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Twitter has announced a new strikes system where accounts that repeatedly post what it deems to be COVID-19 “misinformation” will be permanently banned from the site. Under the new system, users that tweet what […]
Right-wing social media network Gab appears to have suffered an extensive data breach. According to Wired, a self-proclaimed hacktivist who goes by the handle “JaXpArO“ obtained more than 70GB of data on the platform‘s […]
Facebook does not seem to recognize that marijuana is legal in some jurisdictions. Not only has Facebook been censoring marijuana-related posts, but also content about legal cannabis products such as hemp bioplastics, and educators […]
Twitter has introduced new rules to prevent the spread of misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines. Under the new policy, the company will label tweets with “misleading“ information and ban accounts that repeatedly break […]
Image by Larry Sanger Please Follow us on Gab, Parler, Minds, Telegram, Rumble A co-founder of Wikipedia is launching a competing website as a free-speech-friendly alternative to what he views as the increasingly monolithic left-wing bias of […]
Just a day after a massive Xbox Live outage, Sony's PlayStation Network has been experiencing issues for several hours. The problem on this end is a bit different, and based on reports may only affect […]
Twitter is blocking links to the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) website, with users being told they are sharing an “unsafe“ URL. CPAC is an annual political conference attended by activists, journalists and elected […]
When Turkey launched its Afrin offensive in early 2018 to dislodge Kurdish minorities from Northern Syria, the country ordered Facebook to block the page of a prominent militia group in the area known as […]
(Natural News) On Thursday, Feb. 11, Twitter permanently shut down the account of Project Veritas over supposed “repeated violations” of the social media network’s rules on sharing other people’s private information. The suspension came […]
BRUSSELS—Twitter said on Tuesday it had taken down 373 accounts which it said had ties to Russia, Armenia, and Iran and had breached its platform manipulation policies. The company said it had taken down […]
Amazon has removed the bestselling book “When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment” without giving its author, Ryan T. Anderson, any notice or explanation. Anderson is the President of the Ethics & Public […]
Facebook is further clamping down on the Myanmar military following the coup that ousted its elected government. Reuters reports that Facebook has removed the main page (True News Information Team) for the military, known […]
A post by an Irish Catholic bishop has been deleted by Twitter for criticizing the country’s emerging pro-euthanasia policies. Given that the anti-euthanasia view holds true to core tenets of the Church, the bishop’s […]
ByteDance is the Chinese powerhouse behind the viral video giant TikTok – which almost got banned in the US under scrutiny for the way it is handling user data, and in light of some […]
Security researchers have spotted a new malware operation targeting Mac devices that has silently infected almost 30,000 systems. Named Silver Sparrow, the malware was discovered by security researchers from Red Canary and analyzed together […]
We hear much about the menace posed by racist robots, but mighty Google appears to have succeeded in inventing artificial intelligence with the natural stupidity of a professor of intersectionality. From A18 News: YouTube […]
Facebook is known for censoring political opinions, but it’s often revealing to see what the company seems unwilling to censor. Facebook is accused of allowing its advertising machinery to be used by Chinese state […]
One of YouTube’s biggest homegrown stars, PewDiePie, has been targeted by the platform once again, as one of his videos has been removed for a violation of the Google-owned giant’s cyberbullying and child safety […]
For several years, Big Tech censorship of non-mainstream, conservative, and libertarian views has been increasing. Recently, Facebook banned Australian News and health services–among others. 100 Percent Fed Up reports – According to a leading […]
Having covered telecom for twenty years, I’ve found there’s a good shortcut to determining if somebody’s really serious about fixing US broadband issues: can they admit that (1) monopolies exist, and (2) that this […]
Like a scene out of the 2020 film Sci-fi/thriller Songbird, Israel will require residents who wish to reenter society to have a COVID-19 ‘Geen Pass’ when lockdowns lift in the coming weeks. But cybersecurity […]
Macs with Apple's M1 processor have only been around for a few months, but it didn't take long for hackers to start targeting the systems. Security researcher Patrick Wardle says he has found a […]
(Natural News) An academic conference on media censorship and the dangers of free speech infringements online has, ironically, been censored by YouTube. The Google-owned video platform decided to pull all videos from the Critical […]
An Australian expert says it is “inconceivable” that Facebook accidentally restricted the pages of critical government departments, emergency services, and non-profit organisations when it implemented a ban on all news content from its platform […]
Facebook's senior executives knew that it was overestimating the number of users its advertisers could reach, according to an amended lawsuit reported by the Financial Times. A product manager told senior executives in 2018 […]
