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Legacy Media Frames Another Trump Twitter Meme as “Doctored”
Framing memes as “doctored” blurs the lines between light-hearted memes and media that’s manipulated with the intent to deceive.
Andrew Yang Has Big Plans for Big Tech
Andrew Yang has a mixed bag of proposals.
Facebook Will Gray Out What It Thinks Is “False Information” Through the UK General Election
Facebook’s fact-checkers are independent organizations, so it is at their discretion who and what they choose to investigate.
Adobe, Twitter, and the New York Times Are Developing a DRM-Style Attribution System for Memes
Many popular memes are already being taken down by questionable copyright claims.
YouTube’s Anti-Conspiracy Theory Algorithm Expands Outside the US
After piloting in the US, the algorithm has now reached the UK and will expend to other countries soon.
Facebook Removes Accounts With Chinese Government Links Used to Spread Deceptive Info on Hong Kong Protests
Facebook is tackling anti-protestor propaganda from the Chinese government.
Censorship King Jack Dorsey Maxes Out Donations to Free Speech Queen Tulsi Gabbard
Why would someone who runs a platform that has squashed one side of the public debate be supporting the free speech candidate?
Twitter Notifies Users to “Support a Culture of Respect”
Yet another example of Twitter stepping up its efforts to police speech on the platform.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Vows to Suppress “Misinformation” on the Road to the 2020 Elections
Dorsey isn’t the only big tech CEO that’s made this promise.
Facebook Willing to Sacrifice User Engagement for Censorship
In the UK alone, Facebook engagement dropped 38% in the last year.
Facebook Says It’s Preparing Its “Civil Rights Task Force” for 2020
Facebook hasn’t yet realized that maybe it itself is the “interference” that should be kept away from the election or the census.
Apple CEO Tim Cook Says Tech Companies Should Accept Responsibility for “Hate Speech”
Cook has previously said that what he deems to “hate” has no place on Apple’s platforms.