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The UK publicly funded BBC wants to create a public service algorithm” to promote “challenging” content
The BBC’s want you to get out of your bubble.
An advocacy group has been accused of “terrorism” for putting legal public materials online
A federal appeals court has ruled against the state.
China’s war on Wikipedia now extends to all language
China’s block on Wikipedia continues. All languages are now blocked.
Facebook mistakenly takes down libertarian children’s books then refuses to refund the ad campaign
The author claims that Facebook’s actions are fraudulent.
YouTube copyright trolls could face lawsuit to reclaim millions in damages
Rightsholders go after independent channels, ignoring the fact that fair use is valid.
Fundabit is a crypto based Patreon alternative
Users are leaving Patreon for good reason. This may be an alternative.
YouTube has demonetized UK political candidate Carl Benjamin’s popular channel with over 958,000 subscribers
This is the third major move the tech giants have made against Benjamin since he announced his political campaign.
Florida Judge rules, an IP address isn’t enough to identify a torrent pirate
Bad news for “copyright trolls”.
Amazon’s desire to fund Buzzfeed and The New York Times raises ethics questions
News media relying on big tech to survive may be a bad idea.
Luminary finally starts to support the open standard for podcast show notes as it dials back its creator-hostile practices
After a bad start, Luminary dials back its creator-hosting practices.
Google will add podcasts to search results later this year
This could encourage users to listen to their podcasts directly in Google Search and lead to more invasive tracking of their podcast listening habits.
Google to conservative think tank: delete your article or never be allowed to advertise again
Conservatives’ case against Google seems to be more relevant by the day.