COVID-19
Buzzfeed to cut staff wages by up to 25% as a response to coronavirus
The idea is to avoid layoffs.
Coronavirus pandemic sees new Patreon creators skyrocket
This is the fastest that Patreon has ever grown.
YouTubers say their ad revenue is down by as much as 50% in March
Many businesses are cutting their ad spend as the coronavirus impacts the economy.
Instagrammer Keith Middlebrook arrested for offering coronavirus “cure”
Middlebrook pretended Magic Johnson was an investor.
Washington Post slammed after contacting Twitter user’s parents over their son’s tweet
The media used to target powerful institutions, now they attempt to smear random Twitter users with 400 followers.
Google’s mobile keyboard now blacklists “Chinese virus” from autosuggest
The phrase joins a bunch of others Google doesn’t suggest you say.
Google censors Google Doc of medical hydroxychloroquine coronavirus treatment trial paper
Is Google censoring even documents now?
Coronavirus is driving people into the arms of big tech
Tech giants are growing as other businesses struggle.
Fact-checker Snopes scales back, finding coronavirus “overwhelming”
Apparently, there’s just too much fake news.
Instagram to suppress coronavirus related content from explore tab
The platform will also hide content not approved by fact-checkers.
Wisconsin launches website for residents to snitch on people that violate coronavirus mass gathering rules
There has been growing concern that the pandemic is opening the door to invade people’s civil liberties.
Every company you ever interacted with is sending a coronavirus email
Companies are using it as a way to remind you that they still exist.