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New Zealand police website for snitching on people breaking coronavirus lockdown crashes due to popularity
There’s growing concern about digital tools being used to invade people’s civil liberties.
Random copyright troll flags iPad videos and YouTube’s broken system complies with the takedowns
YouTube’s broken system still allows random accounts to claim content without proving they have the rights to it.
Brazil: Bolsonaro’s official response to the coronavirus isn’t allowed on Twitter
Whether Bolsonaro is right or wrong, should Twitter have the power to silence heads of state?
UK government actively working with social media to remove coronavirus “fake news and harmful content”
Big tech’s crackdown on coronavirus content has led to the censorship of many who question the measures that are being put in place.
Microsoft’s YouTube channels get hacked, promote crypto scams
YouTubers with hacked accounts sometimes have to wait months for YouTube to reinstate them. Will Microsoft get preferential treatment?
Instagram deletes @bestmemes with 14 million followers after posting fake Trump/Obama PayPal giveaway
The account was suspended this morning.
De-Mainstream YouTube tool adds channel filters so you can now block specific channels from recommendations
The extension makes it easy to stop mainstream sources from popping up in your recommendations.
Venezuela’s internet is on the brink of collapse after quarantine data increase and fuel shortages
Maduro has ordered internet companies to remain operating, but infrastructure is buckling.
Community-powered 3D gun blueprints repository DEFCAD is back online
Censorship challenges have taken the site offline several times over the last seven years.
Opera browser begins showing Disney Plus overlay ads on Netflix.com for some users
Users reported the ads to us over the last few days.
Media Research Center pens letter to Jack Dorsey as news outlet’s Twitter account is locked for “misgendering”
The Twitter account has been locked for over three months.
Twitch introduces stricter rules for banned users, including IP address blocking
Twitch is trying to make it slightly more difficult for a banned user to see the chat of a streamer that’s banned them.