Nations may soon send code instead of missiles to do their fighting: Microsoft president warns senators
Microsoft President Brad Smith warns lawmakers that the US needs to strengthen its digital infrastructure and defenses because in the...
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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...
Your digital identity can be used against you in the event of a great reset
When a sweeping solution to a hyper-generalized problem oversteps the boundaries of personal privacy and liberty, the solution poses a...
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...
Online censorship is toppling statues that haven’t been built yet: op-ed
To the victors go the spoils, they say, but in the siege of online censorship over freedom of thought, the...
‘Social media services that I & others have built are tearing people apart’: ex-Facebook ads chief testifies
Facebook's former director of monetization testifies that the social media services he helped build are tearing people apart, and that...
DOJ narrows Section 230 reform proposals for platforms to curb censorship & illicit content
Today, the Department of Justice narrows down its Section 230 reform proposals to focus on holding online platforms accountable in...
Senators grill Google exec over ‘double standard’ on punishing publishers for user comments
Senators grill a Google exec over what they call a double standard where Google punishes publishers over their users' comments...
Facebook to censor anything it deems necessary to avoid ‘adverse legal or regulatory impacts’
Facebook will start removing user content that could get the social media giant into legal or regulatory trouble in a...