Worried that the GeForce RTX 3060 will be sold out as cryptocurrency miners snap up every GPU in sight? NVIDIA thinks it has a simple way to help: make the new card unattractive to […]
The United States is not the only Western nation that has had issues with electronic voting. In 2020 several states witnessed abnormalities, vote switching and inaccurate vote totals in the thousands. A reader from […]
A ransomware attack on a company called Automatic Funds Transfer Services (AFTS) has had a ripple effect on customers. One of those is the California Department of Motor Vehicles, which has warned drivers in […]
Instagram has removed the account of celebrity chef Pete Evans for “repeatedly sharing debunked claims about the coronavirus or vaccines.” Evans had over 277,000 followers on the platform and has been critical of coronavirus […]
The “war” Facebook’s censors are waging in Australia against a member of the country’s parliament for his opinions on coronavirus and treatment of the resulting disease is escalating. This is happening under pressure from […]
Facebook on Wednesday started blocking users and companies from distributing or viewing news content, the latest broadside in a rapidly escalating war between lawmakers and Big Tech. Australian elected officials introduced a bill late […]
Celebrity doctor Drew Pinsky announced on Twitter that one of his YouTube videos that featured a conversation with another physician received a strike on YouTube and was removed. He said that he presumed people […]
As Israel‘s record-setting inoculation drive slows down, it has set up a special unit to combat ‘fake news‘ about coronavirus vaccines, but messaging app Telegram turned out to be too much to handle for […]
HAVANA—Cuba’s telephone and internet connections were knocked out on Friday in a nationwide failure, though there was no general power outage, witnesses said. All internet service and international communications crashed at around noon (1700 […]
Story at-a-glanceBig Tech’s censorship is in full effect, which means they’re choosing what you get to see — and what you don’tMy top videos that have been banned by Google and YouTube — many […]
TikTok is under fire in Europe amid a growing backlash against the data collection policies of big tech and social media. The region's leading consumer advocacy group, BEUC, has filed a complaint against the […]
What do you do when your sources of information get corrupted? That is one of today‘s great questions, as UnHerd discovered this week. On Wednesday, Facebook censored an article on these pages which was […]
PARIS—Google has agreed to pay a fine of 1.1 million euros ($1.3 million) after French authorities concluded the search engine displayed “misleading“ rankings for French hotels. Previously, Google used the official source Atout France […]
The best way to keep your sensitive data safe is not to upload it online, as even encrypted apps are unable to guarantee its protection, Natalya Kaspersky, the head of the InfoWatch cybersecurity […]
Please Follow us on Gab, Parler, Minds, Telegram Former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne was deeply involved in the analysis of the 2020 U.S. general election, leading a team of ‘white hat’ hackers to delve into […]
(Natural News) Facebook, Google and eBay asked the Supreme Court to make it more difficult to sue them by raising the bar for acceptable evidence. They were supported by multiple trade groups that represent them and other […]
Clapper, a relatively new TikTok-like platform, has banned all QAnon-related and vaccine-skeptic content. The social media app had slowly started to become popular with those who were banned from more mainstream platforms. On Thursday, Clapper […]
NEW YORK—Mercedes-Benz is recalling more than 1.3 million vehicles because the software in their emergency-call systems could send responders to the wrong location after a crash. The recall comes after Mercedes-Benz learned of a crash […]
At least 10 US-based independent, left, and progressive YouTube channels were recently undermined by the social media giant, when their videos were demonetised for alleged breaches of its terms and conditions. Graham Elwood is a […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s calls to make India “self-reliant” have picked up pace in the tech sphere. Over the past ten days, local alternatives to Twitter and WhatsApp, dubbed Koo and Sandes respectively, have debuted […]
Facebook has censored Australian lawmaker Craig Kelly by removing one of his posts addressing the consequences of the use of face masks by children. Kelly, who comes from the country’s ruling party, has previously […]
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Bebo is a social media blast from the past you’ve probably never heard of – but it plans to relaunch now with some very “modern” and even “avant-garde” censorship features: banning users even before they […]
Facebook has revealed that its artificial intelligence (AI) systems are now preemptively flagging 97.1% of the “hate speech” and 49% of the “bullying and harassment” that’s removed from the platform before any human flags […]
Facebook has detailed how it’s handling the political situation Myanmar in a new post, where it has revealed that it’s limiting the distribution of all content posted by the country’s military. According to the […]
Facebook banned a UK-based art gallery from advertising after mistakenly flagging its photos for violating its policies — photos of cows standing in a field, the England cricket team, and a skyscraper were deemed […]
