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In deleting an Instagram post that is offensive to the Chinese government’s sensibilities, and apologizing for posting it, Kodak has basically promised Beijing that it will “learn, grow, and do better.” The US company issued […]
It’s not just you, it’s Steam, PlayStation, Disney, GoDaddy, Amazon, UPS, LastPass, and a whole bunch of other websites that are out-of-commission right this minute. One part of the problem appears to be an issue […]
Calling out scammers has always been a perilous approach when it comes to tech giants. Amazon has requested that Apple delete from its App Store the app Fakespot, a popular service that tries to uncover […]
Security researchers have found a way to bypass the Windows Hello facial recognition that is used by hundreds of thousands of Windows 10 users to login. The latest batch of ‘Patch Tuesday’ security updates from […]
US physician and media personality Dr. Drew Pinsky is once again in trouble on YouTube, after one of his videos was removed for allegedly containing medical misinformation. The video was an episode of one of […]
Twitter confirmed on Tuesday that it had mistakenly verified some fake accounts that the social media company has now permanently suspended, months after rebooting its verification program. The news comes at the same time that […]
YouTube has scrubbed a public Lake Forest High School District 115 board meeting from its platform after numerous parents at the meeting spoke out against required masking. Ben Bradley, a news anchor and investigative reporter […]
YouTube has deleted a video uploaded by the American Conservative Union, which hosts the Conservative Political Action Conference, for allegedly violating its terms and conditions about COVID-19, the group said on July 11. In an […]
YouTube censored and suspended the channel of independent journalist Alison Morrow after she posted a video highlighting several examples of the mainstream media violating the “medical misinformation” rules that are regularly used by the tech […]
Last year, YouTube was caught auto-censoring several phrases that criticized “wumao” (五毛) – a phrase describing the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) internet propaganda division the “50 Cent Army” which is a reference to members of […]
YouTube has instituted many changes over the past year to limit the problematic videos it recommends to viewers. A new study suggests the repairs have a way to go. Software nonprofit Mozilla Foundation found that […]
China’s WeChat has permanently banned almost all “LGBT” public groups run by college students. In a since-deleted post on Twitter-like Chinese social media app Weibo, a user who often posts about such issues claimed that […]
Facebook has revealed that it will ban anyone who’s charged in connection with the riot at the US Capitol on January 6 and may start “fact-checking” claims that the riot was staged. In an article […]
In March 2019, security biz Kaspersky Lab shipped an update to KPM, promising that the application could identify weak passwords and generate strong replacements. Three months later, a team from security consultancy Donjon found that […]
(Natural News) Podcaster Bret Weinstein has been demonetized by YouTube for spreading “medical misinformation” about the possible lab origin of the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19). In the past month alone, Weinstein and his wife have seen […]
Information about the inventor of the mRNA technology used in certain COVID-19 vaccines was removed from the online encyclopedia site Wikipedia after he publicly warned against giving the experimental gene therapy vaccines to young people […]
The federal oversight agency Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report on the use of facial recognition by government agencies. The main revelation in the report is that there is little internal oversight on […]
Counterfeit products have been circulated in China’s electronics market for a long time. However, as the global chip shortage intensifies, a large amount of refurbished, substandard fake chips are flood the market, exposing major deficiencies […]
YouTube has stripped independent video creator Matt Orfalea of his ability to earn ad revenue via its Partner Program after it flagged a 13-second parody video from May 2014 for allegedly violating its “violent criminal […]
Even though Apple devotes a lot of resources towards bolstering iPhone security, every so often a bizarre bug emerges out of nowhere. The most recent example was unearthed by security researcher Carl Schou a few […]
Gone are the days when Audacity users and enthusiasts thought this powerful free and open source audio editing program’s only real problem was its clunky user interface; the project, now under new ownership, is being […]
The Indian government has raised the stakes in its battle with Twitter over social media regulations in the country by removing the tech giant’s liability protection against user-generated content in India. In a court filing, […]
Employees of NHS England claim that they are being denied access to datasets on the COVID-19 data store, which is built on Palantir’s Foundry Platform. The employees suspect they’re being denied access to the datasets […]
The data breach was discovered on June 22 when the hacker responsible advertised the sale of the data on a forum on the dark web. The hacker posted a sample of one million records on […]
Homes in the UK have an average of more than 10 different connected devices, from televisions to thermostats. But, while these products have benefits, they can also be a potential target for hackers. Consumer publication […]
