Category: Bullshit seen online

Apple has filed a lawsuit against its former contractor GEEP Canada for allegedly reselling over 100,000 iPhones, iPads and Watches that were supposed to be disassembled and recycled. “At least 11,766 pounds of Apple devices […]

October 3, 2020 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Honda Motor Co <7267.T> said on Saturday it has confirmed a 17th U.S. death tied to a faulty Takata air bag inflator. The Japanese automaker said that after a […]

Pinterest is trying to re-educate users on what it calls “cultural appropriation” when it comes to Halloween costumes. Pinterest is the go-to app for Halloween costume ideas. Even though the celebrations this year will be […]

Facebook and YouTube both announced that they ramped up their tracking of “Trump-coronavirus conspiracy theories” within minutes of President Trump announcing that he had tested positive for the coronavirus. In a statement to Motherboard, Facebook […]

QAnon is increasingly spreading on LinkedIn as members continue to identify as supporters. However, LinkedIn, like other social media sites, isn’t happy about it and is taking measures to reduce the spread of the movement […]

Twitter will change its automated image cropping feature after users complained that it was biased. The company says it’s working to “decrease our reliance” on automatic cropping so users can ultimately control how their images appear […]

Five bar owners in France have been arrested in Grenoble for offering public WiFi without keeping connection logs and spying on its users. The owners claimed they were not aware of the anti-privacy law that […]

Facebook is taking new steps to limit QAnon’s influence on its platform. The social network said that it was banning ads that “praise, support or represent” QAnon or “militarized social movements,” and that it had […]

Just as Apple is being challenged in some corners for slowly backing away from serving, in good faith, the open and democratic RSS web feed tech when it comes to the way it dominates podcasting […]

(Natural News) A nationwide 911 outage occurred on Monday that we have since learned was caused by a massive Microsoft Office 365 outage. The Bill Gates-founded Microsoft corporation apparently runs America’s emergency service lines these […]

Facebook has removed more than 6,500 pages and groups associated with “militarized social movements,” since the company announced it would crack down on QAnon and militia movements on its platform last month. Under the new rules, […]

Germany’s new copyright reform proposal related to Article 17 of the European Union (EU) Copyright Directive (formerly Article 13) will prevent internet users from challenging copyright claims against memes in many circumstances. Article 17 requires […]

Users reported receiving a message telling them to self-isolate because they had been in contact with a person who tested positive. The message read: ‘Possible COVID-19 exposure. Someone you were near reported having COVID-19. exposure […]

Daily Telegraph’s columnist Allison Pearson was locked out of her Twitter account after she shared her views about the COVID-19 that were not exactly coinciding with the government’s narrative about the pandemic. Of late, governments […]

Research: Facebook fact-checking system “vulnerable” to bias and abuse (Natural News) American newspaper and media fact-checker USA Today may need to brush up on history, according to journalism watchdog and think tank MRC NewsBusters, after the […]

Apple outage is causing iCloud, App Store, Music and TV+ problems If you’re getting error messages instead of media across your Apple devices and services then you’re not alone. The company’s status page notes an […]

Twitter locks user’s account over tweet questioning Joe Biden’s health With just a few hours to go until the first 2020 US presidential debate, Twitter has locked the account of Leinad (@inversedaniel) for tweeting about […]

Facebook purges pro-Trump groups Despite the criticism it’s now getting even from some observers with no links to the conservative side of politics, the social media companies’ censorship rules rooted in the nebulous notion of […]

California EV Mandate Could “Lead To Disaster” For State’s Already Fragile Electric Grid Now that genius California lawmakers have mandated that all cars in the state must be electric by 2035, it seems like a […]

Hawaii Republican congressional candidate Nick Ochs banned from Facebook All eyes are currently on the US presidential election that is set to take place in early November, and on a slew of controversial decisions pertaining […]

Facebook and Twitter now censoring anyone posting about Kyle Rittenhouse (Natural News) On Aug. 25, 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse shot three rioters in self-defense in Kenosha, Wisconsin. But several weeks later, social media giants like Facebook […]

India telecoms giant Jio blocks Twitch streams According to reports from customers and media, India’s largest and the world’s third largest mobile network, Reliance Jio, has lately been caught trying to pull some sketchy business […]

Facebook will block ads claiming victory ahead of official results Contrary to previous reports, a Facebook rep has confirmed that the social media site will not, in fact, allow ads claiming victory for either the […]

Facebook censors posts that accurately describe wildfires linked to arrests of arsonists (Natural News) Facebook has announced that it will be removing all posts linking the wildfires sweeping through Oregon to arsonists after the Federal Bureau […]

Twitter suspends accounts tweeting in support of J.K. Rowling (Natural News) Twitter is apparently censoring accounts that tweet in support of famous Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, while also making additional moves to diminish that support. (Article […]

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/