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Even the VR Star Wars Guy is Black!

It is official: everyone in every advertisement is black. This is an ad I just saw on reddit: That is an advertisement both for the Oculus Quest 2 VR headset, and for Star Wars: Tales From the Galaxy’s Edge. Released in October, the Quest 2…

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Facebook is Banning All Content of Vaccine Skeptics

Facebook has already been censoring most people who question the coronavirus narrative, but they didn’t have a blanket policy on the issue, other than a ban on “disinformation.” They’ve now upped the ante. The Independent : Facebook is updating its policies around the coronavirus by…

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States are Suing Facebook for Antitrust Violations

Yes, everyone hates Facebook, and they deserve to be punished. We do have antitrust laws, and the Justice Department should have used them a long time ago. States suing Facebook isn’t going to accomplish anything, but I guess it’s good to draw attention to the…

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Moscow Wants to Block Facebook and Twitter Over Censorship

Facebook and Twitter aren’t just taking the freedoms of the American people, they’re also meddling with the sovereignty of every nation on earth. They should be blocked. RT : A group of Russian politicians has put forward a bill aimed at punishing foreign social media…

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Latest Big Tech Hearing was Another Pointless Circus

On Tuesday, the Senate had another hearing on big tech censorship. This is the second such meeting in a month. The hearings are ostensibly to the ends of deciding whether Congress should strip big tech of their protections under the Communications Decency Act, which gives…

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Facebook Bans Holocaust Denial Again

Facebook is going to ban Holocaust denial once for every single Jew killed in the Holocaust. The Independent : Facebook has announced that it is updating its hate speech policies to explicitly ban Holocaust denial. The site had previously allowed such content to be posted…

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Judge Blocks Trump Order to Ban WeChat from App Stores

Well, apparently we’re still pretending the rule of law exists in America. Either that, or the Chinese bought off this judge. (The Chinese almost certainly bought off this judge.) ABC News : A judge has approved a request from a group of U.S. WeChat users…

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Facebook Spreading New Kook Russian Meddler Theories

You can always count on Facebook to hit you with some kook nonsense about the Russians. These Russians were allegedly… posting news articles. The act of posting news articles is known in Facebook parlance as “an influence operation.” Reuters : A Russian influence operation posed…

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