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India outlines bill to give government access to WhatsApp messages
It’s believed that WhatsApp would leave the country altogether rather than comply.
Official Disney website page for Winnie the Pooh blocked in Hong Kong
It appears that the official Disney Winnie the Pooh page has been blocked in Hong Kong for more than a year.
Blizzard accused of disabling authentication to stop users deleting accounts during boycott
Multiple Blizzard users are reporting that the company won’t let them authenticate and close their accounts.
This week Facebook says it’s not a publisher, contradicting previous statements
Facebook’s motion to dismiss then refers to the US Communications Decency Act (CDA) Section 230.
Privacy-focused email service Tutanota censored in Egypt, working on solutions
Users are urged to use a VPN to get around the ban.
Epic Games says it wont censor for China, but Chinese Tencent owns 40% of the company
Unlike Blizzard, Epic is pledging not to introduce censorship on political grounds.
Devin Nunes lawsuit that could force Twitter to disclose evidence of anti-conservative bias allowed to proceed
Nunes’ lawsuit alleges that the company does not enforce its terms and rules equally and that it actively censors and shadowbans conservatives such as Nunes while amplifying the voices of his Democratic detractors.
Violent obsessive fan tracked down Ena Matsuoka’s location through the reflection in her eye
Sato waited at a bus stop for Matsuoka to arrive at her home in Tokyo and then proceeded to gag her with a rag.
Chinese companies added to US blacklist for violating rights of Uighur Muslims
Among the companies prominently targeted in these latest US policy moves are SenseTime and Megvii.
The Trump Administration is invoking Section 230 protection clause for social platforms in trade deals
The goal of this seems to be to protect US tech companies’ business abroad from lawsuits.
Warner Brothers hides original Batwoman trailers to hide severe negative criticism and downvotes
The studio’s original trailer, released back in May, is now no longer available.
Adobe revokes access to customers in Venezuela but won’t refund them
Adobe will not only revoke your license later this month – but the good old behemoth won’t even reimburse you.