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India’s contact tracing app is increasingly mandatory
The “unhackable” app has already been hacked.
Will Twitch’s new “Safety Advisory Council” mean a decrease in censorship? Not likely.
Twitch takes another turn in the wrong direction.
Sony’s abuse of DMCA-reporting systems against commentators and social media users is met with media silence
Most major video game news outlets have ignored the scandal for over two weeks.
YouTube demonetizes SGTreport, TRUreporting, Tin Foil Hat with Sam Tripoli, and Realist News
YouTube is tightening the screws on independent media channels.
Facebook censors awarded $1000 for being subjected to “conspiracy theories”
They said they have PTSD.
Indian city Rajkot caught putting names and addressees of coronavirus infected on Google Maps
Authorities are accused of being lax with user data.
Hungarian police interrogate 64-year-old man after he criticizes government coronavirus response on Facebook
Police showed up at dawn and took the man from his home.
YouTube auto-censors some phrases that criticize Chinese government and propaganda operators
It’s not yet known how long this has been going on for.
“Misinformation” seminar canceled after people realize controversial Chinese company Huawei was the sponsor
The organizers obviously hadn’t seen anything wrong in accepting Huawei’s money.
UK NHS corona tracing app details leaked in Google Doc accidentally made public
The developers can’t handle a Google Doc and want to handle sensitive user data.
The Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine starts adding warning labels to its archives
MIT Technology Review complained that it was allowing users to elude moderators and fact-checkers.