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February 10, 2022
Since many on the left have called on Spotify to remove Joe Rogan’s podcast from its lineup, it is worth noting that the podcasts of convicted criminals and alleged racists are still up.
Rogan has faced criticism on the left for allegedly spreading…
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February 15, 2022
Maybe there isn’t a misinformation crisis after all. Even lefty journalist Matthew Yglesias, a columnist at Bloomberg, wrote on his “Slow Boring” Substack blog that there is no “misinformation crisis” on the internet.
Yglesias wrote that while…
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February 15, 2022
Twitter has expanded its mode aimed at protecting user “safety.”
The platform introduced “Safety Mode” in September of last year and said its aim was to “limit unwelcome interactions on Twitter.”
The mode was initially only available to a select…
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February 17, 2022
A small business owner was reportedly been threatened after her name was revealed by hackers in a data leak of donors to the Canadian “Freedom Convoy.”
Over 92,000 donor names were leaked from GiveSendGo following a massive hack. Credit card…
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February 19, 2022
AmazonSmile has removed Black Lives Matter from its charity list, according to the New York Post.
The platform’s Smile program donates a percentage of the cost of a user’s purchase to the charity of his or her choice. Popular examples include the…
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February 20, 2022
A new report suggested that TikTok can bypass privacy protections to share data with ByteDance, its Chinese parent company.
TheWrap exclusively reported that TikTok was not deterred from privacy protections offered by Apple and Google.
“The…
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February 20, 2022
Several prominent state politicians in New York blocked followers on social media.
New York State Sen. Julia Salazar, Councilmen Rafael Salamanca Jr., and Ari Kagan are some of the elected officials who blocked followers, even constituents, from…
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February 24, 2022
Siri is reportedly getting a new voice.
Axios reported that Apple is beta testing a gender-neutral device for the latest iOS. The voice was available to the public for beta testing earlier in the week.
Apple said the new option allowed the user’s…
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February 27, 2022
Although the federal government has not utilized vaccine passports to prove that someone has been vaccinated against COVID-19, some states are quietly using “SMART Health Cards."
According to Forbes, a SMART Health Card is being used in 21…
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February 27, 2022
A new study from Princeton alleged that liberal content on Twitter turned moderate voters against former President Donald Trump.
Social media platforms, especially Facebook and Twitter, have long had a complex relationship with politics. The nearly…