Category: Bullshit seen online

Facebook will no longer recommend health groups Facebook says that groups dedicated to health-related topics are no longer eligible to appear in recommendations. The update is part of the company’s latest effort to fight misinformation. “To […]

YouTube Deletes Biden Collusion Recordings From Ukraine YouTube, run by Google, has deleted the Biden audio tapes we posted earlier this week that showed Biden colluding with the former Ukrainian president against the Trump transition […]

Facebook and Twitter delete accounts of Students For Trump teens, accuse them of being Russian trolls The Washington Post has accused US digital activists of being “Russian trolls” and got them banned from social media […]

Users who get banned from Facebook could lose access to purchased Oculus VR games “Virtual reality as a service” already seemed like an increasingly bad idea after announcements that users will be required to merge […]

Twitter suspends virologist after she publishes paper alleging that COVID-19 was created in Wuhan lab Twitter has suspended the account of the Chinese virologist and whistleblower Dr. Li-Meng Yan after she published a paper claiming […]

Facebook says it’ll REMOVE all posts alleging Oregon fires ‘were started by certain groups’ (Natural News) Facebook has announced that it will be wiping messages alleging that wildfires, which have been sweeping through Oregon, might […]

Twitter locks CJ Pearson’s account for tweeting anti-pedophile remarks Twitter has locked the account of CJ Pearson (@thecjpearson), president of The Free Thinker Project, for tweeting, “Every pedophile in America should be castrated.” Free speech […]

YouTube censors White House coronavirus advisor Professor Scott Atlas for contradicting WHO The latest instance of coronavirus-related censorship taking place on YouTube is shedding light on the giant as not only vigorously suppressing opposing voices, […]

Facebook threatens to delete page of Terrence K. Williams’ again after he reacts to Portland riots Facebook has removed several posts from pro-Trump comedian Terrence K. Williams and threatened to unpublish his page for the […]

Razer data leak may have exposed info of over 100,000 customers If you recently bought something from Razer, you'll want to keep an eye on your email inbox for suspicious links. According to security researcher […]

Facebook removes posts linking Oregon wildfires to activist groups September 13, 2020 (Reuters) – Facebook <FB.O> has started removing false claims that the deadly wildfires in Oregon were started by various left-wing and right-wing groups, […]

Anti-lockdown YouTubers Nelk Boys demonetized by YouTube for flouting lockdown rules YouTube has temporarily demonetized the account of Nelk Boys, a group of prankster YouTubers who went to Illinois State University and posted footage of […]

Vinyl outsold CDs for the first time since the ’80s The Recording Industry Association of America has released its mid-year report on the state of the US music industry. While there were plenty of expected […]

Facebook to “fact-check” opinions of climate change skeptics, introduce new “climate information center” Facebook has a new plan to crack down on those who don’t go along with the mainstream narrative on climate climate change. […]

Tech company drops service for Christian group just before major event, raising censorship accusations Mobile Cause, a California-based tech company, has been accused of religious discrimination and censorship of conservative voices. The company unexpectedly terminated […]

China’s internet censorship agency shut down 179,000 social media accounts in two weeks China’s central internet censorship agency, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), shut down 179,000 social media accounts since late August as part […]

STRIPE DE-PLATFORMS CDMEDIA For Credit Card Processing 55 Days Before Election For Reporting On Biden Criminal Activity…5 Big-Tech Platforms Have Now De-Platformed Credit card processor Stripe has de-platformed CDMedia for transactions 55 days prior to […]

Matrix.org created by Amdocs: a wiretapping firm implicated in 911 terrorist attacks and Israeli Espionage in The USA Purism forum staff, developers of the “worlds most private phone” de-platformed my comment after I exposed to […]

Patreon Freezes CDMedia Funds 55 Days Prior To Election Over Reporting On Biden Criminal Activity Patreon, the massive creator patronage site, has frozen CDMedia funds less than 60 days prior to the 2020 presidential election […]

