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Conservatives call on tech giants to cut ties with the biased and disgraced SPLC
Bozell argues the group is extremely biased, abusing the powerful status and role given to it by these companies to silence political and ideological opponents, rather than promote fair and responsible speech.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg vows to police “harmful content and hate speech” with AI and 30,000 content reviewers
This follows previous statements from the company indicating that it will be using AI to combat “hate.”
Google closes its AI ethics council after facing pressure from employees to remove conservative member
After the council was formed, employees immediately petitioned Google to remove conservative and Heritage Foundation President Kay Coles James.
Android TV update include puts annoying ads on the homescreen
This channel was added with the latest Android home app update and will force users to see ads that they might not be interested in.
Article 13 and Article 11 last vote confirmed for April 15
This is the last chance to stop Articles 11 (the link tax) and 13 (the meme ban/upload filter) of the EU Copyright Directive. If Germany, Sweden, or the UK oppose the Directive in the EU Council, there may be further negotiations and amendments before it’s passed.
Germany rules to incriminate parents for their kids’ online piracy or music, movies tv and more
The court then ruled that telling the truth and trying to protect an under-age family member would cost them 3,900 euros.
Facebook paid The Daily Telegraph to publish positive articles about itself
While Business Insider calls reaching for “sponsored content” a “novel solution” – it really isn’t
Ban PewDiePie petition signed by mob of over 70,000
It sounds crazy that one of the most positive personalities on YouTube known for his uplifting behavior and entertaining videos is blamed for a horrific incident.
YouTube’s Content-ID is still crazy, crushing music education on YouTube
Overzealous YouTube algorithms often harm innocent content creators.
WhatsApp finally fixes group privacy settings problem which exposed user phone numbers to strangers
WhatsApp appears to have made the changes now as part of its wider campaign to combat what it deems to be “fake news.”
Linus Torvalds slams social media, calls Facebook and Instagram a “disease”
He stated that social media is all geared to the reverse of quality control… and to generate an emotional response, often one of moral outrage.
Brave Software has filed a GDPR complaint against adtech giant IAB Europe
IAB Europe said it was a claim was a PR campaign against the digital advertising industry.