Tech Freedom
Alibaba founder Jack Ma “missing” after publicly criticizing the Chinese Communist Party
Ma hasn’t even turned up for filming of his own TV show.
Google expands its monopoly dominance and indexes Instagram Stories and TikToks
A move to become chief aggregator.
Brave has to remove key tipping feature on iOS to comply with Apple’s demands
Apple’s restrictions continue to stifle innovation.
FTC and 48 state AGs file antitrust lawsuits aiming to break up Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp
The lawsuits accuse Facebook of illegal monopolization.
Senate confirms Big Tech critic Nate Simington to the FCC
The appointment will shape Big Tech regulation for the next five years.
Snowden: The modern internet became “less for the individual” and all about centralized control and censorship
The decentralized internet lost out to corporate power.
Zuck personally signed off on algorithm manipulation towards establishment, legacy media
Indie outlets were culled in terms of reach and engagement.
MembersA breakdown of the Democrats’ Big Tech antitrust report
We condense the report down to the main takeaways.
Google’s “pay to play” default browser auction makes it hard for privacy-friendly browsers to compete
Privacy-friendly browsers that don’t monetize user data can’t afford to compete.
The EU wants to give itself greater powers to punish tech companies that don’t censor enough
The EU wants to score tech companies on how promptly they take down users’ posts.
Mark Zuckerberg says Apple “deserves scrutiny”
It takes one to know one.