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October 9, 2021
A new statement from President Biden on the spread of COVID is being criticized on Twitter for its inconsistency with other statements.
Earlier in the week, Biden defended enacting vaccine mandates on the grounds that people who go to the hospital…
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October 9, 2021
While much of the recent media attention regarding Facebook whistleblowers has gone to former employee and liberal donor Frances Haugen, it's worth noting that she wasn't the first former employee who has warned about the company.
Haugen, a…
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October 9, 2021
Steven Hill, a former policy director at the Center for Humane Technology, suggested that Facebook issue use “permits.”
Hill detailed his thoughts in an op-ed for Project Syndicate.
“Digital operating permits,” Hill said, would “address big…
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October 12, 2021
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton suggested that she wants more censorship from Big Tech giants like Facebook.
In an interview with The View, Clinton blamed Facebook and Former President Donald Trump for the “constitutional crisis” of…
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October 13, 2021
According to The Intercept, Facebook has a secret blacklist of “dangerous individuals and organizations.”
The article explained the list was created to bar “users from speaking freely about people and groups it says promote violence.”
Facebook…
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October 13, 2021
According to a report from Forbes, Facebook announced on Wednesday that it will remove content that targets public figures who are “at risk” of self-harm, calling it a move following comments from “a large number of global stakeholders.
The…
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October 14, 2021
A court in the United Kingdom has ruled in favor of a woman who accused her neighbor of using a Ring doorbell in violation of her privacy.
Woodward set up four devices–including two fake 'dummy' cameras–around his home to deter would-be thieves…
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October 14, 2021
Professional networking platform LinkedIn announced on Thursday that it will shut down its service in China.
The platform, which is owned by Microsoft, expanded to China in 2014.
“We recognized that operating a localized version of LinkedIn in…
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October 17, 2021
In a discussion about equality, Pope Francis called for more censorship online. Pope Francis was discussing how the public views him as a “pest” for defending the poor.
"Thinking about these situations (of exclusion and inequality), I make a pest…
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October 19, 2021
On Tuesday, Facebook announced Tuesday that it will soon be making changes to its “News Tab.”
The move came after the tech giant originally said in January that it would make the News Tab “less political.”
“People don’t want…