Tech giants Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo, through a coalition of tech companies called the Reform Government Surveillance, have expressed support for a New York bill that will ban law enforcement from obtaining geofence and […]
Google has published its 2021 Ads Safety Report, revealing that in order to “prevent malicious use” of the ads platform, it last year removed more than 3.4 billion ads, restricted more than 5.7 billion, […]
YouTube has announced that it has removed more than 8,000 channels and 60,000 videos for “misinformation, hate speech or graphic violence” related to the war in Ukraine. YouTube had announced in March that it […]
(Natural News) A federal judge ruled that social media platform Twitter has to explain why it censored former New York Times (NYT) reporter Alex Berenson. The independent journalist found himself banned from the site due to […]
In case you were wondering, website blocking at ISP level is alive and well in the US, although the practice is normally associated with authoritarian regimes who impose all manner of internet bans, often […]
Starting in 2022, drivers of new cars in the UK will highly likely be dealing with mandatory speed limiter (Intelligent Speed Assist, ISA) tech installed in their vehicles. This is based on new EU […]
PayPal has banned the accounts of journalists and media companies that have published stories that contradict some of the West‘s reporting of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Among those that have been banned include […]
Searching for “Meghan Markle“ on YouTube now only brings up results from news outlets and verified accounts. Content critical of Meghan Markle has been deranked from both search results and recommendations on the sidebar. […]
Even after pressing the mute button on video conferencing apps, Big Tech can still collect audio data, according to an unpublished study by the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A press release announcing the study claims […]