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February 8, 2022
The Internal Revenue Service reportedly abandoned a plan that required taxpayers to use facial recognition software.
The plan would have required users to independently verify their identity in order to obtain a tax transcript or set up a…
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February 8, 2022
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission that demanded an investigation into GoFundMe.
GoFundMe faced criticism last week after it banned–and then reinstated–a fundraiser dedicated to the “Freedom Convoy,” a large group…
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February 10, 2022
The Internet Accountability Project launched a national television ad that called for the break up of Big Tech.
The Daily Caller News Foundation first reported the news.
The IAP launched the ad buy on Newsmax in support of two bills passed in the…
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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 16, 2022
Free speech advocates cautioned about giving the government and university researchers exclusive authority over social media data as lawmakers expect to soon consider a proposal to force new information disclosures from Big Tech.
A bipartisan bill…
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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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