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Elizabeth Warren calls for more big tech censorship to stop “vile lies”
Warren has called for the breaking up of big tech but it seems she’s more interesting in using tech companies to her own advantage.
Bret Weinstein: “Google is behaving like a little totalitarian state”
Weinstein believes that Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms are sitting in the center of our ability to collectively think and that we should be quite frightened by this notion.
Exclusive streaming content set to bring about an increase in piracy
BitTorrent usage has increased in recent years, as more companies than ever want to lock down content to their own streaming platforms.
India is launching an antitrust probe against Google
India is the latest country who sees a problem with Google’s monopoly.
ICANN controversially decides to remove .org domain price cap
Many believe that ICANN has bowed to lobbyists.
Larry Sanger, Wikipedia co-founder, calls for a Declaration of Digital Independence
Sanger outlines the problems with the modern web.
Nintendo is still damaging creators and YouTube is allowing it
Nintendo is up to its old tricks, almost wiping out creators’ entire businesses at the click of a button, and forcing the takedown of content they have no legal right to take down.
Project Veritas sends letters to Congress suggesting Google is “likely in violation of federal election law”
The letter cites examples from its recent investigative report which showed a Google executive talking about company plans to prevent the next “Trump situation.”
Democrats say Facebook is “not doing enough” ahead of the 2020 election
The terms “fake news” and “misinformation” are thrown around.
Facebook is creating its own “Supreme Court” oversight board for content
Facebook are working on deciding who should be allowed to decide what content is allowed on Facebook.
Western governments issued a “Regin” malware attack on Russia’s Yandex service, Reuters reports
Spokesperson for Yandex, Ilya Grabovsky, confirmed the incident.
Trump administration considering proposals to ban end-to-end encryption
The controversial proposals to end encryption would put people at risk, security experts say.