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Rep. Paul Gosar introduces new bill to tackle online censorship
Gosar joins Senators Hawley and Cruz that are looking at ways to end online censorship.
Facebook’s FTC fine lets it off for all past privacy violations – even those never made public
When all things are considered a $5 billion fine isn’t such a big deal.
Facebook backtracks and removes 3D printed gun restrictions
In a rare move, Facebook has reversed its ban on 3D printed guns.
YouTube is demonetizing second amendment YouTube channels
According to channels affected, YouTube is demonetizing them even thought they haven’t broken any community rules.
Tech giant Microsoft launches new electronic voting system called ElectionGuard
Soon big tech could be directly involved in elections.
59% of registered voters (including GOP, DEM and Indie) think tech company bias is a problem
The results showed that both sides of the political spectrum are concerned about censorship.
Moderate voices on Twitter are lost in a sea of outrage, research shows
Twitter is causing people to product outrage content, or be ignored.
Amazon offers US Prime Day shoppers $10 to install data-harvesting extension
If users interact with the Amazon Assistant extension, their browsing data is connected with their Amazon account.
Amazon employees urge CEO Jeff Bezos to stop working with Palantir that helps ICE deport illegal immigrants
Palantir’s founder is Peter Thiel, a supporter of President Donald Trump.
New proposed US copyright laws are a major threat to free speech
The new laws have a good chance of being passed on Congress.
Google bans Gab app, gives the decentralized social network an impossible list of demands
Google’s decision means it can now ban ANY app that features what it deems to be user generated content if it decides that content is “objectionable.”
President Trump says he’s “not a fan of Bitcoin”
Trump also said that if Facebook wants to become a bank with its Libra cryptocurrency, it must become subject to all banking regulations.