Activists and media take aim at Telegram for welcoming free speech and privacy lovers who reject Big Tech
Tens of millions have made the switch after recent privacy and free speech concerns of Big Tech giants.
Encrypted email provider Tutanota reports more than double usual signups
The exodus from Big Tech is underway.
FTC and 48 state AGs file antitrust lawsuits aiming to break up Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp
The lawsuits accuse Facebook of illegal monopolization.
The EU appears close to restricting end-to-end encryption
The proposals are unlikely to pass in their current form but some anti-privacy legislation is likely to come soon.
Facebook is on the brink of an antitrust lawsuit
Facebook is next.
Discord starts shutting down communities for “misinformation”
Conversations within closed, non-public groups are no longer safe from censorship.
Gates Foundation funds Facebook fact-checkers that defend it from allegations
It also provides funding to dozens of media organizations that regularly give Gates and the foundation favorable coverage.
Bill Gates advocates for stopping end-to-end encryption (to tackle “misinformation”)
The billionnaire isn’t happy private messages can’t be policed.
WhatsApp introduces search prompts to crack down on viral “misinformation”
WhatsApp will now encourage users to “double check” certain messages via search.
Bill Gates: with private messaging we can’t “intervene” in removing conspiracies and “misinformation”
Bill Gates has some words on end-to-end encryption being able to bypass censorship.
BBC “worried” that encrypted apps like Signal can’t be searched for “misinformation” in private conversations
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, several social media platforms and apps have happily decided to promote only World Health Organization-approved narratives and news across the world. While social media platforms are doing so to evade “misinformation” on their platform, the director of B
India jails those found sharing coronavirus “misinformation” on WhatsApp
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