Tag: Media & Big Tech

CNN Legal Expert Page Pate Dies, Cause of Death Revealed

September 14, 2022
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Regular CNN guest Page Pate died at the age of 55 after he was swept away by a rip current near St. Simons Island, Georgia, according to his law firm and local officials. Glynn County Fire-Rescue acting Chief Vinnie DiCristofalo told CNN, where he served as an on-air legal expert, that Pate was swept away by…

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US Should Put Aside Differences With Big Tech to Take on Beijing: Senator

September 14, 2022
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The U.S. government needs to bury the hatchet with Big Tech and harvest the innovation of firms like Google, Apple, and Facebook so that the West can better compete with Beijing’s rapid technological advancements, according to a visiting Australian senator. Senator James Paterson, of the centre-right Liberal Party and now-shadow minister for foreign interference, said…

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Google Faces $25.4 Billion Damages Claims in UK, Dutch Courts Over Adtech Practices

September 13, 2022
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BRUSSELS—Alphabet unit Google will face damages claims for up to 25 billion euros ($25.4 billion) over its digital advertising practices in two suits to be filed in British and Dutch courts in the coming weeks by a law firm on behalf of publishers. Google’s adtech has recently drawn scrutiny from antitrust regulators following complaints from…

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Forbes Removes Article About Detransitioned Teenage Girl for Violation of Editorial Guidelines

September 13, 2022
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Forbes has removed an article that was critical of a teenage girl who is speaking out about the dangers of child sex change surgeries and other procedures. “The story you reference was removed yesterday morning because it did not adhere to Forbes’ editorial guidelines,” Bill Hankes, a spokesman for Forbes, told The Epoch Times via…

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Twitter Shareholders Vote in Favor of $44 Billion Elon Musk Purchase

September 13, 2022
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A majority of Twitter shareholders on Tuesday voted in favor of accepting Musk’s April offer of $54.20 per share amid whistleblower testimony alleging the platform isn’t secure and is a privacy risk. The shareholder meeting lasted about 7 minutes, and the vote lasted only 3 minutes. A vote count read during a live stream of the…

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Elon Musk Calls Out Instagram as ‘Envy Amplifier’

September 13, 2022
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk took aim at a major social media platform again, on Sept. 12, using Twitter to call out rival platform Instagram as an “envy amplifier,” echoing both his own previous remarks and the criticisms of other whistleblowers who have singled out Instagram as a uniquely toxic platform. Musk directed his remarks in…

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Google, Apple Facing Anti-Competitive Complaint in Mexico

September 12, 2022
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MEXICO CITY—Apple and Alphabet’s Google are facing a probe over anti-competitive practices in Mexico after the country’s former telecommunications chief filed a complaint, he said in a statement on Twitter on Friday. The complaint was brought to Mexico’s telecommunications regulator IFT yesterday by Mony de Swaan Addati, who once headed the former telecommunications federation that…

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At NatCon, a Populist–Libertarian Clash on ESG Investment

September 12, 2022
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It’s no surprise that the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment movement was a topic at the third National Conservatism Conference in greater Miami. Experts on a Sept. 11 ESG panel wondered aloud whether the letters actually stand for “evil, stupidity, and grift.” “It’s probably all three, by the way,” said Justin Danhof of Strive…

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Border Patrol’s West Texas Region Twitter Account Deactivated Over ‘Inappropriate’ Posts Criticizing Biden’s Border Policies

September 12, 2022
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The official Twitter account for U.S. Customs and Border Protection operations in the West Texas region is set to be deactivated after it retweeted posts by a former Trump administration policy adviser criticizing President Joe Biden’s border policies. In a statement on the social networking site on Sept. 10, CBP commissioner Chris Magnus said the agency “has become aware…

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Former Special Forces Sues Australian Public Broadcaster Over War Crime Allegations

September 12, 2022
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Former special forces operative Heston Russell has filed a lawsuit against the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and journalists—Joshua Robertson and Mark Willacy—over articles alleging he was involved in committing war crimes while on deployment in Afghanistan. In a statement of claim filed with the Federal Court of Australia, Russell’s lawyers pointed to a November article…

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