Twitter caught shadowbanning Kyle Rittenhouse lawyer Lin Wood The Twitter username for Lin Wood (@LLinWood), one of the defense lawyers for Kyle Rittenhouse, has been shadowbanned from Twitter’s search results which means users that aren’t […]

New report finds more evidence of TikTok censorship Two super-successful Chinese apps are about to be banned in the US, and they cover very different markets and are developed by very different companies. Yet according […]

Articles that simply report on Tenet piracy are being censored from Google over false copyright claims Some of the production companies and other copyright holders behind Christopher Nolan’s new movie Tenet are trying to fight […]

Infinity Ward disables all ‘Warzone’ vehicles after game-breaking bug emerges If you hop into Call of Duty: Warzone right now, you’ll notice that all of the vehicles are missing. Over the weekend, players discovered a […]

Facebook is silent on why it disabled journalist Ford Fischer’s account after Louisville protest coverage Facebook temporarily deleted the verified account of journalist, filmmaker, and Editor-in-Chief of News2Share, Ford Fischer, for an entire day as […]

EA pulls ads from ‘UFC 4’ replays after widespread complaints EA’s UFC 4 is off to a rough start. The developer told Eurogamer it had removed commercials from the MMA game’s replays and overlays after […]

Facebook threatens to ban Mark Dice for video showing Kyle Rittenhouse offering help to protesters Conservative author and media analyst Mark Dice has announced on Twitter, and to his 1.6 million YouTube subscribers, that Facebook […]

Facebook blocks links to fundraising campaigns for Kyle Rittenhouse legal defense Facebook is preventing its users from sharing and linking to a fundraising campaign for Kyle Rittenhouse’s legal defense on the fundraising site GiveSendGo and […]

Jack Dorsey says Shaun King’s doxing of Kenosha police officers does not violate Twitter’s community standards (Natural News) Two days after Jacob Blake was reportedly shot in the back by police officers while suspiciously entering […]

It’s a “no” for driverless cars: Americans prefer driving themselves to work than relying on autonomous vehicles (Natural News) Autonomous cars operate without the need for a human driver. Artificial intelligence drives the car, allowing […]

Zuckerberg says Facebook’s failure to remove militia page ‘an operational mistake’ August 28, 2020 (Reuters) – Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said on Friday the company was at fault for not removing the page and […]

Apple terminates Epic Games’ account on App Store August 28, 2020 (Reuters) – Apple Inc said on Friday it had terminated “Fortnite” creator Epic Games’ account on its app store, following a legal battle between […]

Exclusive: Facebook says Apple rejected its attempt to tell users about App Store fees August 28, 2020 By Katie Paul and Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – Facebook Inc on Thursday told Reuters that Apple Inc rejected […]

Facebook takes down militia group that organized armed response to protests Facebook has removed the page for a Kenosha, Wisconsin militia group after it organized a “call to arms” event as a response to protestors […]

Facebook warns developers iOS 14 could sink app ad revenue Apple’s upcoming iOS 14 will be a disaster for app developers that rely on Facebook’s ad-tracking tools, the social network is warning. That’s because iOS 14 […]

Australian celebrity chef Pete Evans laments Facebook censorship Australia’s celebrity chef and alternative medicine promoter Pete Evans says that he is being “shadow banned” by Facebook. In the same breath as reporting about this, the […]

YouTube admits its over-zealous “wide net” moderation has been deleting non-violating content YouTube has been increasing its dependence on algorithms to moderate content, Google has revealed. But technology is far from replacing human reviewers as […]

Facebook shares data on Myanmar with United Nations investigators August 25, 2020 By Poppy McPherson (Reuters) – Facebook says it has shared data with United Nations investigators probing international crimes in Myanmar, after the lead […]

Facebook blocks group of one million critical of Thai monarchy amid government pressure August 24, 2020 By Patpicha Tanakasempipat BANGKOK (Reuters) – Facebook on Monday blocked access within Thailand to a group with 1 million […]

