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...
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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...
Fitbit unveils new stress detecting features as Google awaits acquisition
If successful in acquiring Fitbit, Google may soon know even more intimate details about your emotional states as Fitbit today...
Big tech CEOs give Congress the 5 Ds of Dodgeball on anti-competitive behavior
Today, some 20,000 people on YouTube tuned-in on to a Congressional hearing where the CEOs of Google, Facebook, Apple, and...
4 House members ask Facebook, Twitter & Google to give them COVID-19 disinformation reports monthly
Four House Committee on Energy and Commerce members are asking Facebook, Twitter, and Google to give them monthly reports about their...
Facebook says it doesn’t benefit from hate, but its algorithms tell a different story: op-ed
At a time when huge companies are suspending their advertising campaigns on Facebook, the social media giant claims it doesn't...
‘Facebook’s business model is poison & its algorithms amplify misinformation’: digital forensics expert testifies
Facebook's business model is poison and its divisive algorithms are a driving force behind online misinformation, according to a digital...
‘When technology takes control of our information environment, it takes control of humanity’: Center for Humane Tech president
When technology like AI takes control of our information environment, then it takes control of the fate of humanity, according...
Big tech censorship reignites call for an Internet Bill of Rights
The idea of an Internet Bill of Rights has been floating around for years, but recent accusations of big tech...
House Intel Committee ditches script, grills big tech on polarizing users and toxic civic discourse
Today, representatives from big tech companies Google, Facebook, and Twitter testified remotely in a virtual hearing before the House Intelligence...
DOJ proposes legal reforms to promote free speech, address illicit content on online platforms
Today the US Department of Justice (DOJ) publishes four reform proposals to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act that...
Can tech companies that use facial recognition technology be allies in the fight for racial justice?
Developers and researchers of facial recognition technology, such as the multinational tech company IBM, have the power to incite discussions...
‘Censorship destroys the very diversity it was meant to protect’: former NSA foreign surveillance agent
A former NSA foreign surveillance agent tells The Sociable how censorship destroys the very diversity of thought it was meant to...
Think for yourself? Facebook removes QAnon-related content as ‘coordinated inauthentic behavior’
Today, Facebook releases its Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior report for the month of April, saying it took down over 30 QAnon-related...
