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FTC and FCC reportedly worried about Trump’s plan to “police” social media
They reportedly argue that it could lead to more censorship.
Big tech is lobbying hard against state privacy laws
Tech giants say they don’t want individual state privacy laws.
California senator wants video of him being shoved scrubbed from the internet
Facebook says the video doesn’t violate its rules.
Google appears reluctant to blame China for anti-Hong Kong protest propaganda
Does Google want to keep China close?
New Facebook emails show employee concerns about Cambridge Analytica data scraping months before media reports
Facebook says the September 2015 discussions were a separate incident to the sale of user data to Cambridge Analytica that Facebook discovered in 2015.
Google tells employees to stop talking politics after a series of leaks showed staff’s political leanings
Leaks have confirmed that Google employees like to talk politics. This new policy update will try to stop them.
Telegram’s design is putting Hong Kong protestors’ privacy at risk, engineers say
Telegram has been vital in helping Hong Kong protestors stay anonymous while organizing.
Evidence shows putting fact check warning on articles dramatically decreases shares
Merely putting the “fact-checked warning” on a social media post will influence people by discouraging them from sharing it.
Jordan Peterson deepfake voice simulator taken offline after Peterson suggests legal action
The site allowed users to type phrases for the Jordan Peterson deepfake voice simulator to read out loud.
Wikipedia sparks controversy as it appears to adopt calling ICE detention centers “concentration camps”
Wikipedia is increasingly being reconsidered as a factual unbiased source.
Dan Crenshaw: “social media and woke culture” to blame for degradation of civil discourse
Dan Crenshaw appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience to talk about social media bias and online discourse.
Reddit mods reverse censorship of Tiananmen Square photo after backlash
Reddit moderators deleted the post containing the image from Tiananmen Square on Wednesday, causing a comprehensible outburst of rage among Redditors – some accusing the moderators of censoring for the Chinese government.