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Grindr user data was on sale for years, report finds
Users didn’t know the data was being sold.
Ted Cruz: Facebook is censoring “on behalf of the government” and is liable to be sued
Cruz sees a First Amendment angle.
After many were banned online for saying it, it’s finally admitted the Wuhan lab leak may not be a “conspiracy”
Countless social media users were censored for discussing the possibility of a coronavirus Wuhan lab leak.
TikTok caught using encryption to hide tracking user data
TikTok caught again.
More reports suggest Google lied when it told congress it doesn’t have manual blacklists
The WSJ suggests Google is lying, something many have assumed for a long time.
Publishers sign up to continue their abusive relationship with Facebook
Publishers sign up to Facebook News, despite how they’ve been treated in the past.
Apple News+ is off to a shaky start, new reports show
“They’re basically playing favorites. It always seems to be good for the big guys, but not for the rest of us.”
Apple News could be bad for the longterm viability of publishers, media experts say
The gist of the reluctance on the part of the media? Their growing unwillingness to relinquish control over content and revenue streams, and over their “relationship with the customer.”