Category: Bullshit seen online

Despite decrying censorship when it was happening to them last year, when Donald Trump was banned from Twitter and Facebook earlier this month, the left praised the move by big tech. “Facebook is a private […]

A former ADT security company employee has admitted to breaking into the cameras he installed in users’ homes in the Dallas area to watch their private moments. Telesforo Aviles has pleaded guilty to computer fraud […]

Inside Cyberpunk 2077's disastrous rolloutJason Schreier, BloombergInterviews with more than 20 CD Projekt Red staff members (current and former) uncovered a development cycle “marred by unchecked ambition, poor planning and technical shortcomings.”… SOURCE: https://www.engadget.com/recommended-reading-what-went-wrong-with-cyberpunk-2077-150058712.html

Using smartphone information bought from data brokers enabled the US Defense Intelligence Agency to spy on people without a warrant, including some Americans, the DIA admitted in a memo to a senator that’s now been […]

Ford will recall three million cars after air bag inflators ruptured, injuring 400 people and killing at least 27 worldwide. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Tuesday ordered Ford to issue the recall, rejecting […]

It’s not just you — Facebook seemingly logged out everyone’s iPhone on Friday night.   Facebook isn’t down, but it did start an odd trending topic on Twitter Friday night as confused iPhone owners tried […]

Bills for the internet, mobile phones, and streaming services quickly add up, but a changing market and 5G entering the fray means the chance for a better deal. The cumulative cost for internet, phone and […]

An illustration picture taken in London on December 18, 2020 shows the logos of Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft displayed on a mobile phone. – Accelerating the transition to an ever more digital life, […]

Being an independent journalist – or an office worker if you wish – I always reasoned that I needed a decent computer and that I need to pay for that quality. Between 2000 and 2017, […]

Google on Friday said it may make its search engine unavailable in Australia if the government carries out a plan for search engines to pay for news content. “If this version of the code were […]

  Microsoft continues sending not-so-subtle signals that it would really, really like you to drop Xbox Live Gold in favor of Game Pass. The company has raised prices for new Xbox Live Gold memberships across […]

File – Antifa members gather at a rally in Portland, Ore., on Saturday, June 30, 2018. (Mark Graves/The Oregonian via AP) OAN Newsroom UPDATED 9:37 AM PT – Friday, January 22, 2021 Twitter is cracking […]

  Operators of a phishing campaign targeting the construction and energy sectors exposed credentials stolen in attacks that were publicly viewable with a simple Google search. On Thursday, Check Point Research published a blog post […]

  Twitter has a long history of allowing child porn and paedophiles to proliferate on their site. SOURCE: https://nationalfile.com/twitter-embroiled-in-new-child-porn-scandal-as-lawsuit-claims-they-defend-sick-content-says-it-doesnt-violate-policies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=twitter-embroiled-in-new-child-porn-scandal-as-lawsuit-claims-they-

  Twitter has locked the official account of the Chinese embassy in the United States, over a tweet that activists say dehumanizes Uyghur women and promotes Beijing‘s propaganda to justify its persecution of Uyghur Muslims. […]

  Please Follow us on Gab, Parler, Minds, Telegram Industry-leading email marketing company Mailchimp suspended CDMedia’s account last night for wrong-think accusations, and for spreading the truth. The action comes in a long list of de-platforming […]

  Twitter is responsible for almost half of the child abuse material found by UK investigators being hosted openly on popular tech sites, according to figures seen by the Telegraph. Statistics from the Internet Watch […]

Don’t do it. Most people aren’t going to experiment with navigating to root Windows 10 folders, but just in case anyone might be digging around in the software guts of their PC, it’s best to […]

    File – Conservative activist Michelle Malkin is pictured. (AP Photo) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 9:26 AM PT – Wednesday, January 20, 2021 Twitter suspended yet another stack of conservative accounts. This occurred less than two […]

  Since the same threat actor breached SolarWinds and then moved to poison the company’s software by inserting the Sunburst malware into some updates for the SolarWinds Orion app, Kleczynski said they also performed a […]

  Parler, in a court filing, accused Amazon Web Services (AWS) of deliberately leaving open Amazon Route 53, a Domain Name System web service, that essentially provided a green light for hackers to attack its data […]

  Many have flocked to MeWe, a privacy-focused platform that resembles Facebook, after the recent vast censorship from Big Tech giants. However, the platform doesn’t appear to be happy to be seen as a free […]

