audit its online manipulation campaigns
A new review of the practice.
Trump’s Truth Social is considering lawsuit against SEC over blocked merger
The SEC is delaying the approval of the merger.
Fact-checkers say they’re constantly hit with lawsuits
While their posts can cause others to be censored online, they say their own speech is being suppressed with lawsuits.
Rights holders end legal demands for ISPs to ban movie pirates from the internet
The plaintiffs must have realized their demands were overreaching.
Facebook deletes group that used carrot emojis as code for the vaccine after BBC complains
Groups with over 100,000 followers shut down.
Breastfeeding clothing company loses revenue after sudden Facebook ban
Facebook’s censors shut down the company’s ads account.
Taliban set to ban TikTok and video game PUBG
After already banning many forms of media.
Esports founder G2 Carlos to take leave of absence after being seen with Andrew Tate in video
G2 Carlos faced calls to resign after online outrage.
Rumble, creating tech that is immune to cancel culture, goes public
Rumble went live under the new ticker “RUM” on Nasdaq today.
Amazon to assist the EU with a digital Euro trial
One of five companies getting involved.