Zoom is down, everyone stop pretending to work Despite some controversy and security issues, Zoom has become near-essential in the time of coronavirus, with so many companies moving to remote work. As such, it surely […]

Germany investigates Porsche over suspected petrol engine manipulation August 24, 2020 FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s motor vehicle authority KBA is investigating Porsche AG over the suspected manipulation of petrol engines to achieve improved emissions data. […]

Twitter hides Trump tweet for potentially discouraging voting Twitter has once again flagged and hidden one of President Trump’s tweets, this time “for making misleading health claims that could potentially dissuade people from participation in […]

Reasons not to use the Discord communications system The Discord communications system requires running a nonfree client program. That alone is reason to refuse to use it. The program reportedly collects lots of data about […]

Google Drive flaw may let attackers fool you into installing malware Google Drive may have a way for hackers to trick you into installing rogue code. System administrator A. Nikoci has told The Hacker News […]

Apple apparently blocked WordPress app updates to force IAP support In yet another example of Apple’s increasingly-strained relationship with developers, WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg tweeted that the free WordPress app on iOS hadn’t seen updates […]

The Morning After: One typo created a random skyscraper in ‘Flight Simulator’ Ridesharing’s legal drama in California will continue, at least for now. Uber and Lyft faced a midnight shutdown on Thursday until a court […]

Adobe Lightroom iOS update permanently deleted users’ photos A recent update to the Adobe Lightroom app permanently deleted some iOS users’ photos and presets, an Adobe rep confirmed on the Photoshop feedback forums. Adobe has […]

TikTok has removed hundreds of thousands of videos for hate speech TikTok is the latest social media platform to peel back the curtain on its efforts to fight hate speech. Since the beginning of the […]

Reddit has banned nearly 7,000 hateful subreddits since June 29th Reddit says it’s ramping up its fight against hate speech. Since rolling out its new content policies on June 29th, the platform has banned nearly […]

Australia’s big four banks remove thousands of ATMs and shut down hundreds of branches as the coronavirus crisis pushes nation closer to a cashless society The number of ATMs across the nation are at their […]

The Oculus community hates Facebook’s login policy switch VR enthusiasts are pissed.Yesterday, Facebook announced that Oculus headsets will soon require a Facebook account to use. The policy change comes into effect from October 1st for […]

Secret Service bought location data pulled from common apps The Secret Service paid a private company for access to location data generated by common smartphone apps, Motherboard reports. Internal documents obtained through a Freedom of […]

Google reportedly sent identifying info of extremist users to law enforcement Google may have shared identifying information of certain users with law enforcement, according to a report from The Guardian. Leaked documents indicate that the […]

Europe’s top court kills Privacy Shield that allowed US data sharing The EU just threw a wrench into transatlantic e-commerce by blocking a key agreement between Europe and the US. Europe‘s top court announced that […]

Amazon Alexa security bug allowed access to voice history A flaw in Amazon’s Alexa smart home devices could have allowed hackers access personal information and conversation history, cyber-security researchers say. Attackers could install or remove […]

SUPPRESSED: Facebook censored over 100 million posts for so-called coronavirus “misinformation” Between April and June 2020, Facebook removed seven million posts about the coronavirus for what it deemed to be “harmful” information about the coronavirus. […]

YouTube will remove videos that encourage election meddling YouTube says it will take down videos that promote election interference, such as encouraging people to create long voting lines that make it harder for others to […]

iOS update arrives to fix ‘green tint’ iPhone 11 issue iOS 13.6 went out to Apple’s mobile devices last month with Apple News upgrades and a digital car key feature, and now a new iOS […]

Facebook has removed 7 million posts for coronavirus misinformation If it seems like there’s a lot of misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic on Facebook, that’s because there is: Between April and June, the social network […]

Belarus is reportedly blocking and throttling Twitter in reaction to protests Twitter has acknowledged that it is being blocked and throttled in Belarus, likely due to protests contesting the legitimacy of recent election results. Alexander […]

