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Tech companies will get heavy UK fines if they don’t crack down on so-called “hate speech”
Uninformed government ministers seem intent on regulating “hate speech” without even defining what it is.
Facebook lied about the number of minors in Its infamous backdoor “research program”
Facebook originally said that fewer than 5% of participants were minors. The real answer was 18%+.
Rust YouTuber “Vice” had his channel deleted for so-called “impersonation” of VICE Media
YouTube didn’t offer the YouTuber a chance to change their name – they just deleted the entire channel.
5g privacy concerns are real, says Bell Labs researcher
5g is coming and one of most alarming issues is how 5g makes it easy to access the location of a user.
Leaked Facebook documents suggest the company throttles live videos on conservative pages
Project Veritas has leaked 60 pages of internal Facebook documents alongside a video interview with a former Facebook employee which collectively make a range of explosive claims against the company. Here are the five main takeaways from these documents and the video.
The FTC has started tackling fake paid reviews on Amazon.com
Fake paid reviews on Amazon are big business.
PayPal CEO admits to partnering with SPLC – revealing why PayPal is biased against conservatives
Many consider the Souther Poverty Law Center to be a hate group.
New FTC task force is starting to investigate tech monopolies
Many feel that tech companies are getting too big and need to be broken up to maintain a fair market.
Rotten Tomatoes removes pre-release comments and “want to see” score after fake news about Captain Marvel being review bombed
These changes have led to all criticisms of Captain Marvel being scrubbed from the site while positive comments about the movie are still promoted.
Free speech social network Gab and its Dissenter comments extension are now open to all users
Gab, the free speech social network, was previously invite-only and Dissenter, the extension that allows you to create Gab-hosted comments feeds for any website, was initially only available to Gab Pro users. Now anyone can sign up for a free Gab account and connect it to Dissenter.
New report suggests YouTube advertisers are spending less on independent content creators
Instead, they’re investing in premium content providers such as Disney and Vevo because they’re considered to be brand-safe.
Publishers Say That revenue on Apple News is “abysmal” due to Apple’s focus on privacy
Advertisers love lots of privacy-invading data, and Apple won’t collect it.