Facebook declined on June 11 a push to censor political speech coordinated by the presidential campaign of former vice president Joe Biden. Biden’s campaign started a public relations offensive on June 11 to pressure Facebook to censor election-related content. The campaign, introduced on Twitter by the former vice president himself, calls on Biden supporters to […]
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EU Beats DOJ to the Punch, Brings Antitrust Charges Against Amazon…
After winning a trio of billion-euro judgments against Alphabet over the past three years, the European Commission’s anti-trust head, Margarethe Vestager, a name that strikes fear in to the hearts of Silicon Valley titans like Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, is preparing to take on Amazon as her latest target among the US tech giants. […]
Facebook Says Page Celebrating “Dead Cops” Doesn’t Violate its Community Standards…
Facebook has refused to remove a page celebrating “dead cops,” saying that it does not violate their community standards. The page is titled The Only Good Cops Are Dead Cops and openly incites violence against police officers. However, when it was reported to Facebook moderators, they reviewed the page and said that although it may […]
Secret Service: The Most Sophisticated Cyber Crime During Pandemic Traced to ‘Foreign Actors’…
The U.S. Secret Service is warning Americans about foreign actors seeking to commit cyber crimes during the pandemic. Matthew Noyes, director of Cyber Policy and Strategy at the Secret Service, was asked if he thinks geopolitical motives have driven some of the cyber crimes that foreign actors have committed during the COVID-19 outbreak. “From our […]
50 State AGs Are Pushing to Breakup Google’s Ad-Tech Dominance Alongside DOJ…
In what would be a monumental move — and we might ad good for independent media breaking the shackles of the mainstream’s ongoing attempts to police content and punish dissent — Google’s total dominance over online advertising could soon come to an end. CNBC revealed Friday that no less than 50 sate attorneys general have […]
Huawei Hid Business Operation in Iran After Reuters Reported Links to CFO
China’s Huawei Technologies acted to cover up its relationship with a firm that had tried to sell prohibited U.S. computer gear to Iran, after Reuters in 2013 reported deep links between the firm and the telecom-equipment giant’s chief financial officer, newly obtained internal Huawei documents show. Huawei has long described the firm—Skycom Tech Co Ltd—as […]
Google Sued for Secretly Amassing Vast Trove of User Data…
Google surreptitiously amasses billions of bits of information –every day — about internet users even if they opt out of sharing their information, three consumers alleged in a proposed class action lawsuit. “Google tracks and collects consumer browsing history and other web activity data no matter what safeguards consumers undertake to protect their data privacy,” […]
Facebook Placing Labels on Chinese, Russian State Media Amid Concerns Over Foreign Influence…
Facebook said June 4 it would start labeling state-controlled media outlets on its platform amid intensifying concern over foreign actors using social media to shift public opinion to advance their own agendas. The company said it would start labeling Facebook pages of state-run outlets, and from next week would start labeling posts from such outlets […]
Federal Judge Orders National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence to Open Meetings and Records to Public…
In a victory for government transparency advocates, a federal judge on Monday ordered the government commission responsible for developing policy recommendations on the use of artificial intelligence in U.S. national security and defense to begin opening up its operation to scrutiny by making its meetings and records available to the public. U.S. District Judge Trevor […]
Apple Tracking iPhones Stotlen During Riots…
Apple is tracking the iPhones that have been stolen from its stores during the recent riots across the U.S., the New York Post reports. Citing a message from Twitter, the Post reports the stolen devices show a message on the screen saying the device should be returned to where it was stolen from and that […]
PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER – DIRECTING EFFORTS TO PREVENT SOCIAL MEDIA CENSORSHIP…
This afternoon President Trump held a press availability in the oval office answering questions from the media as he signed an executive order [Available Here] directing the prevention of on-line censorship in social media platforms. The president was joined by Attorney General Bill Barr, and both leaders delivered remarks and answered questions from the media. […]
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Inside the NSA’s Secret Tool for Mapping Your Social Network…
In the summer of 2013, I spent my days sifting through the most extensive archive of top-secret files that had ever reached the hands of an American journalist. In a spectacular act of transgression against the National Security Agency, where he worked as a contractor, Edward Snowden had transmitted tens of thousands of classified documents […]
Coronavirus Monitoring Bracelets Flood the Market, Ready to Snitch on People Who Don’t Distance…
Surveillance firms around the world are licking their lips at a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to cash in on the coronavirus by repositioning one of their most invasive products: the tracking bracelet. Body monitors are associated with criminality and guilt in the popular imagination, the accessories of Wall Street crooks under house arrest and menace-to-society parolees. Unlike […]
Report: Teens Spend Seven Hours a Day Staring at Their Phones…
A recent report revealed that teenagers spend an average of seven hours each day on their smartphones. The report suggests that 70 percent of teenagers conceal a portion of their online activity from their parents. According to a recent report, teenagers spend an average of seven hours each day on their smartphones, outside of hours […]
House Pulls Vote on FISA Reauthorization Bill After Trump Threatens Veto…
The House of Representatives canceled its plans on Wednesday to vote on the reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) after President Donald Trump threatened to veto the bill, and Republican leaders and top liberal Democrats said they would oppose it. House Democratic leaders abruptly adjourned Wednesday evening, saying that a vote on the […]
Trump Preparing Executive Order to Address Perceived Bias at Social Media Giants…
President Trump is preparing executive order, aimed for release Thursday, to address perceived anti-conservative bias at social media giants. White House spokeswomen Kayleigh McEnany and Alyssa Farah told reporters aboard Air Force Once that the president will be signing an executive order “pertaining to social media” but gave no additional details on what it would […]
Twitter Intervenes to Control Speech of The President…
Many people foresaw this likely happening and today it begins. Twitter has intervened in the tweets and speech of the President of the United States to review, censor and use their own perspectives to countermand the opinions of President Donald Trump. By taking this position Twitter has put themselves into the position of arbitrating the […]
OPPOSITION TO FISA SURVEILLANCE RENEWAL GAINING STEAM IN THE HOUSE…
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and top Democrats are making a last-ditch attempt to salvage a bill to renew expired surveillance tools Wednesday amid mounting opposition from Republicans and liberals in their own party, but it’s still unclear whether the gamble will succeed. Hours ahead of the scheduled floor vote, Pelosi and her top deputies were still […]
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Weather Delays the SpaceX Crew Dragon Launch…
On Wednesday afternoon, veteran astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley were scheduled to fly to the International Space Station in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule. The Demo-2 mission was going to be the first crewed mission for SpaceX and the first time NASA astronauts have launched from the US in nine years. But the world […]
YouTube Took Down Michael Moore’s Film Attacking Renewable Energy…
The controversial film Planet of the Humans, produced by Michael Moore, was taken down from YouTube on Monday because of a copyright infringement claim. The complaint was filed by photographer Toby Smith, who was alarmed that his work was used in a film that he doesn’t support, The Guardian reports. “I don’t agree with its […]
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