Frances Haugen
Child Safety or Censorship? Frances Haugen’s Anti-Encryption Agenda
Critics argue her proposals threaten online privacy while leveraging the emotive issue of child protection to gain support.
Facebook “whistleblower” Frances Haugen teams up with former intelligence officials to form new pressure group
To pressure Big Tech to tackle “harmful” content.
Teachers union pushes for independent review of Meta’s “societal impacts and risks”
The union claims Meta isn’t doing enough to censor “disinformation” on its platforms.
California bill aims to allow parents to sue social media companies for their kids’ “addiction” to platforms
Parenting by state and Big Tech.
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New York Democrat introduces new social media censorship bill
The bill aims to curb people’s speech by targeting platforms.
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US pushes back against EU Big Tech censorship proposals championed by FB “whistleblower” Frances Haugen
Haugen wanted the proposals to be the “digital global standard.”
Facebook’s opaque end-to-end encryption becomes a topic in UK hearing
Since Facebook won’t publish its code, no one knows what it’s really doing.
Facebook leaks reveal employees pushed for censorship of conservative news outlets
Suppressing select media.
House Democrats want to make Big Tech liable for “harm” caused by its algorithms
The draft bill is written in a way that would cause more online censorship.