The antitrust cases against Facebook and Google might have some additional fuel. The New York Times says it has obtained documents from Texas’ antitrust lawsuit elaborating on a “sweetheart deal” (first mentioned by the Wall […]

Story at-a-glanceCalled “precision health smart toilets” by the scientists who developed the technology, the gadget takes a picture of your anus and a fingerprint from the toilet lever and analyzes your stool and urineThe information […]

Bill Ottman, CEO of the open-source, free speech social network Minds has revealed that several key features will no longer be available in the Google Play store version of the Minds app after Google sent […]

Elizabeth Heng, CEO of The New Internet, announced on Thursday on Twitter that the GoFundMe crowdfunding platform had shut down her campaign created to support her new, freedom of speech-friendly company. UNREAL: Another Tech Giant […]

Plaid Cymru, a center-left political party in Wales, suspended a councilor over social media posts related to the coronavirus that Facebook flagged as misinformation. Gwlad, a pro-Independence political party with no known links to the […]

Facebook is cracking down on events in an effort to prevent its users from organizing violence ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration. The social network says it will block all events in areas around Washington D.C. […]

Email marketing service Mailchimp has banned Virginia’s top-gun rights group, Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL), after its automated systems detected “serious risks” associated with the account. VCDL was deplatformed days before it plans to host […]

    FILE – In this Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, file photo, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey appears on a screen as he speaks remotely during a hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill, […]

  (Natural News) Just days after banning President Donald Trump from the platform for repeatedly tweeting about the fraudulent 2020 election, Twitter engaged in the very same behavior by tweeting messages of protest against internet […]

In a leaked video that was recorded by a Twitter employee on the same day that Twitter permanently suspended President Trump’s Twitter account (January 8), CEO Jack Dorsey spoke about wider, long-lasting censorship measures that […]

While supporters of free speech are reeling at the level of censorship now on display on Big Tech’s platforms – which has been building up steadily over the past year – the other fundamental problem […]

  As expected, Samsung’s new Galaxy S21 phones won’t come with a power adapter in the box. Each phone ships with a USB-C to USB-C cable, but you’ll need to provide your own charger. Samsung […]

Last week, as many social networks took steps to ban or restrict President Trump’s posts in the wake of violent riots that attacked Capitol Hill, Snap indefinitely suspended his account on its service. Today, the […]

Former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne has been permanently removed from Twitter. Byrne was banned from Twitter on Tuesday. The social media company is yet to explain why it removed Byrne but over the past few […]

  Facebook has just blocked Law Enforcement Today – with it’s nearly 900,000 members – from posting. All admins blocked from posting to any page and group they are associated with. This is out of […]

  A Muslim prayer app has been collecting the location data of its users. Well, most apps do access location data – but this one is linked to a network of data brokers who then […]

  January 13, 2021 (Reuters) – Slack Technologies Inc said on Tuesday its customers on the U.S. East Coast may be experiencing trouble loading its workplace chat app. The company’s team is investigating the problem, […]

  (Natural News) Banning President Donald Trump from social media while silencing his supporters who dare to object is simply not enough to stop “violence and hate” from spreading on the internet, according to Mozilla, […]

  Critics of Silicon Valley censorship for years heard the same refrain: tech platforms like Facebook, Google and Twitter are private corporations and can host or ban whoever they want. If you don‘t like what […]

  Apps that use the Android Exposure Notifications System are currently experiencing loading issues. The Android apps, which track the spread of COVID-19 via Bluetooth, are taking longer to load and carry out exposure checks, […]

  As if “homegrown“ censorship carried out through major US apps and by the companies behind them wasn‘t enough of a potential threat to freedom, users of China‘s giant, Tencent owned WeChat, are also finding […]

Former Congressman Dr. Ron Paul has been blocked from posting to and managing his popular Facebook page after the tech giant accused him of “repeatedly going against our community standards.” Paul wrote that he and […]

Twitter says it’s purged more than 70,000 accounts for spreading conspiracy theories associated with QAnon. The company first began cracking down on QAnon over the summer, but now says it ramped up its enforcement following […]

In another aggressive crackdown on election-related conversations, Facebook has banned all mentions of “Stop the Steal” on Facebook and Instagram. The phrase started gaining traction on social media in November 2020 as social media users […]

  Just how comprehensive the current push to “once and for all” silence political opponents and drive them out of some of the biggest internet platforms becomes clear when fintech companies start joining in the […]

  Facebook says it’s barring all mentions of the phrase “stop the steal” in the wake of last week’s riot in Washington D.C. that resulted in five deaths. The social network said Monday that it […]

