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November 4, 2021
A report suggests that The Washington Post is preparing an article criticizing the White Coat Waste Project, a group dedicated to ending cruel dog experiments. Journalist Glenn Greenwald detailed The Post’s reports on the animal rights advocacy…
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November 6, 2021
Congressman Jim Banks is back on Twitter after he deleted a tweet that went against the platform’s Terms of Service.
On October 19, Banks tweeted about Dr. Rachel Levine, a transgender woman who recently became the first transgender four-star…
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November 7, 2021
A study from researchers at Facebook suggests addiction to the app is only growing.
The Daily Mail reports that researchers found that 1 in 8 of the platform’s 2.9 billion users is addicted to the app, displaying troubling behaviors that damage…
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November 7, 2021
A new feature in Microsoft will provide employers with increased visibility on employee browsers.
The feature is aimed at “insider risk management,” where employers are able to monitor online employee actions online. The compliance center will be…
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November 9, 2021
Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, is calling on Instagram to provide a dislike button on posts in an effort to promote kindness. Markle attended the “Minding the Gap” conference to promote paid sick and parental leave in the United States, despite…
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November 9, 2021
Gigi Sohn, President Biden’s nominee to the Federal Communications Commission, appears to have troubling biases against conservative media outlets. The Twitter account of Sohn promised to “fulfill [Biden’s] goal of ensuring that every household in…
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November 11, 2021
The United States government is warning against rules the European Union has drafted that could risk companies’ intellectual property and trade secrets.
According to Reuters, the Digital Markets Act (DMA) sets out a list of things companies can and…
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November 12, 2021
YouTube has once again temporarily suspended Senator Ron Johnson’s channel over so-called COVID-19 “misinformation.”
Johnson has frequently criticized the government’s “authoritarian” responses. This time, he was suspended over a video roundtable…
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November 14, 2021
A report from The Washington Post suggests Facebook purposefully prevents users from controlling their own feeds.
The “News Feed” feature on Facebook is meant to show the user the most up-to-date posts from friends, family, public figures, and news…
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November 16, 2021
TikTok has settled a class-action suit alleging that the popular entertainment app violated user privacy.
The lawsuit alleged that TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, “violated federal and state law by collecting and using, without…