The Internet Archive has joined the ranks of those US tech companies or organizations who are applying the “soft censorship” of “fact checking” as a means to discredit content rather than outright ban and delete […]
Several Facebook groups set up by pro-Trump Jews who immigrated to the US from Russia (the then Soviet Union) have been banned on the giant social network in recent days, just ahead of the presidential […]
The “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast is causing tensions within Spotify. Some more radical employees have reportedly flagged some of the podcast’s content. Spotify acquired The Joe Rogan Experience, the world’s most popular podcast, back in […]
Even after announcing an arbitrary blanket ban on accounts associated with QAnon, Facebook isn’t done suppressing the movement. As part of another crackdown, the social media platform has revealed that searches for the “save our […]
Netflix is raising the prices of its standard and premium plans. Its standard plan, previously $13 a month, is now $14, while the premium plan has been raised from $16 to $18 a month. The […]
The founder of a mastectomy support group on Facebook claims that the platform repeatedly censors its content despite their content not violating Facebook’s community standards. Facebook admitted that the content was removed in error but […]
Microsoft has released an optional Catalog update that removes Adobe Flash from Windows 10 and prevents it from being reinstalled, paving the way for the eventual death of the app in 2021. However, as Bleeping […]
Facebook is among the giant social platforms that have over the past months taken action to suppress and remove content uploaded by those believing in the existence of an international child trafficking conspiracy that involves […]
October 27, 2020 By Elizabeth Culliford and Raphael Satter (Reuters) – The first day of Facebook Inc’s effort to stop new political advertising being introduced in the final stretch of U.S. election campaigning was marked […]
Two Christian organizations that operate in China officially are resorting to camouflaging references to Jesus Christ and the Bible by replacing them with initials – in order to maintain the presence of their stores on […]
(Natural News) As we approach the most critical election in the history of this nation, we remind everyone that both Facebook and Twitter have, for at least the last six months, completely blacklisted the sharing […]
Dubai is introducing a facial recognition system on public transport to beef up security, officials said Sunday, as the emirate prepares to host the global Expo exhibition.”This technology has proven its effectiveness to identify suspicious […]
Oculus’ move to require Facebook accounts is creating serious problems for some of its biggest fans. Windows Central reports that Facebook is banning Oculus users who simultaneously use more than one VR headset linked to […]
You won’t find the source code for YouTube-DL, a popular tool that can be used to download videos from YouTube, and for some of its forks and copies on GitHub anymore. When you visit their […]
Patreon is joining the ranks of tech companies cracking down on QAnon. Bloomberg reports the crowdfunding site is banning accounts “dedicated” to promoting the discredited conspiracy theory, while others that have pushed some QAnon content […]
A recent study carried out by the Media Research Center showed that since May 2018, Twitter and Facebook censored Donald Trump 65 times compared to zero such instances affecting Joe Biden, who is now the […]
Just days after US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez played Among Us to an audience of more than 435,000 viewers, InnerSloth, the developer of the popular multiplayer title, is struggling to contain a spam attack that is […]
God Emperor Trump, a popular pro-Trump meme page, was banned by Facebook with just a few days left for the US Presidential Election. Tom Pappert, who owns the page, said that Facebook has banned his […]
Google will no longer manufacture and sell the Nest Secure alarm system it launched back in 2017. The tech giant has confirmed that it has discontinued the system to Android Police shortly after the Google […]
Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk has been locked out of his Twitter account for tweeting out the details of a story about voter fraud in Pennsylvania and asking the question “what’s going on?” In […]
Facebook altered its algorithm to prevent articles from certain news websites from appearing on its newsfeed, a new report states. According to the Wall Street Journal, CEO Mark Zuckerberg approved the changes that would result […]
October 16, 2020 (Reuters) – Twitter Inc said on Thursday its social networking site was down for many users due to “some trouble” with its internal systems. The company said in a tweet https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/1316880612691591174 that […]
YouTube has scrubbed many popular “QAnon” and independent news channels from its platform after announcing new rules that prohibit what it deems to be “harmful conspiracy theories.” The channels collectively had millions of subscribers and […]
The Facebook page of a New Zealand political party was suspended days before the election as the page apparently shared what the Big Tech giant says is COVID-19 “misinformation.” Ever since the coronavirus saga started, […]
October 15, 2020 (Reuters) – Twitter Inc on Thursday temporarily restricted U.S. President Donald Trump’s election campaign account from tweeting, saying a video from the account about Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s son violated its […]
With just weeks to go before the 2020 presidential election, YouTube has confirmed it is expanding efforts to crack down on harmful conspiracies being shared on its platform, with a specific focus on prohibiting “content […]
After blocking links to the New York Post story about Joe Biden’s foreign lobbying scandal, Twitter has now followed up by blocking a link to the official Republican Judiciary website at house.gov. Both Facebook and […]
Barnes & Noble has emailed its customers saying that it has been the “victim of a cybersecurity attack,” in which personal data was accessed. The breach not only affected B&N’s corporate IT systems but the […]
