California
Stories
- Members
Many Apps on Your Phone Have Pivoted to Selling Your Location Data to Coronavirus Researchers and Others
? And the companies aren’t always disclosing it.
Devin Nunes’ Attempt to Censor “Cow” Parody Account, Instead Gave It 700,000 More Followers
Trying to censor a parody account was met with the Streisand effect.
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.
President Trump’s ‘Healing, Not Hatred’ Campaign Video Removed by Copyright Complaint
It isn’t the first time the President has been hit with DMCA notices.
US Justice Department Defends Tech Liability Immunity in YouTube Censorship Case
The defense came just three weeks before President Trump called for this immunity to be revoked.
Google Is Sued for Tracking Users, Even in Incognito Mode
Google is facing its next privacy challenge.
President Trump Calls for Congress to Revoke Tech Liability Immunity After Twitter Censors His Statement
Trump fires back after Twitter’s mounting censorship of his statements.
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Admits Media Coverage Influences Which Censored Videos Get Reinstated
Why is YouTube relying on media coverage rather than the content of the video or the qualifications of the doctor when making this decision?
Senator Kamala Harris Introduces New Bill That Takes Aim at Phrases “Chinese Virus” and “Wuhan Virus”
Two other senators support the bill.
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Downplays Monopoly Suggestions, Says It’s a “Competitive Landscape”
This competitive landscape includes Facebook, Apple, TikTok, and Amazon-owned Twitch according to Wojcicki.
YouTube CEO Responds to Congress, Working Hard to “Protect People From Misinformation”
Susan Wojcicki thanks Adam Schiff for his “partnership.”
Facebook Caves to State Government, Censors Pro-Protest Groups
Whether you support the protests or not, the move has raised questions about threats to rights of assembly.