Twitter has permanently suspended the investigative reporting outlet Project Veritas which recently published several leaked videos exposing executives from Big Tech companies discussing censorship, “hate speech,” and more. Project Veritas had over 735,000 followers when […]
Video content creator Ford Fischer’s “adventures in Big Tech” continue even after his YouTube channel eventually got remonetized, after getting inexplicably demonetized. The controversy arose after his video from a Trump rally in front of […]
February 10, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — YouTube just completely removed the LifeSiteNews YouTube channel. This isn’t a temporary ban; every single one of our videos is completely gone. Thankfully, we have backups of all our videos, […]
Instagram on Wednesday took down the account of controversial anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “We removed this account for repeatedly sharing debunked claims about the coronavirus or vaccines,” a spokesperson for Facebook, which owns […]
Even though they’re supposed to be private and your data anonymous, smartphones are busy tracking their owners — and sharing the information, with names and other data connected.The New York Times reports that they were […]
Israeli ministers and lawmakers on Wednesday presented tech giants Facebook, Google, TikTok and Twitter with proposals to beef up the fight against anti-Semitism on social media. The companies should institute policies similar to those they […]
A recent hand recount in the Rockingham District 7 NH House Race in Windham, New Hampshire, found that the Dominion voting machines shorted EVERY REPUBLICAN by roughly 300 votes. The Dominion machine counted results were wrong for […]
The YouTube channel for LifeSiteNews, a non-profit Christian news outlet, has been purged from the platform for “violating YouTube’s community guidelines.” “YouTube just completely removed the LifeSiteNews YouTube channel,” LifeSiteNews wrote in a post about […]
YouTube and Facebook have banned the documentary “Planet Lockdown,” which has been circulating on social media since last December. The two social media platforms claim the film contains coronavirus misinformation. The film contains multiple claims […]
A hacker increased the level of a dangerous chemical in a municipal water supply, reminding us our infrastructure is vulnerable to a cyberattack. SOURCE: https://www.theorganicprepper.com/fl-water-hack-cyberattack/
Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red announced that it has “become the victim of a targeted cyberattack” that allegedly exposed the source code for many of its games. In a message the developer shared […]
Sunday marked a week since Facebook “unpublished” a page set up by a group of epidemiologists and public health scientists gathered around the “Great Barrington Declaration” initiative. As these university professors, physicians, and scientists […]
Facebook has announced a series of sweeping restrictions that limit the scope of what users are allowed to post about coronavirus vaccines. Under these new rules, the following claims are now banned: Claims that […]
If your MacBook Pro refuses to hold charge past 1 percent, you may be able to get its battery replaced for free. Apple has launched a battery replacement program for 2016 and 2017 MacBook […]
Twitter faced ridicule after it resisted demands by the Indian government to suspend accounts for spreading “misinformation,” claiming that it cherished “free expression,” despite having removed multiple prominent accounts in the U.S. for “spreading misinformation.” […]
Facebook is taking a new approach to political content: Showing less of it. The company announced today that it will experiment with reducing News Feed entries about politics for a small portion of […]
Facebook has announced that it will ban claims that coronavirus is manmade. The announcement sparked legitimate concerns from freedom of speech advocates. In a blog post, Facebook said it would ban “misinformation” on all vaccines […]
One week after pushing macOS 11.2 to the public, Apple has released 11.2.1. Spotted by Apple Insider, the update includes a single change, but it’s an important one if you own an older MacBook Pro. […]
Another day, another Windows 10 update that’s causing problems. Well, technically it’s two updates this time, and Microsoft has confirmed (via BetaNews) that they’re causing issues for users. The specific updates are KB4598299 and […]
The tech giant’s self-styled ‘troll-finder-general’ is touted as an authority on alleged Russian ‘information warfare’ – but any objective look at his background and track record raises troubling questions over his capabilities. On February […]
Facebook is finally taking a tougher stance on vaccine misinformation. With help from the World Health Organization (WHO), the company has expanded the number of claims it will remove from its platform. You can […]
In science fiction, facial recognition technology is a hallmark of a dystopian society. The truth of how it was created, and how it’s used today, is just as freaky. In a new study, researchers […]
February 8, 2021 By Sankalp Phartiyal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has asked Twitter Inc to take down 1,178 accounts the country says are backed by arch rival Pakistan or operated by sympathizers of […]
With a single update, a popular barcode scanner app on Google Play transformed into malware and was able to hijack up to 10 million devices. Lavabird Ltd.’s Barcode Scanner was an Android app that […]
Constant censorship on Facebook seems to be having a major effect as Facebook is losing Daily Active Users in the US and Canada. Towards the end of January, Facebook released its annual performance update report. […]
