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Apple’s MacOS caught sending user data to Apple every time an app is opened
Apple’s supposed commitment to privacy falls short.
Target silently removes then reinstates Dr. Debra Soh’s book, The End of Gender
The second of such censorship cases in the last week.
Nancy Pelosi says Facebook is “part of the problem” for allowing people to claim election fraud
Despite Facebook’s censorship reaching an all-time high, for Pelosi it’s not enough.
Brian Stelter says alternative tech platforms are creating “echo chambers”
After calling for people to be censored on Big Tech social platforms, Stelter isn’t happy when they go elsewhere either.
YouTube removes Alex Jones Tim Pool podcast for “harassment and bullying”
The video had racked up almost a million views within 24 hours before it was taken down.
Trump law firm withdraws from election challenge after Twitter harassment campaign against employees
The Lincoln Project encouraged its followers to contact employees of the law firm.
Target temporarily banned Abigail Shrier book after complaint from Twitter user
Target backtracked but it’s rather chilling that a complaint from a single Twitter user can get a book banned.
Austrian court gives Facebook impossible order to remove “defamatory” “hate speech” globally
All “identical” and “equivalent” speech to a critical post against a politician is to be removed.
Norway introduces new LGBT law, jailing people for “hate speech,” even in private conversations
Free speech supporters have spoken out against it.
Twitter sacrificed 20% of engagement for post-election censorship
The platform willingly added friction to the retweet function to slow the spread of what it deems to be “misleading” information.
MembersBig Tech’s creeping censorship of private conversations
? The thought of being censored based on what you say in private used to be unthinkable but the Silicon Valley giants are mainstreaming this dystopian tactic.