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FBI admits to buying geolocation data
Seemingly by obtaining data without a warrant.
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YouTube CEO: Our monetization policies are oriented towards making advertisers feel “safe,” “comfortable”
“They don’t want to inadvertently damage their brand in any particular way.”
YouTube CEO reiterates commitment to stopping “harmful misinformation”
Continuing the video sharing platform’s long-standing censorship policy.
Bill Gates checks in with the digital ID project he’s funding in Bangalore
Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Trudeau announces $5.5 million to fight “disinformation”
Trudeau says it’s to fight foreign interference.
Ex-England star Gary Lineker to “step back” from BBC over tweet
While the BBC investigates.
DuckDuckGo introduces AI feature that uses Wikipedia as a source
Despite Wikipedia’s questionable accuracy.
Brazil rallies towards central digital currency
A major new pilot.
Quad9 DNS resolver loses anti-blocking case against Sony
An overreaching decision where infrastructure providers are told to block content they don’t even host.
Politico’s word blacklist is an insight into language control
How news outlets control messaging.