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$1.7 trillion spending bill requires platforms to verify ID of those earning $5,000 revenue per year
And collect sellers’ other sensitive data including bank account details and tax ID.
FBI tried to get Twitter to share account information without a warrant
More evidence of the agency attempting to extract data from Twitter directly.
President Trump outlines free speech policies for 2024 campaign
“If we don’t have free speech, then we just don’t have a free country.”
Laura Loomer files opposition to motions to dismiss RICO lawsuit against Meta and Twitter
“It’s time to break up the Big Tech Mafia and their organized crime.”
Investigation launches into possible State Department funding of third parties to censor online speech
Possible covert censorship tactics investigated.
World Health Organization meets to discuss granting of increased surveillance powers under pandemic treaty
The global health agency could get new surveillance powers by May 2024.
World Health Organization meets to plot censorship of “misinformation” under international pandemic treaty
The unelected health agency inches closer toward being granted unprecedented, legally-binding censorship powers.
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FBI Director pushes for “lawful access” to encrypted messages
The FBI wants decryption keys to all “private” messages.
Lobbyists call on the US government to develop digital ID infrastructure for “security” reasons
Part of the digital ID push.