Reclaim The Net The UK House of Commons passed the controversial Public Order Bill by 276 to 231 votes. The bill aims to give police and courts more power to prevent protests and …
Private web browser Brave has added a new custom content filtering to the latest version of its iOS app (version 1.44) which gives users access to more ad and tracker …
Leaders in the state of New York are calling for the criminalization of sharing videos of violent crime. While the proposals are seemingly ignorant of the First Amendment, and were …
Pamela Paresky, visiting fellow at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University, was suspended from Twitter for saying that Twitter does not enforce its policy against self-harm. “On October …
The fast-growing video platform and YouTube competitor Rumble has announced that its Rumble Advertising Center (RAC) is launching a beta version of pre-roll video ads. A pre-roll ad plays automatically …
South Korea plans to offer its citizens a digital ID secured by blockchain technologies. The country alleges that digital ID will boost the economy. Proponents of digital identity systems say …
Germany has slapped Telegram with a $5 million fine for refusing to comply with German censorship orders. The Federal Office of Justice claimed that the messaging platform has refused to …
Tencent’s WeChat now allows users to pay using their palm print. The app already supports facial and fingerprint biometrics. According to a report by Tech Planet, the palm print technology …
One of the speakers at the 2022 International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank Group (WBG) Annual Meetings, Kristalina Georgieva, IMF’s managing director, has revealed that this financial institution doesn’t like people …
Governments and financial institutions are increasingly warming to the idea of introducing Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) – central banks’ digital tokens, pegged to a country’s fiat money, and controlled …