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Chinese-owned news apps are dominating the US app store, dwarfing both CNN and Reddit combined
At a time when controversy over news censorship and rising tensions with China, Chinese news apps are dominating the US App Store.
Adobe, Twitter, and The New York Times are developing a DRM-style attribution system for memes
Many popular memes are already being taken down by questionable copyright claims.
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone ruminates on why Twitter even exists
“We never articulated a purpose statement for Twitter. Why does Twitter exist? There was no answer.”
A charity spokeswoman’s Facebook post said only women birth children, an offended online mob got her canceled
The cancel culture continues.
“Free Hong Kong” protestor disrupts BlizzCon Q+A session
Blizzard has already been criticized for its “empty,” “non-apology,” about the banning of blitzchung.
Copyright takedowns on Twitter have more than doubled in the first part of 2019
Copyright takedowns are being used as a censorship tool.
Social platforms banning political ads could hurt candidates that don’t have large corporatist donors
Former Obama media director reveals the details.
8kun comes online, announces plans to prevent deplatforming and attacks
8kun is slow and expecting media and cyber attacks, but it’s up and running.
Blizzard slammed for “empty” China-Hong Kong controversy apology at Blizzcon 2019
Gamers and digital rights groups are criticizing Blizzard for failing to change its action and describing it as a non-apology.
Aaron Sorkin’s letter asking Mark Zuckerberg to correct fake news was full of fake news
It seems neither Sorkin or the NY Times bothered to fact-check.
TikTok is facing a national security investigation and review after privacy and censorship concerns
Congress has been increasingly skeptical about the app and its Chinese ownership.
Netflix and Amazon team up to stop users sharing streaming login passwords
The industry wants to crack down.