  A North Idaho internet provider, Your T1 WIFI, confirmed it is blocking Facebook and Twitter from its WIFI service for some customers due to censorship claims. Your T1 WIFI provides internet services to North […]

  The way Mozilla has swerved away from its founding values of openness and freedom in recent times has been a spectacle for many in the tech community, and a recent statement from the company’s […]

(Natural News) As many as two million Americans were expected to descend upon Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, Jan. 6 for the “March for Trump” rally in support of President Donald Trump’s ongoing battles to get […]

Parler is one of the fastest growing apps in the world right now, as it has been somewhat of a salvation for those who support freedom of speech. But the Big Tech giants that control […]

Apple is threatening free speech social network Parler with a ban from the App Store unless it censors “objectionable” content and bears full responsibility for everything users post to the app. In a message sent […]

A few days ago, after Twitter temporarily suspended Donald Trump’s account, the company said that any further breaches of its terms could result in suspension. As detailed in a blog post, Twitter decided that some […]

In July a “strong” enforcement action by Twitter banned several thousand accounts linked to the false conspiracy theory QAnon, however many of its most prominent backers remained on the platform. Today, NBC News reports that […]

In another example of the mass wave of censorship that has occurred across the Big Tech platforms since Wednesday, Facebook and Instagram have permanently suspended BlazeTV reporter Elijah Schaffer. Schaffer is known for his on […]

Facebook has banned the #WalkAway Campaign – a popular grassroots movement that encourages people to walk away from “the divisive tenets endorsed and mandated by the Democratic Party of today.” The far-reaching ban has impacted […]

(Natural News) Bad news: Constant exposure to blue light from your phone, computer and even household fixtures could be affecting your longevity — even if it’s not shining directly in your eyes. This is according […]

Reddit has banned the r/DonaldTrump subreddit. While not directly affiliated with Trump or his campaign, the group is one of the largest communities dedicated to the president. “Reddit's site-wide policies prohibit content that promotes hate, […]

YouTube has started striking and suspending channels that allege “widespread fraud, errors, or glitches” changed the outcome of the 2020 US presidential election. YouTube has been removing videos containing these claims since December 9 but […]

Snapchat and Twitch have joined other Big Tech companies in censoring President Trump. It seems the Capitol protests were used as the reason for the photo-sharing app and streaming platform to censor Trump, already accusing […]

In a surprise move, WhatsApp recently gave many of its users a difficult choice: they could either accept a revised privacy policy that explicit allowed the service to share information with parent company Facebook by […]

Major ISP Cox Communications has begun throttling the connections of entire neighborhoods for what the ISP deems “excessive usage.” More specifically, the ISP has begun severely throttling the upstream connections of internet users who consume […]

Facebook is also imposing new restrictions on Donald Trump. The social network said that it will bar the president from posting to his page for the next 24 hours. The company cited “two policy violations” […]

Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have censored President Trump’s video statement urging those at the US Capitol to remain peaceful, return home, and support law enforcement. Facebook and YouTube swiftly removed Trump’s statement. Twitter initially disabled […]

  Some Pixel 5 owners have had to contend with a couple of audio issues on their devices, including system sounds that play at max volume all the time. As Android Police reported back in […]

Tom Elliott, the founder of Grabien, a multimedia marketplace, slammed Twitter as the big tech platform ended up suspending his tweet, which was critical of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Despite being criticised by New […]

Anne Ziegenhorn, who is one of the admins of the “I’m a Florida Trump Girl” Facebook page, planned to be accompanied by more than 60 Trump supporters for protesting in the capital this Wednesday. Ziegenhorn, […]

Numerous Twitter users are reporting that Apple Maps temporarily returned a “Directions Not Available” message as they attempted to pull up directions to Washington D.C. in advance of tomorrow’s “Save America” rally where President Trump […]

  YouTube has taken down a channel run by talkRadio, a British radio station owned by a subsidiary of News Corporation. The only information left on the page at time of publication is that talkRadio […]

  More than 100,000 Zyxel firewalls, VPN gateways, and access point controllers contain a hardcoded admin-level backdoor account that can grant attackers root access to devices via either the SSH interface or the web administration […]

With every iOS update, I become increasingly convinced that the platform has outgrown Apple’s ability to manage it. It feels like Apple is more focused on new features than actually fixing and streamlining the platform, […]

  Apple’s upcoming AirPods 3 are tipped to be a lot more expensive, but now warnings have been issued for the most expensive AirPods of all. Across Twitter, Reddit (1,2,3,4) and Apple site forums, owners […]

