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Twitter says it removed a tweet from The Federalist co-founder Sean Davis “to keep people safe”
Twitter claims it mistakenly deleted the public tweet in an effort to protect its users but Davis says he was misled and given the false impression that the tweet was still live.
Prosecutors used the CLOUD act to force Google to hand over Michael Cohen’s Gmail, Google Drive and contacts data
Under the CLOUD Act, investigators were able to obtain a warrant which gave them access to the emails, contact, and files Cohen had stored in his Google account.
Australia joins New Zealand in eroding the digital civil liberties of its people in the wake of the recent terror attack
Australia internet providers have blocked Voat, ZeroHedge, Archive.is, LiveLeak and others, thus directly contravening civil liberties.
The most popular podcast host in the world, Joe Rogan, is a “far right influencer” “like Richard Spencer” according to Axios
Given the past evidence, that is a “demented” conclusion.
Congressman Devin Nunes files a $250 million defamation lawsuit against Twitter and some of its users
Nunes’ complaint claims that over the past year he has “endured an orchestrated defamation campaign of stunning breadth and scope, one that no human being should ever have to bear and suffer in their whole life.”
UK porn block law: How the creepy age verification systems will work
The age verification systems will include online account based verification, app and voucher based verification, and facial scanning verification.
President Trump’s social media chief, Dan Scavino Jr, is being blocked from commenting on Facebook
“WHY ARE YOU STOPPING ME from replying to comments followers have left me” Scavino exclaimed.
The MVPS Hosts file updates that help power UBlock Origin has slowed due to the maintainer’s ill health
At times, even projects critical for the infrastructure of the web have been underfunded and functioning with very few, or even with a sole maintainer.
Laura Loomer and Freedom Watch’s lawsuit against big tech has been dismissed by a court
Her lawsuit named Twitter, along with Google, Facebook, and Apple, as conspiring in unconstitutional suppression of speech
The US government is using images of citizens without their consent, including dead people and exploited minors, to test facial recognition tech
People are being captured at their most vulnerable positions and their images are being used without knowledge or consent.
Slack announces support for encrypted chat, letting enterprise users manager their own encryption keys
This update was launched to favor customers from regulated industries, such as the finance and medical sector, who need greater grip over security and privacy.
Basement is the new privacy-friendly, intimate social network aimed at a post-Facebook world
This cobweb of privacy comes as a reassuring factor for many – especially those that have been burned by recent social media trends and scandals.