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August 20, 2020
A recent Pew Research Center (Pew) study found that most Americans are, at least to some extent, concerned about online censorship and the ability of social media companies to handle misinformation.
The Pew study, published on August 19,…
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August 21, 2020
Despite recent news that the social media platform Reddit would allow President Donald Trump’s campaign to run ads on the platform, the company still squashes free speech on the platform.
Reddit has banned nearly 7,000 subreddits since enacting its…
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August 24, 2020
Months before the presidential election, Facebook has already made plans to crack down on President Donald Trump’s posts in case he attempts to use the platform to contest the election’s legitimacy.
An August 21 New York Times article detailed…
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August 24, 2020
TikTok is reeling after two executive orders have threatened the Chinese-owned apps existence in the U.S. Now it has decided to take to the U.S. courts.
Today, TikTok filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government after President Donald Trump signed…
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August 25, 2020
Several Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee took a big step in holding Amazon accountable for discriminating against conservatives.
Republicans on the House Committee on the Judiciary sent a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on August…
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August 26, 2020
When faced with the choice earlier this year, YouTube chose to censor more content on its platform during its second quarter than it had in any previous quarter.
YouTube reported that it removed twice as many videos in its second quarter than its…
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August 26, 2020
Google doesn’t seem to understand privacy. Perhaps its employees need to Google it.
A recent lawsuit against Google included emails from employees claiming that the company’s privacy settings are so complicated, even its own engineers don’t fully…
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August 27, 2020
Republican National Convention (RNC) speakers have not been afraid to call out Big Tech for its role in censoring conservatives.
Speakers like Charlie Kirk, Nick Sandmann and Tiffany and Melania Trump have stressed the importance of…
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August 27, 2020
After Apple snuck COVID-19 contract tracing software onto its iPhone updates in May, the company is now at least pretending to care about user privacy.
One feature of Apple’s iOS 14 update, originally announced in June, is intended to…
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August 28, 2020
Leftist organizations are suing President Donald Trump over his recent executive order to investigate Big Tech censorship in an effort to protect the First Amendment rights of Americans.
Several voting advocacy groups, including Rock the Vote, Voto…
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