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Documentaries should challenge narratives but in today’s world streaming platforms want to do anything but that
? Platforms are scared of pushback.
MembersCreators will have to move away from the ad-supported business model to avoid censorship
? Big Tech’s sweeping censorship and use of its power is exposing the many perils of monetizing through ads.
Detroit Man Wrongly Arrested by Facial Recognition Tech
People are starting to pay attention to the rise of face recognition tech.
Coronavirus lockdowns have decimated small businesses, but Big Tech is booming
The havoc that multi-month lockdowns have wreaked on economies around the world is only starting to become apparent and will take a long time to be fully understood, but not everyone is emerging as a loser from this unprecedented crisis. There’s been a massive transfer of wealth from small busi
It somehow took the George Floyd protests to get Big Tech to pull back on facial recognition tech
IBM, Amazon and Microsoft are rethinking whether they want to offer surveillance tech.
Amazon accused of artificially boosting its own branded products
“It confuses consumers into thinking these products are more popular than they really are.”
Twitch closes account of cosplayer and body-paint artist Forkgirl
Twitch didn’t give a reason.
Alex Berenson’s lockdown skeptic book rockets to top of Kindle charts after Amazon’s censorship backlash
While the book was set to do well, it was likely also helped along by the Streisand effect.
Elon Musk calls for Amazon to be broken up in response to its censorship of dissenting coronavirus perspective
Amazon dominates many sectors, including ebook sales where it has an estimated 83% share of the US market.
Bill and Melinda Gates bet heavy on Big Tech, buy up stock in Amazon, Apple, Twitter
Corona lockdowns have boosted Big Tech.
US Big Tech companies continue to work with blacklisted Chinese companies, power human rights violations
Research shows companies aren’t adhering to the blacklist.
Amazon sued for misleading you into believing you own a copy of the digital movies you purchase
When Amazon removes a movie from their catalog, customers lose access to it – even if they “bought” it.