Gateway Pundit founder and editor Jim Hoft has been cut off from his more than 375K followers on Twitter when the social media company decided to ban him permanently. Hoft is only one in a […]
As soon as the term “toxic masculinity” entered the media and political vernacular, it was inevitable that others would eventually start talking about “toxic femininity.” The difference that’s becoming clear is that while one of […]
An F-35 pilot says the Joint Strike Fighter’s cockpit is a technological wonder, using helmet-mounted displays, voice recognition tech, and touchscreens. Unfortunately, while all of those features sound great in theory, in practice, they come up short. At […]
Twitter blocked the accounts of a South African newsweekly and several journalists because of a story about coronavirus vaccines. The social media company said that the censorship was an error and blamed its increased reliance […]
The Myanmar Ministry of Transport and Communications ordered telecoms and internet providers to block Instagram and Twitter. The order came days after a similar order to block Facebook. The Myanmar Army, which took power in […]
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell on Friday released his two-hour film ‘Absolute Proof’ which pushes his voter fraud conspiracy theories and falsely claims a Chinese cyberattack ‘flipped’ the 2020 election. The Donald Trump supporter released the […]
Twitter has banned yet another former Trump official, just two weeks after he described big-tech suppression of free speech as ‘chilling‘. Former White House Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, Peter Navarro has had […]
A potentially surprising website reveals everything that Google thinks it knows about you. It includes the information about your age, gender, job and interests that the site has been able to work out as […]
Instagram has banned hundreds of accounts tied to the notorious “OGUsers“ forum, where members buy and sell stolen social media accounts. The company is also going after some of the forum‘s highest-profile members, threatening […]
YouTube‘s by-now-notorious takedown and demonetization systems are continuing to pick up speed, but also attract more attention as their harmful consequences expand to affect more and more independent creators on Google‘s globally-dominant video platform. […]
Google-owned YouTube has stripped the Epoch Times of its ability to monetize content on the platform, giving only vague reasons as to why. “YouTube demonetized the Epoch Times and related accounts last week,“ said […]
When you‘re on a roll, you‘re on a roll. Twitter suspended the founder of the Internet Accountability Project on Thursday from their platform. The Internet Accountability Project (IAP) is a leading voice in the […]
If you can’t access your iCloud account and several related services, know that you’re not the only one. As of 3:14 PM ET, Apple is working to resolve 10 outages. According to the company’s […]
OTTAWA—A new watchdog report says Canadian use of U.S. firm Clearview AI’s facial-recognition technology violated federal and provincial laws governing personal information. In a report today with three provincial counterparts, federal privacy commissioner Daniel […]
Android users are being targeted by a piece of malicious software which tricks users into downloading a fake app that also targets the devices of friends via WhatsApp. The so-called ‘worm’ can only infect […]
Facebook has shut down the Robin Hood Stock Traders group that has some 157,000 members, in the middle of a trading war between individual investors and hedge funds. Centering around companies like GameStop and […]
Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP), the commercial version of the ubiquitous Defender antivirus and Microsoft’s top enterprise security solution, is currently having a bad day and labeling yesterday’s Google Chrome browser update as […]
(Natural News) The head of the U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office has warned the government that Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine passports could pose data privacy risks and create artificial divisions in society between those who have received […]
Judging by a new leaked video released by Project Veritas, Facebook is gearing up for close cooperation with the Biden administration, and is promoting “social justice” as a lens through which every major decision […]
(Natural News) The Google-owned video hosting platform, YouTube, has removed over 500,000 videos that cast doubt on the official COVID-19 narrative over the past year. (Article by Shane Trejo republished from BigLeaguePolitics.com) YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki made […]
The account of US pillow manufacturer MyPillow has been permanently banned by Twitter because its CEO Mike Lindell – previously also banned for his association with and support of President Donald Trump – used […]
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Facebook’s new oversight board has overturned the tech giant’s decision to censor a post promoting the use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) as a treatment for COVID-19. The social media platform removed the post last year, […]
The Google-owned video sharing platform YouTube has demonetized numerous independent media accounts, a jarring escalation in the steadily intensifying campaign against alternative news outlets online.Progressive commentators Graham Elwood, The Progressive Soapbox, The Convo Couch, and Franc Analysis have all received […]