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Twitch will quietly disable the ability to comment on VODs on November 12
Not only this, but existing comments will also disappear.
Human rights activist Yasmine Mohammed slams Amazon for labeling her “controversial” and rejecting her book ads
A few hours after she posted about Amazon suspending her ads, Mohammed says her post was then removed by Facebook for violating its community standards.
Amazon, LinkedIn, and WhatsApp join big tech anti-terror coalition for fighting “extremist” content online
The announcement follows warnings from the EFF that innocent users will be hurt the most when attempting to crush “extremist” speech online.
India considers new legislation to force big tech companies to sell their data
This new guideline will also ensure the fact that there will be greater scope for competition as all players, either big or small will have access to the customer data.
Google’s latest ecommerce search changes are anti-competitive and harm affiliate marketing, publishers say
What Google tested doing is show links to publishers, its own Google Shopping service, and a carousel of clickable images of products promoted by publishers, along with these companies’ names.
Leaked document shows EU copyright companies plan to publicly smear tech companies in order to influence them
The leaked document, a letter, shows VG Media spearheading the effort to carry out a campaign to influence public opinion, policymakers and judges across the EU and in member-states against “digital monopolists”.
Japan outlines rules to rein in big tech monopolies
The push for more regulation comes down to preventing Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon from abusing user data they collect, and the market position this data gives them.
Big tech is lobbying hard against state privacy laws
Tech giants say they don’t want individual state privacy laws.
Local cities and police want Amazon to share data of who has a Ring surveillance device
According to Ring, the information was shared to help the city block people from using a discount code twice.
Major big tech antitrust investigation to start as early as September
The big tech companies are facing mounting pressure from various US federal departments.
Washington Post calls Bernie conspiracy theorist for suggesting pro-Bezos bias
Bernie says he always criticizes Amazon and thinks that’s why he always gets negative stories from The Washington Post.
Apple facing iCloud lawsuit for allowing Amazon and others to store data
In its “Welcome to iCloud” legal agreement, Apple suggests that only Apple will be taking care of the data.