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November 9, 2021
Gigi Sohn, President Biden’s nominee to the Federal Communications Commission, appears to have troubling biases against conservative media outlets. The Twitter account of Sohn promised to “fulfill [Biden’s] goal of ensuring that every household in…
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November 11, 2021
The United States government is warning against rules the European Union has drafted that could risk companies’ intellectual property and trade secrets.
According to Reuters, the Digital Markets Act (DMA) sets out a list of things companies can and…
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November 12, 2021
YouTube has once again temporarily suspended Senator Ron Johnson’s channel over so-called COVID-19 “misinformation.”
Johnson has frequently criticized the government’s “authoritarian” responses. This time, he was suspended over a video roundtable…
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November 14, 2021
A report from The Washington Post suggests Facebook purposefully prevents users from controlling their own feeds.
The “News Feed” feature on Facebook is meant to show the user the most up-to-date posts from friends, family, public figures, and news…
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November 16, 2021
TikTok has settled a class-action suit alleging that the popular entertainment app violated user privacy.
The lawsuit alleged that TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, “violated federal and state law by collecting and using, without…
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November 16, 2021
Nick Clegg, Vice President of Global Affairs at Meta, says the world needs a “global internet.”
“Meta” is the new name for Facebook.
In an op-ed at Financial Review, Clegg said “global rules” were needed for a “global internet.” Clegg said the…
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November 19, 2021
Attorneys general from several states have decided to launch an investigation into the effects Instagram has on children who use the app.
The attorneys will investigate Meta’s outreach to young users as well as whether the company violated any…
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November 19, 2021
GoFundMe bizarrely tried to defend its ban on fundraising for acquitted Kenosha, WI defendant Kyle Rittenhouse.
The fundraising platform previously banned fundraisers dedicated to raising money to aid in Kyle Rittenhouse’s legal defense.
But after…
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November 22, 2021
In the latest example of Big Tech censorship, Foundation of Economic Freedom Policy correspondent Brad Polumbo accused TikTok of removing a pro-Kyle Rittenhouse video. TikTok's reasons? Not surprisingly, they were incredibly vague.
The video posted…
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November 25, 2021
Days after GoFundMe tried to justify its Rittenhouse ban, the platform is under fire for allowing–and then deleting–a fundraiser for the suspect in the parade massacre.
GoFundMe tried to justify its Rittenhouse ban after his acquittal, claiming it…