Right Side Broadcasting Network has been announced that it has been banned from broadcasting on YouTube for seven days, just hours before a Trump rally that it planned to cover. Also, many of the channel’s […]
Windows 11 will require eighth generation Intel chips or AMD Ryzen 2000 processors at the very least. Machines will also need to support Secure Boot and TPM 2.0. The long and short of it is […]
Owners of Western Digital network attached storage (NAS) devices may have yet another security headache on the horizon. Following the two flaws hackers exploited to wipe My Book Live devices remotely, security journalist Brian Krebs […]
Facebook has started sending users disturbing Orwellian ads inviting them to report friends and family members who could have become “extremist.” Millions of Facebook users were told that they “may have been exposed to harmful […]
Judicial Watch announced today that it received 165 pages of new documents from the office of the Secretary of State of California showing the office directly emailing Google employees to remove a Judicial Watch video […]
Before the coronavirus pandemic, ivermectin was described as a “wonder” drug by the medical community. And in 2015, Dr. Satoshi Ōmura and Dr. William C. Campbell were awarded half the Nobel prize in Physiology or […]
While the online world has lately been busy considering and grappling with other forms of restrictions and ill-thought-out legislation, our “old pal,” the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), continues to be used and abused like […]
The District of Columbia (DC) Attorney General (AG) Karl Racine, a Democrat, has subpoenaed Facebook for a wide range of records related to “COVID-19 misinformation” on the platform. The subpoena was filed on June 21 […]
Mark Zuckerberg’s social media network, Facebook, which worked with the Chinese Communist Party to steal the Nov 2020 election from President Donald Trump, is now actively requesting members inform on others for being ‘extremists’. If […]
Dr. Robert Malone, a pioneer of mRNA technology, is being censored by Big Tech platforms. According to Malone, the mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines carry some risks that are being downplayed by public health bodies and his […]
You may now be able to discuss coronavirus origins on Facebook – because the current US administration happened to say so – but it appears people are still most decidedly banned from discussing their own […]
Porsche is planning to recall its Taycan EV around the world over a software issue that can cause a sudden power loss, Bloomberg has reported. The action follows an investigation by the National Highway Traffic […]
Fire fighters battled a burning Tesla Model S Plaid for three hours Wednesday night in a Philadelphia suburb. The Gladwyne Fire Department responded to a call just before 9pm ET in Haverford, Pennsylvania, according to […]
Kill this service immediately SOURCE: https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/30/windows_print_spool_vuln_rce/
A US court is attempting to, on behalf of major music industry players like Sony, Universal, and Warner Bros, enforce rules around copyright infringement allegedly perpetrated by two Russian sites. The sites, FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com, […]
Microsoft has confirmed that it signed a driver containing malware, although it stressed the limited real-world security impact. SOURCE: https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-signed-netfilter-malware-driver-164228266.html?src=rss_b2c
YouTube took down a string of videos documenting human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang province, and the reasoning isn’t necessarily clear. SOURCE: https://www.engadget.com/youtube-takes-down-xinjiang-human-rights-videos-195316297.html?src=rss_b2c
VW says it will end sales of gas and diesel engine cars in Europe by 2035, although the end will come later in the US. SOURCE: https://www.engadget.com/vw-to-end-combustion-engine-car-sales-in-europe-171750290.html?src=rss_b2c
The UK’s Health Secretary is currently embroiled in controversy after being caught on CCTV in a secret affair with an aide. The leaked CCTV footage shows Matt Hancock breaching social distancing guidelines and engaging in […]
Comedian and conservative commentator Steven Crowder has been banned from China’s TikTok viral video platform. This has been reported by a non-profit whose mission statement is to monitor, analyze, “and correct” what it sees as […]
After facing months of censorship at the hands of tech giant YouTube, Atajurt Kazakh Human Rights, a channel that shares testimonies from people who say their families are imprisoned in Xinjiang’s internment camps, has embraced […]
During a recent interview with Smosh co-founder and YouTuber Anthony Padilla, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki revealed how large corporations use their power and influence to shape the platform rules that impact smaller creators. Wojcicki was […]
(Natural News) Communist China is actively censoring LGBTQ apps from Apple’s App Store, and the LGBTQ-run tech giant is doing nothing about it. Even as Tim Cook and his LGBTQ allies at Apple ban […]
Rachel Bovard, Senior Director of Policy for the Conservative Partnership Institute, explained that Twitter silenced CRA for merely sharing a toolkit that parents can use to try to combat the use of CRT at […]
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday issued an advisory regarding a critical software supply-chain flaw impacting ThroughTek’s software development kit (SDK) that could be abused by an adversary to gain […]