Deep dive into the reasons behind why Intel is behind technologically. URL: http://www.investmentwatchblog.com/deep-dive-into-the-reasons-behind-why-intel-is-behind-technologically/

Nearly 50% of all smartphones affected by Qualcomm Snapdragon bugs Several security vulnerabilities found in Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chip Digital Signal Processor (DSP) chip could allow attackers to take control of more than 40% of all […]

‘Horizon Zero Dawn’ devs are investigating problems with the PC version Shortly after Horizon Zero Dawn arrived on PC last week, players started reporting problems including crashing, freezing and frame rate issues. Now, Guerrilla Games […]

Our readers get real about their issues with the AirPods Pro When senior editor Billy Steele gave the AirPods Pro a spin last November, he praised their refined design and improved sound quality, along with […]

Senate Bill To Curb Invasive Facial Recognition Software After Rite Aid Deployed In 200 Stores Authored by Julia Conley via CommonDreams.org, New legislation put forward by Sens. Jeff Merkley and Bernie Sanders on Tuesday would curb the […]

Scientists rename genes because Microsoft Excel reads them as dates Microsoft Excel’s automatic formatting is normally helpful for finishing spreadsheets quickly, but it’s proving to be an agent of chaos for geneticists. The Verge has […]

Facebook removes Trump post for ‘harmful COVID misinformation’ Donald Trump finally found a line Facebook is unwilling to allow him to cross: promoting misinformation about the coronavirus. The social network removed a post from Donald […]

Instagram ‘bug’ heavily favored Trump content over Biden for months In yet another evidentiary blow to the conservative mythology that social media platforms are biased against them and actively silencing right-wing voices, Buzzfeed reports that […]

Security flaw in Twitter Android app might have exposed Direct Messages Twitter acknowledged today that there was a security vulnerability in its Android app that would have exposed private data such as Direct Messages (via […]

Honda recalls 608,000 minivans and SUVs over faulty software Honda has announced a recall of 608,000 SUVs and vans due to faulty software that can cause the instrument display panel to to black out key […]

Judge Orders Patreon to Pay Owen Benjamin Fans Millions of Dollars In Massive Blow to Tech Censorship Owen Benjamin and his fans have prevailed in their legal battle with Patreon. According to reporting by Mike […]

Twitter’s mysterious algorithms bury the Maxwell/Epstein story again URL: http://www.investmentwatchblog.com/twitters-mysterious-algorithms-bury-the-maxwell-epstein-story-again/

Tesla’s Model 3 under investigation in South Korean safety probe South Korea has launched a safety probe into Tesla, focusing on braking and steering systems including Autopilot, according to Reuters. The transport ministry is specifically […]

Google vs. Duck Duck Go: wildly different results. URL: http://www.investmentwatchblog.com/google-vs-duck-duck-go-wildly-different-results/

“How Intel wants to backdoor every computer in the world | Intel Management Engine explained” URL: http://www.investmentwatchblog.com/how-intel-wants-to-backdoor-every-computer-in-the-world-intel-management-engine-explained/

OKCupid security flaws could have given hackers access to user accounts The data contained in dating apps is both very personal and valuable to hackers, who can use it to make highly convincing cyberattacks. So […]

Kyle Bass Slams TikTok As ‘CCP Trojan Horse’ Following Disturbing ProtonMail Exposé TikTok, the video-sharing platform owned by the Chinese social media giant ByteDance, is one of the most popular social media services in the […]

Twitter contractors reportedly made a ‘game’ of accessing Beyoncé’s data Around 1,500 Twitter employees and contractors have oversight of user accounts, which includes the ability to reset them, review breaches and handle possible content violations. […]

Garmin confirms a cyber attack took its systems offline Garmin is finally giving its users more information about the system outage the company has been dealing with since the morning of July 23rd. The company […]

New ‘Meow’ attack has deleted almost 4,000 unsecured databases Hundreds of unsecured databases exposed on the public web are the target of an automated ‘meow’ attack that destroys data without any explanation. The activity started […]

