YouTube Has Now Removed Over 500,000 Videos Under Its COVID-19 Rules
YouTube has introduced several one-sided censorship rules amid the coronavirus pandemic.
UK Says Big Tech Is “Manipulating Lives” Launches Investigation Into Its Algorithms
Algorithms also reduce competition and harm consumers, a UK watchdog says.
YouTube Scrubs Thousands of Dislikes From Joe Biden Videos on Official White House Channel
YouTube’s actions temporarily reduced the dislike-to-like ratio by more than 6x on some videos.
Privacy-Focused Search Engine DuckDuckGo Breaks Records
Over 100 million searches per day.
Biden Looks to Former Obama Staffers, Amazon and Google Advisers, for Top Antitrust Roles
A conflict of interest for an administration saying it wants to regulate Big Tech.
Secret Deal Between Google and Facebook Allegedly Revealed in Anti-Trust Case
A preferential deal.
YouTube Removes Live Stream of Peaceful Virginia Gun Rights Rally
The tech giant says live streams showing someone holding a firearm are not allowed.
Minds Cuts Major Features From Play Store App Version After Google Threatened to Deplatform It
Search, discovery, and comments are now gone.
Texas Attorney General on Big Tech Monopoly Power to Censor: “I Will Fight Them With All I’ve Got”
Ken Paxton has joined antitrust lawsuits against Big Tech in the past.
Rumble Sues Google Over Search Rankings, Monopoly Power
Rumble is a growing competitor.
Telegram Adds 25M Users as Founder Pavel Durov Says People Reject Being “Held Hostage by Tech Monopolies”
People are switching to alternatives.
Big Tech Censorship Likely Brought Forward Decentralized Tech
Decentralized tech could make the likes of Twitter and Facebook irrelevant.
