Covid
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.
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.
Veteran-owned Nine Line Apparel shifts production to address coronavirus mask shortage
The company is stepping up to meet the increasing demand.
Cody Pfister, Walmart coronavirus licker, charged with making a terrorist threat, held without bail
The viral video caused people from all over the world to report the crime to police.
ADL asks Congress for $60 billion coronavirus national non-profit bailout package
The ADL has consistently pushed tech platforms to implement policies that hurt independent creators.
Report compiles 41 damning early coronavirus outbreak articles deleted by China
Now the report itself has now been censored.
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.