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Instagram is preparing to request government-issued ID from users
It could be similar to how Facebook wants to verify users that go viral.
Twitter censors Trump statement for saying anarchists would be met with “serious force”
Twitter is now censoring and editorializing the President’s statements on a weekly basis.
YouTube bans Gavin McInnes after 15 years on the platform
McInnes has been scrubbed from all the Big Tech platforms in recent years.
Facebook censors article critical of its business partner Shutterstock
Facebook says the article goes against its Community Standards.
Apple to remove an estimated 20K games from Chinese App Store in July
China wants to crack down on games that don’t have a government license.
Petition asking women be called “women” instead of “menstruators” called transphobic, deleted by change.org
Change says it broke the community guidelines.
Telegram founder calls for resistance against China and Iran’s censorship
After Russia caved, Durov now wants help to push back against the app’s suppression in China and Iran.
Google starts fact-checking images in search results
Another Big Tech company adds fact-checks that editorialize its search results.
US Attorney General Barr accuses social media platforms of censorship “bait and switch”
Barr has commented on this several times but has yet to act.
China blocks access to website of India’s PM Modi and stories critical of China
Amid rising tensions with India, China’s great firewall has been updated.
TV producers turn to private investigators to scan for problematic tweets of potential hires
Producers are taking it seriously now cancel culture shows no signs of stopping.
Massive data breach of billions of records shows the murky world of online tracking
The extent of the data being collected on us is astonishing.