Tag: Media & Big Tech

DeSantis: Congress Should Target Apple Over Alleged Threats to Block Twitter

November 29, 2022
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Republicans this week said that Apple’s alleged threat to remove Twitter from its App Store warrants congressional investigation. “That would be a huge, huge mistake, and it would be a really raw exercise of monopolistic power that I think would merit a response from the United States Congress,” DeSantis…

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Twitter Stops Enforcing COVID-19 ‘Misleading Information’ Policy

November 29, 2022
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Twitter has stopped enforcing its COVID-19 “misleading information” policy that had resulted in nearly 100,000 pieces of content being cut from the platform and led to more than 11,000 account suspensions. The social media giant, which was taken over by industrialist Elon Musk at the end of October, said in a report that, effective Nov. 23,…

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70 UK Newspaper Editors Urge Raab to ‘Move Swiftly’ to Outlaw SLAPPs

November 29, 2022
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A group of more than 70 newspaper editors, lawyers, and publishers has written a letter to Justice Secretary Dominic Raab, calling on him to “move swiftly” to stop wealthy individuals from muzzling the British media with strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs). The letter calls on Raab to “make good” on a commitment the Ministry…

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Elon Musk Says Exposé of Twitter’s ‘Free Speech Suppression’ Coming ‘Soon,’ Could Include Hunter Biden Laptop Censorship Revelations

November 29, 2022
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Elon Musk said Monday that Twitter’s internal files on the company’s “free speech suppression” will be revealed “soon,” raising expectations that light will be shed on the circumstances around Twitter’s censorship of the New York Post’s explosive story that exposed information on a laptop allegedly belonging to Hunter Biden. “The Twitter Files on free speech suppression soon…

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Elon Musk Says Exposé of Twitter’s ‘Free Speech Suppression’ Coming ‘Soon’

November 29, 2022
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Elon Musk said Monday that Twitter’s internal files on the company’s “free speech suppression” will be revealed “soon,” raising expectations that light will be shed on the circumstances around Twitter’s censorship of the New York Post’s explosive story that exposed information on a laptop allegedly belonging to Hunter Biden. “The Twitter Files on free speech suppression soon…

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Hackers Exploit TikTok ‘Invisible Body’ Challenge to Steal User Passwords, Credit Cards: Report

November 29, 2022
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A trending “invisible challenge” on TikTok is being used by hackers to steal users’ passwords, credit card data, and Discord accounts, according to a report. The TikTok challenge sees users film themselves naked while using the video-sharing site’s “Invisible Body” filter to blur out the body, making it appear invisible. The latest trend on TikTok, which is…

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Elon Musk Says Apple Has ‘Threatened’ to Remove Twitter From App Store

November 28, 2022
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Elon Musk on Monday claimed that Apple Inc. is “threatening to withhold Twitter” from its App Store and implied the big tech giant hates “free speech.” “Apple has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter. Do they hate free speech in America?” he asked. “Apple has also threatened to withhold Twitter from its App Store,” Musk wrote,…

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Bahamas AG Says FTX ‘Debacle’ Not Their Fault

November 28, 2022
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Bahamas Attorney General Ryan Pinder took to the podium Sunday night to defend his country’s securities regulators against “inaccurate allegations” by the U.S.-based legal team, led by veteran work-out attorney John Ray III, that has taken over management of FTX in bankruptcy, following the cryptocurrency exchange’s abrupt collapse in early November. “It is possible that…

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NBC News Reporter Not Seen on Air Since Paul Pelosi Attack Report Retracted

November 28, 2022
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NBC News correspondent Miguel Almaguer has not appeared on the air since a Nov. 4 report on details surrounding the attack targeting Paul Pelosi last month was retracted without explanation. Almaguer is usually featured on NBC’s “Today” and “Nightly News” programs. Reports earlier this month indicated that he was suspended by the network after the…

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Twitter Suffers From ‘Ridiculous’ Number of ‘Psy Ops,’ Elon Musk Says

November 28, 2022
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Twitter owner Elon Musk said Monday that the platform suffers from a “ridiculous” number of professional psychological operations (or, “psy ops”), a concept that typically refers to the dissemination of propaganda or, when used by state actors like the military, psychological warfare tactics meant to manipulate one’s enemies. “The amount of pro psy ops on…

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