Technology

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has a message for the world: Fighting back against misinformation is “a matter of life and death.”

Guterres on July 12 told the UN Security Council that reliable information is a human right.

A federal court judge granted Missouri and Louisiana’s motion for expedited discovery in a blow to the Biden administration.

President Biden and several members of his administration are named as defendants in the lawsuit.

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Amazon’s Ring security system is facing criticism after reports surfaced that the system shared user data without consent.

Axios reported that the doorbell system admitted to sharing user information with law enforcement without consent.…

Liberal journalist Glenn Greenwald says Democrats are threatening social media platforms if their censorship demands are unmet.

Greenwald was involved in a Twitter discussion with Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Musk asked Alex Berenson, a…

The European Commission passed two bills that will regulate online content like never before, including censoring speech.

Protocol reported that the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA) will take effect next year.…

Liberal billionaire George Soros claimed that the greatest threat to the U.S. is “far-right extremists” on the U.S. Supreme Court and not dictators like China’s Xi Jinping or Russia’s Vladimir Putin. 

“From abroad, the US is…

Viral social media app TikTok reportedly claimed its employees who are based in China can access data from users in the United States.

The New York Times obtained the company’s response to an inquiry from Republican senators in the United…

Florida's Big Tech censorship law is blocked -- for now. But the Supreme Court could determine whether Florida’s social media law is constitutional. 

Protocol reported that NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry…

Former President Donald Trump appealed the dismissal of the lawsuit that challenged his permanent ban from Twitter.

Trump alleges that the platform violated his free speech rights when it permanently banned him after the Jan. 6 Capitol…

The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) launched a new legal fund to protect fact-checkers that face litigation.

Poynter reported that the fund has received support from Meta and Google. Each applicant can receive up to $40,000…

A group of United States senators introduced a bill that would allow the president to block exports of data to countries that pose a national security risk.

Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced the bill, Reuters…

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and Lousiana Attorney General Jeff Landry asked for a preliminary injunction to stop alleged collusion in the Biden administration.

Schmitt and Landry sued the Biden administration and claimed it…

A new report suggested China exploited Google search results to spread its false narrative about COVID-19.

The Washington Examiner detailed a report that China manipulated Google search results to hide the country’s mishandling of the…

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, faced a lawsuit after it was revealed the company used a tracking tool to obtain patient health information.

Reclaim the Net reported that the plaintiff, a patient who used the healthcare portal in…

U.S. lawmakers urged Google to “fix” abortion searches.

Reuters reported that Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) were among 14 senators and seven House lawmakers -- all Democrats -- who signed the letter to…

A new report suggested Facebook received sensitive medical information from hospital websites.

The Markup tested 100 hospital websites and on 33 of them discovered a tracking tool called “Meta Pixel” that collected patients’ sensitive…

Big Tech platforms agreed to provide data to the European Union to fight “disinformation” online.

Financial Times reported that Meta, Twitter, Google, and Microsoft provided data to individual EU countries, giving the bloc more control…

Twenty-seven Senate Republicans led by Sen. John Thune (R-SD) on Wednesday introduced legislation that would ban email providers from using algorithms that mark certain political campaign emails as spam.

Fox News Digital noted that…

A Google engineer claimed an artificial intelligence bot that belonged to the company came to life. And then the company put him on administrative leave.

Google engineer Blake Lemoine told the Washington Post that the tech giant’s…

Journalists at The New York Times criticized Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s efforts to push back against online censorship.

The paper published an article in the technology section that accused Paxton of standing up against…