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July 25, 2022
An opinion editorial at The New York Times suggests free speech is mostly fine...except when it’s not.
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Shira Ovide wrote on July 19 that Tesla CEO Elon Musk has the chance to promote free speech online and only ban…
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July 26, 2022
Podcast host Tim Pool slammed Twitter, saying the platform censored one of his tweets in which he was “calling out grooming.”
On his daily Timcast IRL livestream, Pool said Twitter locked his account after he called a picture of adults showing…
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July 26, 2022
The House Oversight and Reform Committee is set to approve a bill that would give the federal government more power over digital ID.
On Monday, Reclaim The Net reported that Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL) reintroduced the bill with bipartisan support:
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July 27, 2022
Twitter has scheduled a shareholder vote after Musk announced he wanted to pull out of his deal to buy the company.
CNBC reported that the shareholder meeting would take place via webcast at 10 a.m. PT on Sept. 13.
The social media company…
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July 28, 2022
Google says it will give user information to law enforcement with no warrant in cases of an “emergency.”
CNET reported this week that Google would give police access to a user’s Nest video footage without a warrant in “emergency” situations.…
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July 30, 2022
Governments around the world are begging social media companies for your data.
A report from TechRobot earlier this year described the ways big government gets a hold of your personal information from Apple, Facebook and Twitter:
“Across the Q1…
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July 31, 2022
Facebook will no longer pay publishers to host their content on the platform’s “News Tab.”
The Wall Street Journal reported last week that the deal that originally began in 2019 is coming to an end. Senior executive Campbell Brown thanked…
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August 1, 2022
A federal court judge in California ruled that Rumble’s lawsuit against Google can proceed.
Last week, United States District Court Judge Haywood S. Gilliam Jr. denied Google’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit that alleges the company is a monopoly…
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August 2, 2022
Twitter is figuratively dragging Elon Musk’s friends to court.
The Washington Post on Monday reported that Twitter asked Musk’s friends for “checklists, timelines, presentations, decks, organizational calls, meetings, notes, recordings” and any…
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August 3, 2022
The New Civil Liberties Alliance says it has joined a lawsuit suit against President Biden involving the administration's alleged collusion with big tech companies.
The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) announced in a press release Tuesday…