Biden administration officials are subpoenaed over Big Tech censorship collusion
The suspected collusion between Big Tech and Big Government is nothing new, but now the issue is playing out in court: in May, a lawsuit filed at the US District …
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Though saying so was banned by Big Tech, Dr. Birx says she “knew” Covid vaccines wouldn’t prevent infection
It used to be that “everybody knows somebody who has had Covid,” but now, with US President Biden coming down with the disease, literally everybody knows of somebody who has …
New Zealand: social media companies agree to censor “misinformation” and “harmful” content
Giant social networks operating in New Zealand will from now on “voluntarily” self-regulate to further suppress content considered misinformation and hate speech. Those signing up to what’s known as Aotearoa …
Supposedly “encrypted” app JustTalk suffers reported data breach
Messaging and video calling app JustTalk, widely used in Asia, claims to be encrypted and secure. However, a large cache of internal data discovered by security researcher Anurag Sen tells …
Various US cities are pushing for the introduction of public facial recognition technology
The New Orleans City Council overturned a ban on the use of facial recognition by the police. Celebrating the move, Mayor LaToya Cantrell gave a statement, saying that facial recognition …
Lawmaker says private DNA databases could be hacked to produce bioweapons to target specific people
Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), a member of the House Intelligence Committee, has warned people against sharing their DNA with genealogy companies, claiming that it could allegedly be used to make …
Republicans tell Google not to censor pro-life clinics
In a letter to Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai, 17 Republican attorneys general have warned the company against limiting search results for pro-life clinics, and threatened legal action of the company …
Canadian government funds plan to combat online “disinformation”
In another effort to control the content consumed by people online, the Canadian government announced a $2.4 million funding to combat “harmful online disinformation.” In a statement, the Heritage Ministry …
UK police told to back off “offensive” tweets and get back to real crimes
New interim guidance by the UK’s College of Policing says police should focus on catching criminals rather than social media “offensive” speech. The guidance reminds police that they have to …
Twitter begins banning “groomer” insults
Following pressure from journalists, Twitter has followed Reddit and has started censoring the word “groomer,” suggesting that it is an anti-LGBT slur. Cultural and political commentator James Lindsay was locked …