Twitter announced on Aug. 5 that it found a security flaw in its system that enabled a threat actor to learn about whether a phone number or an email address was associated with an existing Twitter account, after 5.4 million Twitter accounts were reportedly exposed by a threat actor. In a security advisory, Twitter said…
Twitter Announces Security Flaw After 5.4 Million Accounts Reportedly Exposed
Elon Musk Accuses Twitter of Fraud: Countersuit
Elon Musk in a countersuit has accused Twitter executives of fraudulently presenting an undercount of fake users, known as bots. Twitter in July sued Musk for withdrawing from a $44 billion acquisition agreement, alleging he breached the agreement. In the counter-filing, entered under seal last month and obtained by The Epoch Times on Aug. 5,…
Australian MPs Advised to Use Two Phones Amid TikTok Security Concerns
August 4, 2022
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Australian lawmakers and their staff have been advised to get two phones to keep work and private information separate, amid widespread security concerns over TikTok. The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), an intelligence and cybersecurity agency, has warned members of parliament in private briefings recently that some social media apps are over-collecting data and constantly demanding…
Legal Battle Over Florida’s Big Tech Censorship Law May Impact Future of Free Speech on Social Media
August 4, 2022
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News Analysis Recent controversies stoked by alleged efforts of leading tech platforms to ban or “de-platform” content on political grounds—which some claim was behind Twitter’s temporary blocking last week of all links to articles running in The Epoch Times—have prompted fresh debate over the legal rights of users of these platforms and what the First Amendment…
Public Version of Musk’s Response to Twitter Lawsuit to Be Issued by Aug. 5, Judge Rules
The public version of Elon Musk’s response to Twitter’s lawsuit over his bid to walk away from their $44 billion purchase deal will be issued before the end of this week—Aug. 5, a judge has ruled. Musk’s team initially wanted it to be disclosed to the public by Aug. 3, but the decision faced opposition…
Skyrocketing ‘Woke’ Rhetoric in British Newspapers Has ‘Utterly Transformed’ Media: Study
August 4, 2022
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The media landscape of Britain has been completely transformed by the wholesale import of USA-style identity politics and social justice rhetoric, according to a new report. Data released in a new report on Aug. 2 by the British academic and pollster Matt Goodwin has revealed that “social justice” terms associated with critical theorists have exploded in UK…
TikTok Reviews Flagged Content Allegedly Advertising Smuggling People to UK
Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok said on Tuesday that it’s reviewing content that appears to advertise smuggling people into the UK. It comes after the content was flagged by British media outlet GB News. The videos, some of which were sent to the broadcaster by an unnamed audience member, appear to target Albanian-speaking migrants who want…
Great Barrington Declaration Authors Join Lawsuit Against Alleged Government-Big Tech Collusion
August 3, 2022
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Two doctors and a former Harvard Medical School professor have signed onto the lawsuit that alleges the U.S. government and Big Tech colluded to censor dissenting voices. Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and Martin Kulldorff, who authored the Great Barrington Declaration, on Aug. 2 joined the states of Missouri and Louisiana in the case, which is moving forward…
Court Rejects Google Motion to Dismiss Antitrust Lawsuit, Orders Company to Produce Documents
A federal judge has rejected Google’s attempt to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit, ruling that plaintiffs have “adequately alleged” a claim under a key antitrust law. Rumble, a video platform, sued Google in 2021, charging that the company violated the Sherman Act, an 1890 law that outlaws anti-competitive practices. Among the violations, according to the suit: Google…
Elon Musk Says Twitter May Become an Accurate, Relevant News Source
Elon Musk said Twitter could become an accurate and relevant news source just like an “old-school version of The Economist” or Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” when it was hosted by Jon Stewart. A Twitter thread Sunday night raised speculation that Musk was preparing to take over the firm. The billionaire tech mogul, who said…
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