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FBI Director Wray uses January 6th Capitol riot to call for backdoors to private messaging apps
Pushes for the end of private messages.
The revolving door between Amazon and The White House
Cementing Big Tech power.
The arbitrary application of Twitter’s “hacked materials” policy
Twitter enforces it based on who it involves.
Democrats level up their censorship demands of Big Tech, call for investigation into Parler
Emboldened by the recent Big Tech censorship spree.
Muslim prayer app Salaat First was tracking users
Honeypots are on the rise.
Facebook censors leaked emails story alleging Joe Biden corruption
Facebook is artificially cutting the reach, weeks before an election.
Twitter hides all search results for the “Obamagate” hashtag
Twitter suppresses one of the week’s top stories.
Justin Amash votes against resolution to condemn online QAnon supporters, says it’s “protected speech”
Amash was one of the few that put up a fight.
FBI partners with social media platforms to target “misinformation”
Particularly around COVID and the election.
Memphis cop investigated over Facebook memes
As cancel culture surges, Matthew Dyess is one of many facing calls to be fired for posting memes in recent months.
Politicians called out over support of warrantless mass surveillance
Dragnets are scooping up people’s data with little oversight.
MembersBehind Apple’s hypocrisy on “privacy”
? Apple’s promotion of privacy is mostly marketing and PR.