Facebook and Twitter are both taking steps to slow the spread of a New York Post story that claimed to have obtained emails from the laptop of Joe Biden’s son.A Facebook spokesperson said Wednesday that […]
Twitter has followed Facebook’s example by censoring a New York Post article about Joe Biden’s foreign lobbying scandal after users were prevented from tweeting links to the story, leading one NY Post editor to describe […]
YouTube will remove videos that contain misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines (via Reuters). It will ban any content that contradicts information about those vaccines from the World Health Organization (WHO) or local health authorities, the company… […]
October 13, 2020 (Reuters) – Netflix, the world’s largest streaming service, said on Tuesday it has stopped offering free trials in the United States. “We’re looking at different marketing promotions in the U.S. to attract […]
Mark Zuckerberg has clearly had enough of being hauled in front of Congress and hectored by a gang of senior citizens and listening to the head of the ACLU slam his company as a vessel […]
Facebook has reportedly disabled the account of former U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant John “Tig” Tiegen, one of the men who helped defend the U.S. consulate in Benghazi in 2012, now a conservative activist and public […]
Reddit moderators removed The Great Barrington Declaration, an anti-lockdown statement by some of the world’s leading epidemiologists. The censorship is proof that social platforms, like mainstream media, are not welcoming of discussions surrounding alternatives to […]
October 12, 2020 (Reuters) – Facebook Inc said on Monday it was updating its hate speech policy to prohibit any content that denies or distorts the Holocaust. “Enforcement of these policies cannot happen overnight,” Facebook […]
Twitter, in attempts to silence conversation around vote-by-mail on its platform, has now locked the former acting Director of National Intelligence out of his account. Upon his friend’s request, Ric Grenell took to Twitter and […]
TikTok may have received a temporary reprieve from its ban by the Trump administration recently, but the app is struggling to keep its welcome in other countries. Following a recent ban in India, TikTok has […]
Hyundai has issued a recall for 25,564 Kona EVs in South Korea following reports of battery fires, according to Reuters. It’s also in the process of filing a recall with the the National Highway Traffic […]
Facebook-owned Instagram has announced that will ban all QAnon accounts, including ones that don’t promote violence, while refusing to remove ISIS propaganda accounts that celebrate 9/11 under the justification that “people may express themselves differently.” […]
The QAnon conspiracy theory is no longer welcome on any of Facebook’s apps. The social network is banning QAnon from its platform entirely, the company now says.“Starting today, we will remove any Facebook Pages, Groups […]
After investigating and reporting on DNC/Deep State/State Department/Biden criminal behavior in Ukraine since 2014, CDMedia was de-platformed across 5 Silicon Valley companies within a few days. These included Twitter, PayPal, Stripe, CJ Affiliate, and Patreon. […]
Craig Murray, the former British ambassador to Uzbekistan and longtime confidant of Julian Assange, has been fastidiously reporting on the Australian publisher’s extradition hearing to the United States. Yet few people have been reading it. […]
You’ll have to watch retail websites like a hawk and be ready to refresh like mad if you want to get an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 or 3090 before the year ends. According to Tom’s […]
Facebook mistakenly removed a Fallout 76 group by The Free States Militia, one of the most popular roleplaying entities. The group received no warning, and Facebook admitted it was a mistake and reinstated the group. […]
October 5, 2020 (Reuters) – Slack Technologies Inc <WORK.N> said on Monday some of it users were facing faulty performance on its workplace messaging platform, which is widely used by employees working remotely during the […]
Apple has filed a lawsuit against its former contractor GEEP Canada for allegedly reselling over 100,000 iPhones, iPads and Watches that were supposed to be disassembled and recycled. “At least 11,766 pounds of Apple devices […]
October 3, 2020 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Honda Motor Co <7267.T> said on Saturday it has confirmed a 17th U.S. death tied to a faulty Takata air bag inflator. The Japanese automaker said that after a […]
Pinterest is trying to re-educate users on what it calls “cultural appropriation” when it comes to Halloween costumes. Pinterest is the go-to app for Halloween costume ideas. Even though the celebrations this year will be […]
Facebook and YouTube both announced that they ramped up their tracking of “Trump-coronavirus conspiracy theories” within minutes of President Trump announcing that he had tested positive for the coronavirus. In a statement to Motherboard, Facebook […]
QAnon is increasingly spreading on LinkedIn as members continue to identify as supporters. However, LinkedIn, like other social media sites, isn’t happy about it and is taking measures to reduce the spread of the movement […]
Twitter will change its automated image cropping feature after users complained that it was biased. The company says it’s working to “decrease our reliance” on automatic cropping so users can ultimately control how their images appear […]
Five bar owners in France have been arrested in Grenoble for offering public WiFi without keeping connection logs and spying on its users. The owners claimed they were not aware of the anti-privacy law that […]
Facebook is taking new steps to limit QAnon’s influence on its platform. The social network said that it was banning ads that “praise, support or represent” QAnon or “militarized social movements,” and that it had […]
Just as Apple is being challenged in some corners for slowly backing away from serving, in good faith, the open and democratic RSS web feed tech when it comes to the way it dominates podcasting […]
(Natural News) A nationwide 911 outage occurred on Monday that we have since learned was caused by a massive Microsoft Office 365 outage. The Bill Gates-founded Microsoft corporation apparently runs America’s emergency service lines these […]