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Android developer says Google banned him, refuses to respond with a reason why
The developer has millions of users of his apps and wants Google to explain to him so that he can fix the issue they have. He says Google won’t respond.
Major big tech antitrust investigation to start as early as September
The big tech companies are facing mounting pressure from various US federal departments.
YouTube sues man for allegedly abusing copyright system and attempting to extort creators
YouTube has long been accused of not protecting creators enough.
Facebook removes accounts with Chinese government links used to spread deceptive info on Hong Kong protests
Facebook is tackling anti-protestor propaganda from the Chinese government.
Twitter bans ads from state-controlled media days after report of Hong Kong protest propaganda campaign
The announcement comes less than a week after a news agency founded by the Communist Party of China was found to be running propaganda ads against Hong Kong protestors.
Connecticut man has guns confiscated and is arrested after sharing meme on Facebook
Law enforcement agencies invoked Red Flag laws to make the arrest.
Malicious Google Calendar spam is on the rise
It’s been over a decade since this type of spam started appearing – and it’s more prevalent than ever.
Google increases its ties with Egypt’s oppressive rulers
Google office will reopen this September, with a focus on customer sales.
It’s unconstitutional for a politician to block users on Twitter, Missouri court rules
This ruling follows similar precedent from other courts on similar cases.
Vermont’s data brokers law aimed to bring data traders out of the shadows, but it’s not without limitations
The data law has several pitfalls that other state legislators will be able to learn from.
UK ISP Virgin Media appears to store customer passwords in plain text, sends them to customers by post
This means Virgin Media staff or people who get access to the letter containing the password could maliciously access Virgin Media customer accounts.
Now Beto O’Rourke wants to kill Section 230 – this time to counter “hate speech and gun violence”
Section 230 is what allowed the internet to thrive.