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Italian regulator rules Google Analytics use illegal
Not compatible with data protection laws.
Christian rapper Bryson Gray censored by Spotify over anti-Pride Month track
“You can rap about killing people all day and be fine though,” Gray said.
Members
US House subcommittee passes online privacy bill
The bill is the first attempt at a federal online privacy law.
Adelaide considers major facial recognition CCTV system
New invasive tech.
Twitter complies with order to ban Brazil’s Workers’ Cause Party
Free speech is increasingly under threat in Brazil.
Brave Search announces record growth, new features
Leaving beta.
Even Meta pushes back against the UK’s online surveillance and censorship bill
Meta says the bill would require platforms to scan “all private messaging.”
New York Times complains that Big Tech may censor less “election misinformation” during the 2022 midterms
Unhappy that some speech restrictions have been lifted.
Twitter bans epidemiologist Dr. Andrew Bostom who linked to vaccine-sperm study
The latest casualty of Twitter’s Covid censorship.
Nebraska wants to test body and facial scans that work from a distance
The push for more surveillance tech.