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France’s national face ID database is coming sooner than expected
How all of this will sit with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is yet to be seen.
Democrats call on Facebook to shut off Trump’s ad campaigns
The DNC is not missing a beat on its multi-year narrative, which prominently included building a case for “fake news” and “fact-checking” – as it now calls on Facebook not to allow Trump to argue his case.
Chinese citizens will be forced to pass face ID tests to access the internet
According to the government, it will be up to telecommunications companies in China to deploy facial recognition “tests” to ensure their customers’ true identity.
The White House is the latest victim of YouTube’s bogus copyright system
Trump has had many of his viral memes suppressed this year as a result of questionable copyright claims.
Iraq government blocks Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and others to squash protests
As of Thursday morning, nearly three-fourth of the country is devoid of internet connectivity.
Joe Rogan slams YouTube after video demonetization, “they want to control the way people communicate”
Despite being one of the most popular channels on YouTube, even Joe Rogan has been a victim of YouTube’s mass demonetization.
Egyptian government linked to phishing attacks on journalists and lawyers
It is to be noted that apps such as IndexY were hosted on Google Play Store, meaning that the application was built with enough sophistication to bypass Google’s safety checks before being published on the Play Store.
Rashida Tlaib accused of racism over facial recognition technology comments
“Analysts need to be African Americans, not people that are not,” Tlaib said to Craig, who is black. “I think non-African Americans think African Americans all look the same.
Apple bans Hong Kong protest safety app and is accused of “sucking up to China”
Hong Kong protestors and residents used the app to avoid conflict and areas that local police had marked as “illegal assembly” zones.
Kickstarter rejects Mike S. Miller’s comic book Lonestar, for depiction of “marginalized group” MS-13
In the Lonestar sample that Miller shared, the hero saves a woman from a group of MS-13 gang members.
Facebook censors professor’s Wiki documenting Elizabeth Warren’s controversies
Cornell Law School professor William Jacobson is the one who was in this instance forced to bear the brunt of Facebook’s overzealous attempts to moderate its platform.
Justin Trudeau makes tackling online “hate speech” a major election policy
“We believe that when social media platforms are used to spread these harmful views, the platforms themselves must also be held accountable,” the party said.