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YouTube to demonetize videos, including old videos, if they contain profanity in the first 8 seconds
Retroactively applying a new policy.
Senator Klobuchar wants to allow platforms to be sued for promoting misinformation
Senator Klobuchar calls for an end to Big Tech immunity, to “focus on certain kinds of speech, misinformation.”
World Economic Forum will plot how to counter “misinformation” at its 2023 annual meeting
The international group wants to predict and mitigate what it determines to be misinformation.
TikTok says it will curb Andrew Tate “misinformation” after media complaints of conspiracy theories
The Guardian alleged that conspiracies were spreading on the platform.
Ireland’s data protection office is looking into alleged “400 million” Twitter user hack
Another reported Twitter breach.
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Zelensky gives his government powers to restrict media, block websites, order Big Tech to censor
A new blow for press freedom.
Lawmakers to investigate US’ use of spyware tools
After recent allegations they were being used by the DEA.
WEF plans to issue guardrails on Metaverse creation
Guidelines in building and controlling the next wave of technology.
NYT op-ed: “Privacy at all costs” is “dangerous,” use of Signal and similar tools “puts us all at risk”
The piece branded Signal “government-evading technology.”
US government funds research on correcting “false beliefs” online
Another way the government finds ways to alter online discourse.