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The cost of “free” – Google doesn’t need your dollars when it has your personal data
“Free” services like Gmail come with a hidden cost.
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.
Google whistleblower Greg Coppola to Tucker: algorithms don’t “write themselves”
The reprimanded employee went on Fox News to give more info about what he says are Google’s biases.
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman tries to explain the vague reasons behind “quarantining” subreddits like The Donald
Keeping the rules vague seems to be a recent tactic to allow platforms to ban at will, even when users abide by the rules.
Amazon and Microsoft now control half of the entire cloud infrastructure market
The illusion of choice is getting weaker.
German trade union IG Metall is using its power to get YouTubers to unionize
YouTubers are constantly being demonetized and banned from the platform, having their livelihoods threatened.
AdGuard Pro returns to iOS after years of conflict with Apple’s oppressive practices
Apple seems to be lighting up on its restrictive practices in the face of antitrust scrutiny brewing.
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes is working to break it up
Hughes is working with a group of academics to tackle Facebook’s monopoly.
Instagram mass suspends 30+ meme accounts with over 33 million total followers
Instagram previously mass-purged meme accounts from its platform at the end of 2018.
Australian watchdog to call on Google and Facebook to reveal their algorithms
A major new report released today, outlines all the was Australia wants to rein in big tech. And forcing tech companies to reveal their algorithms is one of the recommendations.
Google stumbles, DuckDuckGo surges
Google searches are down 8% year over year. DuckDuckGo is up 49%.
Australia sets up a new antitrust branch to monitor Facebook and Google
The branch will eventually span out to monitoring other platforms. They’re starting with what they see as the worst offenders – FB and Google.