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EFF warns that frantic push to crush “extremist” speech online will hurt innocent users
Hard questions are being asked about the way content is treated and censored online by some of the world’s most powerful platforms.
Congress drafts bill to create “national commission” for online content removal
The bill calls for a “federal social media task force to coordinate the government’s response to such issues.”
As user growth stagnates, Twitter turns to billboard ads
Twitter’s power to shape public opinion, coupled with its dwindling ability to make money, is a scary prospect.
New algorithms aim to stamp out “cyberaggression” on Twitter
The researchers who developed the tool say it could be used to find and delete “abusive accounts.”
Twitter bans Harry The Owl, man already suing UK police for investigating “thoughtcrimes”
Harry The Owl was criticizing another Twitter user who was celebrating the death of a woman who today died of cancer. The tweet got him banned from the platform.
Parody account Titania McGrath suspended by Twitter
The social platform today suspended everyone’s favorite intersectional social justice activist Titania McGrath for seven days for a post that “violates Twitter’s terms of service”.
Twitter bows to China, changes Hong Kong’s geotag to “Hong Kong SAR China”
Some commenters accused the social network of pandering to China
Google and Twitter met at Facebook HQ with Homeland Security and FBI about 2020 election “disinformation”
Also discussed during the meeting were plans for better coordination of security efforts between tech giants and government agencies.
Twitter disables tweeting via SMS after multiple accounts were compromised by SIM swapping
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and multiple celebrities have had their accounts hacked over the last week as a result of SIM swap attacks.
Actress Chloë Grace Moretz’s Twitter account hacked in apparent sim swap
The hack appears to have been perpetrated by the same Chuckling Squad group that previously hacked Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and various social media stars.
Twitter’s use of phone numbers for 2-factor authentication could have dangerous consequences
You might think – Twitter is surely too big to fail its users in this way. But you might want to think again.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s account hacked after SIM swap
The Twitter CEO’s account said, “#ChucklingSquad get it trending boys” – using the same hashtag that has been used in other recent Twitter account hacks.