Twitter bans ‘media of private individuals’ with exceptions for corporate media after Agrawal replaces Dorsey
One day after Jack Dorsey resigns as CEO of Twitter and Parag Agrawal takes his place, the social media company...
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Facebook ‘whistleblower’ Haugen felt betrayed by Facebook after it dissolved Civic Integrity division: Senate hearing
Facebook "whistleblower" Frances Haugen tells Congress "it really felt like a betrayal" when Facebook dissolved its Civic Integrity team, and...
Facebook ‘working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible’ after outage
As Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram go offline today, Facebook tweets that it is "working to get things back to...
‘Corporations act like feudal lords over big data & we need a set of digital rights’: Senate testimony
Global Guerrillas Report writer John Robb tells the Senate Judiciary Committee that corporations act like feudal lords over big data,...
‘When I walked the streets, cameras would recognize me, police would come running’: Uyghur camp survivor testifies
A Uyghur survivor of the Chinese Communist Party's concentration camp system in Xinjiang tells Congress how she faced horrendous torture...
Big tech’s addictive business model makes us ‘attention vampires,’ distracts from urgent threats like China: ‘Social Dilemma’ star testifies
Ex-Google design ethicist and star of the Netflix documentary "The Social Dilemma" Tristan Harris tells lawmakers that no amount of...
No federal civilian agencies confirmed to be compromised in Microsoft Exchange hack so far: CISA
No federal civilian agencies are confirmed to be compromised by last week's Microsoft Exchange cyberattack, but the investigation is still...
YouTube CEO Wojcicki explains what went down with Trump suspension & where it’s at today: WEF
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki tells the World Economic Forum (WEF) that due to "concerns of violence," we'll have to "wait...
Twitter to strip blue checks from some accounts, add new verification criteria in policy update
Twitter is taking a "new approach to verification," updating criteria for granting new blue check marks, along with a foundation...
If Twitter really wants to give ‘links to a broader conversation’ on disputed posts, why not show both sides?
If the idea behind flagging posts as "disputed" and directing users to alternative links on Twitter is really about providing...
Facebook & Twitter CEOs to testify on big tech censorship during ‘disputed’ presidential election
As information warfare exposes two completely different versions of reality concerning the presidential election, the Senate is slated to grill...
‘Rectify fake news, anti-socialist content or be dealt with severely’: China’s cyber police tells its big tech companies
Both the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and American big tech companies seek to regulate fake news, out-of-context headlines, and content...
‘Twitter is sabotaging public discourse regarding important national and homeland security issues’: DHS acting secretary
"Twitter is sabotaging public discourse regarding important national and homeland security issues," writes the Department of Homeland Security acting secretary...
Facebook ‘relied heavily on FBI’ briefings before trying to prevent NY Post story from ‘spreading wildly’: Zuckerberg
Facebook took its cue from the FBI before it decided to limit the distribution of the NY Post's "smoking gun"...
Twitter censored the NY Post for ‘showing direct material’ to back up claims, violated hacked materials policy: Dorsey
Facing a grilling in the Senate, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies that Twitter censored the New York Post for "showing...
Senate is hovering over Twitter & Facebook: Dorsey, Zuckerberg to both testify before & after election
Two Senate committees are hovering over two big tech targets, with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey...
Conflicts of interest with Facebook censorship, the Atlantic Council, Burisma & politics: perspective
While receiving nearly half a million dollars from Burisma, the Atlantic Council partnered with Facebook to monitor election misinformation. Then,...
DOJ smacks Google with antitrust lawsuit
Today, the Department of Justice smacks Google with an antitrust lawsuit that claims the big tech giant engages in anticompetitive...
Senate Judiciary Committee considers subpoenas for Facebook, Twitter CEOs over censoring NY Post
The Senate Judiciary Committee will consider authorizing subpoenas to compel testimony from Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg...
‘Censor social media content & harvest data from banned accounts’: House Intel witnesses testify on combating misinformation
Expert witnesses tell the House Intelligence Committee how to best combat "misinformation" online with more content restriction on social media...
