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Germany weakened COVID tracking app protections for political purposes, report suggests
Protecting personal data took a backseat.
YouTube bans vaccine skepticism, boots RFK Jr, Mercola, and others
The tech giant’s far-reaching censorship rules get even stricter.
Alberta vaccine passport: user info, including driving licenses, exposed on the web
Another privacy issue in another vaccine passport app.
Alabama governor Kay Ivey blasts Facebook for censoring her page
Facebook said the censorship was a “mistake.”
YouTube: Stopping the spread of “misinformation,” “violative content” is our “number one priority”
A drastic shift in priorities from the platform that launched with the slogan “Broadcast Yourself.”
CNN to stop posting on Facebook in Australia after outlets are forced to be liable for reader comments
A court ruled news outlets can be sued over the comments of their readers.
Virginia schools sign up to Mark Zuckerberg-backed program that collects personal data
Parents aren’t happy that kids have been opted-in by default.
Clearview AI drops request for subpoenas of its critics
The end of the retaliation.
Amplosion is a new iOS browser extension that redirects users away from Google’s controversial AMP links
Google uses its monopoly to push its own AMP technology. This extension stops that.
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Ron DeSantis orders investigation of Facebook’s censorship protection of certain elites
The Florida Governor hints at election interference.