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Russia looks to block Mailbox.org and other communications providers
Germany and America-based companies behind these services – Heinlein Support and SCRYPTmail – previously failed to register with the authorities as required by Russian law.
Nintendo lawsuit aims to take down RomUniverse
Nintendo’s filing also alleges unfair competition on the part of the pirate site.
Russia considers complete ban of Facebook, Instagram and YouTube
The signs are pointing in the direction of the likes of Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube being completely blocked in Russia by early 2021.
Facebook reportedly cuts off police access to WhatsApp in Hong Kong
The information the police were soliciting from citizens included photos and video and audio recordings.
Judiciary Committee to Apple: Hand over all communications about removing App Store apps
Apple’s has long been accused of using its alleged App Store monopoly to block certain apps.
Microsoft suggests Chromium “cleanup of potentially offensive terms” such as “blacklist”
Microsoft is making its decisions on what’s allowed and what isn’t based on “a machine learned model that does context based scanning on hundreds of file formats.”
PewDiePie backtracks on ADL donation, says he was “advised” to do it, fans could tell “something was off”
“I also didn’t know a lot of things that surfaced throughout this whole thing about the charity…I understand why people had concerns about it and these are things that I would have known myself I had just taken my time,” PewDiePie said.
Facebook fact checkers to face investigation for bias after alleged motive-driven “false” ratings
The investigation is related to Facebook posts from pro-life non-profit Live Action being labeled “False” by “independent fact-checkers.”
Buzzword “hate speech” is spawning new industries intent on profiting from curbing online speech
Such is the power of the concept of hate speech today that an industry is springing up around it, to serve mostly tech giants under fire from politicians and the media.
Australia wants to implement the UK’s abandoned privacy-invasive porn ID system
It was described as “one of the worst ideas ever” when the UK was looking for ways to implement it
Ted Cruz condemns coordinated online deplatforming of Alex Jones, calls the trend “troubling”
Cruz said he’s not a fan of Jones but that free speech protects everyone.
Apple News criticized after study shows vast majority of curated articles come from just a handful of sources
What they found is that Apple gives clear preference to big names, and not even very many of those.