Google’s Gmail not only sees what you are doing while using the service but it can also limit what you are allowed to see. And the way it filters content proves that there is […]
Southwest Airlines had thousands of delayed and canceled flights this week caused by a couple of technical problems that affected its systems. SOURCE: https://www.engadget.com/southwest-airlines-technical-issues-500-canceled-flights-033044681.html?src=rss_b2c
‘Max Payne 3’ multiplayer is also going away on those consoles. SOURCE: https://www.engadget.com/gta-online-ps3-xbox-360-rockstar-games-max-payne-3-la-noire-151421893.html?src=rss_b2c
The Vice President of Facebook recently confessed that the company’s “fact-checkers” are prejudiced and have a hidden political agenda that they carry out through their relationship with Facebook. Former British Deputy Prime Minister and […]
San Francisco – Nearly two dozen rights groups, including the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), have joined together to tell PayPal and its subsidiary Venmo to shape up its policies on account freezes and […]
(Natural News) A former home security technician was sentenced by a U.S. district judge to 52 months in federal prison for repeatedly hacking into customers’ video feeds in North Texas. Telesforo Aviles, a 35-year old former […]
(Natural News) A government-backed push to mine lithium in western Arizona is compromising the ability of indigenous groups in the area to freely practice their religion. Australian company Hawkstone Mining Ltd. has been conducting exploratory drilling in […]
Hackers using a custom Trojan-type malware stole nearly 26 million login credentials – emails or usernames and associated passwords – from almost a million websites over a two year period, including from such namesakes […]
YouTube suspended Republican Sen. Ron Johnson’s account after he promoted controversial COVID-19 treatments hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin and criticized the current and previous administrations for ‘ignoring… robust research’ on generic drugs as cheater alternatives. […]
Beginning with the first Wuhan quarantine in January 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world from both sides of the law of supply and demand. Independent Distributors of Electronics Association (IDEA) founder Steve Calabria […]
It has been a whirlwind week for security updates and vulnerability flaws. Not only has one of the biggest data leaks been found online, but Google‘s Chrome also received an urgent patch to fix […]
Feminist author and journalist Naomi Wolf has been permanently banned on Twitter for posts about COVID-19, vaccines, and vaccine passports. Some have applauded the ban, while others see it as another example of Big Tech’s […]
In response to the platform’s ban in Nigeria, Twitter declared that “access to the free and open internet is an essential human right in modern society.” The declaration was blasted, with critics pointing out Twitter’s […]
Correcting false information on Twitter makes the problem worse as it leads to more of the same, according to new research. The study was conducted by researchers at MIT Sloan in the US and the […]
When former US President Trump spoke about it, the Wuhan lab leak explanation of the origin of coronavirus was dismissed by mainstream media and then heavily censored by major social media platforms as a fringe […]
Google Photos would like some of your money. The service is turning six years old and will kick off its quest for monetization next week, when Google will start getting more restrictive about photo […]
YouTube has once again deleted a video showing Courtney Ann Taylor speaking out against the mask wearing mandate imposed on children in schools in the US state of Georgia. This time, the viral video […]
Conducted in February, the report aimed to examine data connected to the vaccine rollout, including issues such as behavioral changes post-vaccination with regard to adherence to the lockdown restrictions. SOURCE: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/uk-govt-secretly-tracked-millions-of-people-to-gather-data-following-covid-vaccination
(Natural News) Top law enforcement officials across twelve states are now conspiring with the CEOs of Facebook, Twitter, Amazon and Google to eradicate lifesaving sources of information. In their crosshairs are Ty and Charlene […]
Image by DonkeyHotey Please Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, Gab TV Two Facebook Insiders have come forward with internal company documents detailing a plan to curb “vaccine hesitancy” (VH) on a global scale. The […]
Facebook’s fact checkers are “fact-blockers,” according to Manhattan Institute’s John Tierney, whose article on the downsides of mask-wearing in children was flagged. Mask-wearing in children still remains a controversial topic, where there’s no scientific […]
(Natural News) A change to the U.K. National Health Service’s (NHS) coronavirus tracking app turns it into a vaccine passport by allowing people to indicate their Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination. The NHS app, distinct from […]
After a year of lockdown, I’m back on the road. Me, my laptops, my other gadgets, and my off-grid kit for keeping everything charged up. But the faster my gadgets run down their power, […]
One of the things that makes Wi-Fi work is its ability to break big chunks of data into smaller chunks, and vice versa, depending on the needs of the network at a given moment. […]
