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Only 20% of people trust Big Tech to decide what people are allowed to talk about
People want more freedom, a new survey suggests.
Pelosi calls on advertisers to use their “position of power”, get social media to censor more “misinformation”
Pelosi wants social platforms to be hit where it hurts.
Senator Hawley’s bill aims to end Big Tech censorship, but is likely to be challenged
The bill would allow users to sue Big Tech for $5,000 but has a few holes.
Google threatens to strip revenue from The Federalist after NBC News complaint
People see this as NBC lobbying Google, which has a monopoly on website advertising, to demonetize its competitors.
Twitter is an echo chamber of insanity and it’s impacting academia
Studies that get tweeted out end up getting cited more.
Big Tech donated to the wrong “Black Lives Matter”
They instead donated to a group that aims to bring “the community and police closer together” – something we all know Big Tech doesn’t support.
MembersMany apps on your phone have pivoted to selling your location data to coronavirus researchers and others
? And the companies aren’t always disclosing it.
Apple’s App Store shakedown gets new attention as email app Hey is rejected from App Store
“There is never in a million years a way that I am paying Apple a third of our revenues.”
Over 70% of Americans won’t download any contact tracing app
Privacy fears are cited.
The FCC is already casting doubt on Trump’s anti-censorship executive order
Exactly as expected.
College presidents are reminded that, actually, “hate speech” is free speech
A college president has been schooled after telling students to mind what they’re posting online.
Chinese propaganda mocks the US over police brutality, but in China criticism of police is censored in real-time
China’s social media censorship prevents citizens voicing concerns about police misconduct.