  January 4, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ticketmaster LLC will pay a $10 million criminal fine to avoid prosecution on U.S. charges it repeatedly accessed the computer systems of a rival […]

  January 4, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A federal judge in Florida on Tuesday dismissed Apple Inc’s copyright infringement claims against a Florida startup whose software helps security researchers find vulnerabilities in Apple […]

  So much for a smooth return to work after the holidays. Your first day back at the office (or your desk at home) might have been disrupted when Slack started experiencing connection issues on […]

The Adobe Flash Player plug-in has been officially discontinued, more than a decade after its death warrant was issued by Apple at the original iPhone launch. The web browser tool, which brought games, videos, animations […]

On Friday we wrote about crazy Dr. Fauci’s warning in October that early COVID-19 vaccines will only prevent symptoms from arising – not block infection. Then the early vaccines are NOT vaccines if Dr. Fauci’s […]

Facebook shut down a fundraising page for Sens. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) and David Perdue (R-Ga.) just days before voters head to the polls to decide between the Republicans and their Democratic challengers. The National Republican […]

The Turkish government, led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has influenced the removal of a YouTube channel based in Germany. For the first time, Turkey has been able to extend its strict censorship rules beyond […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved new legislation that could see foreign social media companies punished for discriminating against the country’s media outlets. This year, RT and Sputnik have been censored on Twitter. The bill […]

  The story of the relationship between US tech behemoth Apple and China’s regime seems to be gaining in nuance and detail with every passing day. In order to protect its presence in the huge […]

Is China America’s “mortal enemy?” That’s according to Peter Navarro, speaking as US China relations remain influx after the US presidential election. Zoom is sharing American user data with China. CEO Eric Yuan isn’t doing […]

More than 190,000 ceiling fans have been recalled because the fans’ blades can detach while in use. King of Fans, a Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based company that makes the 54-inch Mara ceiling fans, announced the recall […]

Not satisfied with censoring recent content around coronavirus uploaded by independent creators, YouTube is going through the back catalogs of their videos and removing them. Anna Brees, formerly of BBC and ITV, said on Twitter […]

You’re not alone if you’re having problems getting your newly gifted iPad or Apple Watch up and running. As AppleInsider first reported, Apple is warning of iCloud account and sign-in issues (ongoing as we write […]

December 24, 2020 By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) – Facebook Inc said on Thursday it has removed the page of Australian celebrity chef turned conspiracy theorist Pete Evans for spreading misinformation about COVID-19, the tech […]

Throughout 2020, YouTube has aggressively censored independent creators by implementing far-reaching rules that prohibit content that questions or challenges the mainstream perspective on many newsworthy topics and boosting so-called “authoritative” mainstream media outlets in search […]

Independent Swedish media outlet SwebbTV (Swedish Web Television) has been booted from YouTube for “violating YouTube’s community guidelines.” SwebbTV describes itself as a “politically and religiously independent,” citizen-funded initiative that expresses a broad range of […]

Apple is again removing apps, this time video games, from the Chinese App Store at the request of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The CCP continues to implement stricter censorship rules but it’s worth pointing […]

Facebook shut down the page of former celebrity chef Pete Evans. The former judge of the cooking show My Kitchen Rules was booted for repeatedly sharing what Facebook says is coronavirus “misinformation.” “We don’t allow […]

After the entertainment and gaming industry, and politically affiliated entities in the US – authoritarian and repressive regimes elsewhere in the world are discovering the “usefulness” of Twitter’s copyright system based on, for the most […]

Fallout from the SolarWinds hack continues to expand. A handful of major tech companies, including Nvidia and Intel, have joined the growing list of organizations affected by the unprecedented hack US officials have blamed on […]

Cyberpunk 2077 is a mess. When it works, it’s a solid role-playing game set in a classic, grimy sci-fi world — but the thing is, it often doesn’t work. Since launch, players on every platform […]

YouTube has deleted another video featuring an interview with a noted medical professional whose views don’t match the official Covid narrative pushed by Google’s giant platform. The interview with Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi was uploaded on […]

In a move that has angered many music fans, artists, and producers, YouTube has discontinued comments on “Art Track” music videos and scrubbed all of the existing comments from these videos in the process. Art […]

(Natural News) Cartoonist Scott Adams is the latest victim of Big Tech’s out-of-control censorship, with YouTube removing the “Dilbert” creator’s video of a podcast about election fraud from the platform. Tweeting to his more than […]