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Facebook and Twitter to meet with FEC to discuss fake news and 2020 elections
Google has not responded whether it will send a representative or not.
BigJigglyPanda Twitter account hacked and compromised for over seven hours after another alleged AT&T error
The account appears to have been taken over by the same group that hacked Shane Dawson, James Charles, King Bach, and other YouTubers.
DC Court of Appeals will hear Laura Loomer and Freedom Watch’s big tech anti-conservative bias lawsuit
The appeals court has agreed to hear the merits of the case which accuses Apple, Facebook, Google, and Twitter of working together to “intentionally and willfully suppress politically conservative content.”
China hits back at Facebook and Twitter after anti-protestor propaganda was removed
It’s thought Chinese companies may start to pull advertising from China in retaliation.
Twitter complies with India’s pressure to ban US and UK citizens
Indian IT Act’s Section 69A allows the country to block any website or account that harms its interests or persists to be a national threat. Twitter appears to just act without discretion.
Tech companies push back against India’s plan to link social media accounts to Aadhar state identity numbers
The state wants social media usage tied to identity.
Twitter bans ads from state-controlled media days after report of Hong Kong protest propaganda campaign
The announcement comes less than a week after a news agency founded by the Communist Party of China was found to be running propaganda ads against Hong Kong protestors.
It’s unconstitutional for a politician to block users on Twitter, Missouri court rules
This ruling follows similar precedent from other courts on similar cases.
Now Beto O’Rourke wants to kill Section 230 – this time to counter “hate speech and gun violence”
Section 230 is what allowed the internet to thrive.
Twitter locks account of leading gun statistics expert John Lott
Lott is accusing the platform of political bias.
Twitter is testing a filter that hides “offensive” direct messages
It’s part of Twitter’s continued efforts to police what users see on the platform.
Twitter is complying with Turkish government censorship requests
Turkish courts are invoking Twitter’s Country Withheld Content (CWC) tool to block accounts.