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New Republican Bill Thinks Minority Report Style Mass School Surveillance Will Cut School Shootings
To date, there has been no documented evidence that this level of mass surveillance actually prevents any harm.
Research Shows “Political Twitter” Is Made Up of Mostly Older, Prolific, Anti-Trump Users
According to the report, only 6% of U.S. adults on Twitter are responsible for 73% of tweets related to national politics.
The “Anti-Meme” Law Just Got Landslide Approval From House of Representatives
Congress is coming for your memes.
Evidence Suggests Tulsi Gabbard YouTube Channel Was Censored in Search at the Height of Media Attention
Crowder says when testing YouTube search for Tulsi Gabbard via a VPN while she was a number one trending story, her channel was at the top of search for locations outside of the US but nowhere to be seen in the US.
Facebook to Start Revealing Page Owners, Forcing Them to Make Their Private Information Public
The changes mean many popular anonymous and pseudonymous meme pages and political pages will be forced to leave the platform.
Major Data Leak on Best Western Hotels Booking System Exposes Data Related to Department of Homeland Security
The most affected of this vulnerability has been the United States Government.
Imgur Will Stop Displaying NSFW Subsections From Reddit on Its Site
Imgur says these pages put its business “at risk”.
Congress to Vote on CASE Act – A Law That Would Enable Censorship Through Copyright Claims
Copyright trolls would benefit from the situation.
Colleges Are Secretly Using Social Media Data to Rank Applicants
Many have privacy concerns.
Journalists Are Increasingly Using Google’s G Suite for Their Work, Raising Ethics and Privacy Questions
Data created and exchanged using G Suite is not end-to-end encrypted, which allows Google – and others, such as a US government agency, to gain access to it.
The Trump Administration Is Invoking Section 230 Protection Clause for Social Platforms in Trade Deals
The goal of this seems to be to protect US tech companies’ business abroad from lawsuits.
Joe Biden Thinks He Can Introduce Background Checks for Accessing 3D Printed Gun Code
The big picture of this issue is that the State Department’s unchecked power to control what information is published online can lead to sweeping censorship.