end-to-end encryption
The EU appears close to restricting end-to-end encryption
The proposals are unlikely to pass in their current form but some anti-privacy legislation is likely to come soon.
Bridgefy introduces end-to-end encryption
The local peer-to-peer messaging app has added encryption after a spate of privacy issues.
Bill Gates: Big Tech companies “doing more now” to address “wild stories” about vaccines
Gates questioned whether such stories would affect mask wearing and willingness to take the vaccine.
Bridgefy is considered to be a private app for protesters but is a privacy nightmare
The app has been leaking identities.
Gates Foundation funds Facebook fact-checkers that defend it from allegations
It also provides funding to dozens of media organizations that regularly give Gates and the foundation favorable coverage.
Bill Gates advocates for stopping end-to-end encryption (to tackle “misinformation”)
The billionnaire isn’t happy private messages can’t be policed.
WhatsApp introduces search prompts to crack down on viral “misinformation”
WhatsApp will now encourage users to “double check” certain messages via search.
Senator Ron Wyden wants to know why Twitter DMs still aren’t end-to-end encrypted
It’s been two years since Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said they were working on it.
MembersBrazil’s new “fake news” law is a threat to privacy and free speech – and it could signal what’s coming for the US and Europe
? Governments are increasingly looking to cut privacy to tackle “fake news”.
BBC “worried” that encrypted apps like Signal can’t be searched for “misinformation” in private conversations
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, several social media platforms and apps have happily decided to promote only World Health Organization-approved narratives and news across the world. While social media platforms are doing so to evade “misinformation” on their platform, the director of B
Private messaging app Signal suggests it could pull out of the US market if draconian EARN IT bill is approved
Signal is the latest company to speak out agains the bill.