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Twitter to start censoring “disputed” election claims
Big Tech’s crackdown on election-related posts continues.
A new bill takes aim at Big Tech censorship
One of many bills are looking to see what can be done about increasing free expression online.
Zuckerberg personally tells President Trump his rhetoric is “problematic”
Facebook is giving itself a veto on what can be said around the election.
Reddit isn’t happy about President Trump’s “anti-censorship” executive order
Reddit has filed a response to the FCC.
Federal court rules geofence warrants are unconstitutional
It turns out non-specific warrants are illegal.
Miami Herald columnist ostracized over tweet calling protesting football players “America-bashers”
The Herald did not support its columnist.
Bridgefy is considered to be a private app for protesters but is a privacy nightmare
The app has been leaking identities.
Researchers notice TikTok removed code linking the app to servers in China
Some security analysts raised suspicions.
Oracle supports groups pushing against social media censorship. What would an Oracle-owned TikTok look like?
Would Oracle change its tune if it owned its own social media platform?
Report: Facebook to allow posts that encourage people to send in multiple copies of their mail-in ballots
The New York Times reports that this will be exempt from Facebook’s election integrity rules.
Google Play removes thousands of apps under its election “misinformation” rules
Google claims the apps were “deceptive,” “generating manipulated content” without “transparency,” and promoting “misleading claims.”
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