Tag: big tech

Brazil: Big Tech Censoring Bolsonaro Ahead of Election

Wow, who could have predicted something like this? Reuters : Facebook and YouTube have taken down a video of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, one in which he falsely claimed COVID-10 vaccines were linked to developing AIDS. In a statement on Monday, Facebook said, “Our policies…

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New Fake Whistleblower Says Facebook Still Doesn’t Censor Hard Enough

The previous whistleblower, a menstruating bio-hole, demanded more censorship. Oh, another “whistleblower” saying there isn’t enough censorship on the internet? Strange… The Guardian : Facebook faced mounting pressure on Friday after a new whistleblower accused it of knowingly hosting hate speech and illegal activity ,…

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Russia Gives Google Another Tiny, Worthless Fine

I hate giving the Jewropean Union as an example, but this is how you should fine companies like Google Russia just simply does not seem to grasp the threat that allowing their country’s entire information apparatus to be controlled by their enemies poses to the…

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Trump’s Lawsuit Against Big Tech is Meaningless

I’m a little late on this news. But you know how things go. It’s relevant enough to report on, fo sho (unlike a lot of other stuff Donald Trump has going on right now). ABC News : Former President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he…

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It Turns Out Facial Recognition AI is Pretty Easy to Trick

Most of these impending doom technologies are less about doing whatever they say they’re supposed to do, and more about controlling people’s lives. Biometric facial recognition is supposed to be about preventing fraud, but it turns out it’s really easy to commit fraud against it.…

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Google Censors Pro-Monarchy Movement in Thailand

Hi @GoogleThailand , dozens of people are being targeted with a Google Maps document that includes their address and photos and accuses them of being anti-monarchy. You need to deal with this ASAP before someone is killed. DM me please pic.twitter.com/LZFa2hyqVV — Andrew MacGregor Marshall…

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