COVID-19
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.
YouTube Pranksters NELK Boys Banned From YouTube Uploads for 7 Days for “Telling People We Have Corona!” Video
YouTube said their video was “harmful and dangerous.”
Google Considers Sharing Location of User Movements With Governments to Provide Social Distancing Data
Google says it will anonymize the data first.
Twitter Starts Blocking Some Coronavirus Links
Meanwhile, Chinese Communist Party propaganda about the coronavirus is left untouched on the site.
Twitter Cracks Down on Jokes but Lets Chinese Official Spread Coronavirus Propaganda
Twitter says it’s forcing the removal of some coronavirus jokes to “to keep people safe on Twitter.”