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Cory Williams the “first professional YouTuber” is leaving after algorithm changes wiped out his livelihood
Williams joins others in criticizing the platform for not supporting independent creators.
Facebook to fund two new BuzzFeed shows
After cutting the reach on everyone’s Facebook Pages, the company now seems to want to stick to more conventional methods of getting content for its audience.
YouTube admits it made a mistake deleting CNN’s Chris Cuomo viral “Fredo” outburst video
YouTube says it made the wrong call.
CEO Susan Wojcicki says news commentary is a “very small” part of YouTube
This could explain why YouTube has been so open about embracing “authoritative sources” for its news content.
Twitter employees describe CEO Jack Dorsey as Forrest Gump-like and indecisive
Others still describe him as “introverted, conflict averse, speaking in riddles,” and, “not as aggressive as Facebook’s Zuckerberg or Google’s Page.”
YouTube removes congressional candidate Joey Salads’ Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy video for “hate speech”
It’s not clear what constitutes “hate speech”. Salads was only asking the same questions as many other people reacting to the Epstein suicide.
Google’s “Top Stories” section showed CNN 25% of the time for queries about Dayton and El Paso mass shootings
This follows a Google executive saying that Google shows CNN for 20% of searches for Donald Trump.
White House proposal to combat online censorship may allow FCC to remove Section 230 protections
Critics are concerned that the proposals may go too far and could be unconstitutional.
Twitter backs down, restores Mitch McConnell video and campaign account after mass boycott threats
While the decision is a partial victory for the McConnell campaign, Twitter is still soft censoring the tweet that caused McConnell’s campaign account to be locked.
Ted Cruz and others join GOP’s multimillion dollar Twitter ads boycott after McConnell campaign lock-out
Senator Ted Cruz, the Republican party, the Trump Campaign, multiple Republican committees, and others have paused their Twitter ads to protest Twitter’s “disgusting bias.”
Facebook plans to license legacy media news content after suppressing many indie creators from its platforms
Facebook’s plans are the latest example of big tech platforms making it harder for independent creators to thrive.
Amazon cuts off service to Iran, preventing citizens from using proxies and VPNs, citing US Sanctions
Since much of Iran’s internet is locked down, citizens were relying on US tech companies to run VPNs and proxies to open the free and open internet.