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Research shows “political Twitter” is made up of mostly older, prolific, anti-Trump users
According to the report, only 6% of U.S. adults on Twitter are responsible for 73% of tweets related to national politics.
Research shows anti-Brexit coverage dominates Google searches for the topic
Over 50% of Google’s Brexit search market share comes from three pro-Remain sources – the BBC, The Guardian, and The Independent.
Comcast isn’t happy it won’t be able to see your web history when traffic is encrypted
Comcast uses anti-monopoly arguments for criticizing Google for encrypting web traffic.
China has developed advanced surveillance tools to track Uighurs
Censorship and repression by China continue to be a very important issue that isn’t going away anytime soon. In this latest case, security and intelligence officials from the United States revealed that since 2016 the Xi Jinping regime has created new cyber tools to spy on the citizens of the A
The “anti-meme” law just got landslide approval from House of Representatives
Congress is coming for your memes.
Mailchimp deplatforms press outlet, calls it “too risky”
It’s not only Mailchimp that is harming freedom of the press and freedom of speech when it comes to controversial topics.
Evidence suggests Tulsi Gabbard YouTube channel was censored in search at the height of media attention
Crowder says when testing YouTube search for Tulsi Gabbard via a VPN while she was a number one trending story, her channel was at the top of search for locations outside of the US but nowhere to be seen in the US.
India to introduce social media regulations that combat “fake news” and “misuse of social media”
Yet another government that wants to be the arbiter of truth.
Kardashian-promoted viral app Gradient is giving users unwanted credit card charges
Users are being charged $19.99 per month.
Facebook to start revealing Page owners, forcing them to make their private information public
The changes mean many popular anonymous and pseudonymous meme pages and political pages will be forced to leave the platform.
Major data leak on Best Western Hotels booking system exposes data related to Department of Homeland Security
The most affected of this vulnerability has been the United States Government.
Instagram to test suggesting accounts you may want to unfollow
As some people put it: “Sure… making us easier to manage”.