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DIGITAL Livestream of Germany shooting removed from Twitch: Streaming site is still investigating, will permanently suspend any accounts reposting footage Self-Regulation Of Social Media Platforms Failing To Curb Disinformation, Says New Report Political ads can lie if they want, Facebook confirms Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s private meetings with conservative pundits Warren escalates Facebook fight with ad […]

DIGITAL Microsoft: Customers are entitled to know about federal data requests DOJ reportedly launches its own Facebook probe at AG Barr’s urging Why You Can’t Really Consent to Facebook’s Facial Recognition: While the social media platform’s latest approach to facial recognition appears to respect user’s choices, the offer is so tainted we can’t truly agree […]

DIGITAL Examining The Expanding Web Of Chinese And Russian Information Controls Ninth Circuit’s LinkedIn Decision Does Not Greenlight the Unauthorized Webscraping of Public Websites The Ninth Circuit Takes On Web Scraping Instagram Confirms Security Issue Exposed User Accounts And Phone Numbers YouTube, Facebook, Instagram Are Epicenters For Steroid Sales — And So Are Their Recommendation […]

DIGITAL Hong Kong ISPs Refuse To Help China Censor The Internet Senator: Mark Zuckerberg should face “the possibility of a prison term”: “He ought to be held personally accountable,” Ron Wyden (D-OR) said. FTC Fines Google $150-$200 Million For YouTube’s Child Data Privacy Violations  YouTube fined $170 million for violations of children’s privacy Google Is […]

DIGITAL Latest ‘Google Whistleblower’ To Prove Anti-Conservative Bias Doesn’t Prove Anything And Appears To Be Bigoted Conspiracy Theorist Facebook audit of alleged anti-conservative bias fails to pinpoint any Facebook, Twitter accuse China of spreading Hong Kong disinformation Facebook and Twitter uncover Chinese trolls spreading doubts about Hong Kong protests: Close to 1,000 accounts were found […]