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Brave browser makes a bold step toward allowing a decentralized web
Brave has integrated IPFS.
Apple sued by pressure group for not banning Telegram
The lawsuit isn’t expected to go anywhere but it does highlight an increasing trend of campaigns for censorship.
Questions are raised about whether MeWe is a free speech platform
Many have flocked to the service after Big Tech censorship, only to find MeWe never advertised itself as supporters of free speech.
Activists and media take aim at Telegram for welcoming free speech and privacy lovers who reject Big Tech
Tens of millions have made the switch after recent privacy and free speech concerns of Big Tech giants.
Minds cuts major features from Play Store app version after Google threatened to deplatform it
Search, discovery, and comments are now gone.
GoFundMe suspends fundraiser for Elizabeth Heng’s new free speech comment platform
Then her press release about the censorship was also censored.
Former members of congress Dr Ron Paul and Tulsi Gabbard join alternative platforms
Paul joins Odysee, a promising YouTube competitor, and Gabbard joined Locals, a new Patreon alternative.
Encrypted email provider Tutanota reports more than double usual signups
The exodus from Big Tech is underway.
Facebook exec Sheryl Sandberg blames alt-tech for violent organization
Sandberg deflects, tries to cement Facebook’s monopoly by attacking alternatives.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey offers a conflicted response to banning Trump and the “dangerous precedent” it created
Dorsey pays lip service to Twitter’s overreach but didn’t correct anything.
Decentralized video sharing platform Odysee has almost doubled its traffic since last week
Millions of users are embracing alternative-tech after unprecedented Big Tech censorship.
Former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne banned from Twitter, invests in Locals.com
Byrne was banned on Tuesday as part of Twitter’s recent purge.