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Twitter locks user’s account over tweet questioning Joe Biden’s health
Twitter is on an account-locking spree.
Amazon wants to keep your palm data on its servers for a new payment method
Amazon thinks it’s the future.
Adult Swim censors episodes that don’t pass today’s “cultural filters”
Even Adult Swim has started censoring. The episodes have disappeared on the platform as well as on HBO Max.
MembersThe coronavirus response is accelerating the China-style social credit systems around the world
? Civil liberties are being crushed by government demands for surveillance systems.
Facebook purges pro-Trump groups
Trump Train 2020, Red Wave; Candace Owens; and Ivanka Trump (Official) were all purged this month.
UK MPs to vote on renewal of “draconian” Coronavirus Act, extending overreaching digital surveillance powers
The UK government’s far-reaching response to the coronavirus has crushed many civil liberties.
TikTok thinks banning fasting apps will prevent a “negative relationship with food”
Content that promotes obesity is allowed but popular fasting apps are banned from advertising.
Google’s “pay to play” default browser auction makes it hard for privacy-friendly browsers to compete
Privacy-friendly browsers that don’t monetize user data can’t afford to compete.
China state media uses propaganda on Twitter to sow division in the US
China using Twitter to take advantage of division in the US is well documented.
UK police told not to download NHS COVID tracing app
Some officers have also been told they may not need to obey self-isolate alerts.
Hawaii Republican congressional candidate Nick Ochs banned from Facebook
Ochs says it gives his opponent a huge advantage.
FBI partners with social media platforms to target “misinformation”
Particularly around COVID and the election.