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Twitter accidentally locked GOP Rep. Devin Nunes out of his account because he failed its anti-spam filter
Twitter said its automated systems took action in error after Nunes' account failed to complete a r…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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Facing public outrage, federal officials have given Americans more time to weigh in on Google's plan to relax spam filters for political emails
Google wants to make it easier for political committees to send fundraising solicitations and commu…
Dave Levinthal
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The spam and the scam: What's driving those incessant political fundraising email and text campaigns blowing up your inbox
Even the progressive and conservative groups helping with the messages admit the constant barrage c…
Madison Hall
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Bumble removed its political filter after people used it to lure conservatives who were at the Capitol riot into sending incriminating evidence
The dating app said it temporarily disabled the filter "to prevent misuse." Some women had matched …
Ashley Collman
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Google and Apple are banning Parler from their app stores for allowing violent content in the wake of attempted insurrection that left 5 dead
Google banned the app Friday, while Apple gave Parler 24 hours to make changes. Both said Parler us…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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When Measuring Internet Freedom, India Ranks Better Than China, Pakistan
Do Indians enjoy extensive freedom
online? As per the annual Web Index ranking, where countries
are…
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The GOP is sending a deluge of misleading fundraising emails promising VIP status as a ‘Gold Trump Patriot’, because truth-in-advertising rules don’t apply
Truth in advertising doesn't apply to political messaging. There's little a Republican donor can do…
Warren Rojas
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Hate political email spam? You have little time to express your feelings on a potentially pivotal federal ruling.
Google wants to give political campaigns new powers to avoid their spam filters. A federal deadline…
Dave Levinthal
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Attention Gmail users: Your inboxes are about to get way more spammy with political email thanks to a new ruling by federal regulators
Gmail users who have expressed outrage at hyperbolic and misleading political emails won't like the…
Dave Levinthal
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TikTok removed nearly 105 million videos for nudity and other policy violations in the first half of 2020
TikTok also conducted an internal investigation into the spread of a video of a man dying by suicid…
Chris Stokel-Walker
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The CEO of privacy search engine DuckDuckGo says Google uses location data that puts entire ZIP codes in politically biased 'filter bubbles'
A Google spokesperson denied the results of DuckDuckGo's study, saying: "This study's methodology a…
Nick Bastone
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Excitement about Trump's social media site is tepid with just weeks before its launch, but one politically-eager GenZer is all in
Truth Social, Trump's social media company is expected to launch officially on February 21.
Warren Rojas
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The politician behind Britain's porn filter now thinks it might not even work
Matt Hancock, the minister for the digital economy, also recognised this: "I appreciate that there …
Rob Price
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Facebook took down Australian government pages to gain leverage as its parliament was considering harsh new tech laws, whistleblowers say
Facebook removed pages belonging to hospitals, emergency services, and more, the WSJ said. Facebook…
Bill Bostock
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Mark Zuckerberg denies that Facebook is trapping its users in 'filter bubbles'
Hi. Thanks for taking my question. First, some people believe that much of what users see in their …
Rob Price
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A pro-Trump social media service built on 'freedom of speech' isn't moderating some child pornography
A Stanford study found "very few...mechanisms for detecting spam, violent content, pornography, and…
Ben Gilbert
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A new court filing inadvertently revealed that federal prosecutors have 'historical and prospective cell site information' related to Rudy Giuliani
In an improperly redacted letter to a judge, Lev Parnas' lawyer said the feds seized multiple accou…
Sonam Sheth
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Russia is reportedly threatening to slow Google down if it doesn't delete links to 'prohibited' websites
Google was fined last year over the issue, and has one day to respond to the demands from the Russi…
Dominick Reuter
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Koo, the 'free expression' social media app, is the Indian government's latest weapon in its standoff with Twitter
Koo, the 10-month-old app, surged after Modi's government effectively endorsed it while it grappled…