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TikTok Is Facing a National Security Investigation and Review After Privacy and Censorship Concerns
Congress has been increasingly skeptical about the app and its Chinese ownership.
People Are Starting to Realize the Implications of Twitter’s Political Ads Ban
People are weighing up the pros and cons.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Calls Twitter’s Political Ads Ban a “Good Call”
The congresswoman likes the decision and wants Facebook to follow.
Report Suggests Collusion Between IRS and Tax Prep Industry That Doesn’t Want You to Know Filing Taxes Is Free
It’s not the first time suspicions have been raised.
Memes Are Safe for Now, as the “Anti-Meme” Bill Is Blocked From Senate Vote
Senators Ron Wyden and Rand Paul have saved the day.
AG William Barr Makes His Case for a Domestic Surveillance System to Tackle “Potential Mass Shootings”
The memorandum also reveals that the US now plans to put to use domestically its post 9/11 anti-terrorism experience, in the past applied in other countries.
TikTok Says It’s Not Censoring Content on Behalf of the Chinese Government
TikTok has been accused of censoring on behalf of China and has raised national security concerns in the US Congress.
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.