The Federal Trade Commission and officials from six states yesterday sued Frontier Communications, alleging that the telecom provider misrepresented Internet speeds and charged many customers for higher speeds than it actually provided or was […]
TikTok, owned by a Beijing-based company with links to the CCP, has banned satirical impressions of Dr. Anthony Fauci, USA’s top epidemiologist, the president’s chief medical adviser, and Director of the National Institute of […]
From January to March 2021, Facebook removed five million pieces of child abuse content – down from 5.4 million from October to December 2020. But both these quarters marked a massive slump in removals […]
China regulators have shamed TikTok creator ByteDance, LinkedIn, and other companies for allgedly abusing their collection and use of app data. SOURCE: https://www.engadget.com/china-says-tiktok-bytedance-linkedin-misuing-dada-133448710.html
(Natural News) Just in case you didn’t realize the food supply problem could get any worse, major tractor / agriculture manufacturers are now unable to deliver new equipment to retailers because of the shortage of […]
Susan Wojcicki, the CEO of Google’s video platform YouTube, was awarded the Freedom Forum Institute’s ‘Free Expression Award’ on Friday in a ceremony sponsored by her own company – despite YouTube’s track record of […]
(Natural News) Buried amid the chaos of the Biden regime, which has only been in power for roughly four months, is actually some good news if you take it the right way. Simply put, […]
Mazda Motor Corp said on Friday it expects a semiconductor crunch to affect around 100,000 of the Japanese automaker’s vehicles globally during the fiscal year. However, Mazda will fully leverage available inventory to minimize […]
A member of the Spanish Parliament’s Senate has been suspended from Twitter for stating that men can’t get pregnant. Francisco Contreras of the conservative Vox party revealed that he received a 12-hour ban from […]
Microsoft’s professional networking platform LinkedIn has been accused of censorship of content critical of the Chinese government. The platform seems to be increasing censorship of anti-Chinese government content to remain in the good books […]
The UK government on Wednesday published the draft of a new “landmark” internet bill to regulate online space. The ambitious new bill (pdf), which is expected to be brought before Parliament in the coming […]
YouTube suspended the channel of Steven Crowder again. This time, the Google-owned platform issued a second hard strike, meaning the channel will not be able to upload any content or stream for two weeks. YouTube […]
Facebook has started testing a new interface feature that will prompt people to at least open a link before they share it with their network. SOURCE: https://www.engadget.com/facebook-read-prompt-193102219.html
Mask-wearing, vaccinations, wokeness, white guilt; the list goes on and on for white divides us today, but a new poll suggests social media may be the fuel to the divisive fire. According to a […]
By this point, it’s common knowledge that YouTube is actively trying to reshape the content on its platform, promoting what it says are “authoritative sources” and suppressing others – a move that’s often been […]
NHS Digital, used for COVID-19 vaccination booking in the UK, after discovering a massive failure caused by the leaking of sensitive medical data from the site, is now reshaping the process by which it […]
A high severity security vulnerability found in Qualcomm’s Mobile Station Modem (MSM) chips (including the latest 5G-capable versions) could enable attackers to access mobile phone users’ text messages, call history, and listen in on […]
A Windows Defender bug creates thousands of small files that waste gigabytes of storage space on Windows 10 hard drives. The bug started with Windows Defender antivirus engine 1.1.18100.5 and will cause the C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows […]
When Apple typically issues mid-cycle iOS updates, I don’t always update my iPhone immediately. Especially if the new update doesn’t address any serious security issues or have any compelling new features, I’ve never been […]
A Microsoft Edge bug is causing the browser to become unresponsive and crash while watching YouTube videos or reading comments. BleepingComputer has confirmed the bug on our machines, and it only takes a […]
Law enforcement has been struggling for years to find a way to unlock mobile devices used by suspects believed to be involved in criminal activities, with several officials, including FBI representatives, repeatedly calling for […]
Rebel News co-founder Ezra Levant announced that payment processor PayPal has canceled their account without an explanation. The Canadian outlet has been critical of the Covid-19 lockdowns and the government of PM Justin Trudeau. […]
Karoline Leavitt, the communications director for GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik, had her Twitter account randomly suspended out of the blue this Wednesday, only to be restored the next day. Leavitt said that Twitter did not […]
DETROIT—Hyundai is recalling more than 390,000 vehicles in the United States and Canada for two problems that can cause engine fires. In one recall, owners are being told to park their vehicles outdoors until […]
Signal wanted to run ads on Instagram putting it all in your face It’s no secret that Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp collect a fair bit user data. But how much exactly? A new blog […]
Dell has been releasing a firmware update driver since 2009 that contains “five high severity flaws.” SOURCE: https://www.engadget.com/dell-driver-vulnerability-affects-hundreds-of-millions-of-p-cs-122028649.html