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March 8, 2019
A YouTube spokesperson told BuzzFeed that “[a]s part of our ongoing efforts to build a better news experience on YouTube, we are expanding our information panels to bring fact checks from eligible publishers to YouTube.” While this was…
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March 11, 2019
Democrats have warned they are coming after big tech. Now presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-MA, says she wants to break up the major tech firms.
Warren has joined a chorus of political leaders on both sides of politics voicing their…
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March 12, 2019
The blog site news blog Zero Hedge complained that Facebook has banned users from sharing its posts.
Zero Hedge pseudonym "Tyler Durden" (named for the rebellious anti-hero from Fight Club.) has claimed via his blog that “some…
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March 12, 2019
CNN is expanding it’s partnership with Twitter to better cater to advertisers on the platform.
Where previously companies could only buy ad space according to content category, now they can purchase ad space around the most popular CNN…
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March 13, 2019
While YouTube may publicly deny demoting videos based on their "specific political perspectives,” both right and left wing commentators have noticed a huge drop in recommendations.
In February there has been a massive drop in YouTube…
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March 13, 2019
Twitter is getting ready to make major changes that are already being criticized as new ways to limit speech and benefit what the company CEO calls “healthy conversation.”
Twitter unveiled new changes at the SXSW (South by…
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March 14, 2019
Big Tech just ran into a big buzzsaw. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) scorched a Google executive during a Committee hearing on consumer privacy, complaining about “creepy” revelations of misbehavior.
Hawley sparred with Google’s…
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March 15, 2019
Social media outlets raced to remove content in the wake of the New Zealand mosque shooting. In the aftermath, media members criticized the tech companies for their inability to restrict the shooter’s footage and manifesto of the New Zealand…
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March 19, 2019
A video hosting website banned Fairview Baptist Church’s account for streaming a conference that discussed traditional Christian teaching on homosexuality.
Vimeo informed the Fairview Baptist Church of Edmond, Oklahoma, that its account…
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March 19, 2019
The White House Director of Social Media, Dan Scavino Jr. announced on Monday that Facebook blocked him from replying to posts.
“Dear Facebook—AMAZING. WHY ARE YOU STOPPING ME from replying to comments followers have left me -…