TikTok blocks QAnon hashtags amid larger crackdown TikTok is joining Facebook and Twitter in cracking down on QAnon posts, at least to a degree. The social network told BBC News that had blocked multiple hashtags […]

Garmin services and production go down after ransomware attack Smartwatch and wearable maker Garmin planning multi-day maintenance window to deal with ransomware incident. URL: https://www.zdnet.com/article/garmin-services-and-production-go-down-after-ransomware-attack/?ftag=TRE-03-10aaa6b&bhid=21735961543072688253262375158449&mid=12944999&cid=717936240

One fat-fingered network admin at Cloudflare just brought down literally half the internet with a single keystroke… imagine what’s possible with malicious intent Literally half the internet was brought down today by a fat-fingered network […]

Facebook will pay $650 million to settle facial recognition privacy lawsuit Facebook will now hand over a total of $650 million to settle a lawsuit over the company’s use of facial recognition technology. The social […]

A security breach opened up access to a genealogy site’s DNA profiles Over the weekend, a security breach changed the permission settings on millions of profiles in GEDmatch, a DNA database used by genealogists. For […]

New ‘Shadow Attack’ can replace content in digitally signed PDF files Fifteen out of 28 desktop PDF viewer applications are vulnerable to a new attack that lets malicious threat actors modify the content of digitally […]

Steve Wozniak sues Google for not acting on YouTube Bitcoin scams Steve Wozniak has filed a lawsuit against YouTube, saying the site has repeatedly ignored his requests to take down phony bitcoin giveaways that use […]

Another One – Breitbart No Longer Searchable On Google URL: http://www.investmentwatchblog.com/another-one-breitbart-no-longer-searchable-on-google/

Google Faces Backlash Over Claims It ‘Deleted’ Palestine From Maps Over the weekend social media posts claiming that US tech giants Google and Apple “removed” Palestine from their map applications went viral. The posts were […]

YouTube Bans Roosh, Press For Truth, Martin Sellner & More As Purge Continues YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is systematically purging every popular right-wing channel on the entire site in advance of the 2020 election. URL: […]

Twitter claims ‘social engineering attack’ led to crypto scam tweets In its first detailed statements since someone took over a number of high profile accounts Wednesday afternoon, Twitter posted a thread explaining “what we know […]

Press For Truth Gets Banned By YouTube: Dan Dicks Responds By Spiro Skouras As tyranny continues to march forward, so does censorship. We have seen many people’s entire YouTube channels deleted, removed in an attempt […]

It’s why Big Tech is watching you: How you spend your money reveals parts of your personality, and vice versa It’s scary to think that people you have never met personally can so easily learn […]

Are you a victim of ‘batterygate?’ Users with older iPhones may be eligible for a $25 settlement if their device was covertly slowed by the tech giant Apple agreed to pay a $500 million class-action […]

Google search upgrades make it harder for websites to win traffic Type a query into the Google search bar on a smartphone and there’s a good chance the results will be dominated by advertising. That […]

Former Facebook exec: I think we have created tools that are ripping apart the social fabric of how society works…. URL: http://www.investmentwatchblog.com/former-facebook-exec-i-think-we-have-created-tools-that-are-ripping-apart-the-social-fabric-of-how-society-works/

Facial recognition linked to a second wrongful arrest by Detroit police A false facial recognition match has led to the arrest of another innocent person. According to the Detroit Free Press, police in the city […]

Amid Geopolitical Chaos, TikTok Mysteriously Goes Down Across US & UK With the social media company caught in the middle of the escalating rhetorical battle between US and China, ‘conspiracy’ theories are running rampant as […]

Nearly Two Dozen New Tesla Owners Sign Onto Lawsuit Alleging Unintended Acceleration In Model 3s Nearly two dozen Tesla owners have signed onto a lawsuit in the Bay Area that alleges the company’s Model 3 […]