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July 9, 2021
Members of the class-action lawsuit filed by former President Donald Trump are looking for stories from other social media users who have had their content censored by Big Tech companies like Facebook, Twitter, and Google.
An Instagram post by…
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July 9, 2021
President Biden took aim at Big Tech in his latest executive order on Friday. Or at least that's what they said.
The sweeping executive order says it cracks down on Big Tech’s anti-competitive practices. The order includes 72 actions and…
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July 7, 2021
Thirty-six states and Washington D.C. have sued Google over alleged antitrust violations in the Android app store.
The California federal court case challenges a recently expanded Google policy that forces app developers to pay a 30 percent…
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July 5, 2021
One America News Network launched its own social media platform on July 4.
“Tired of social media giants chipping away at your most basic & important right to freedom of speech?” the network tweeted. “Good news! One America News Network is…
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July 4, 2021
Facebook has temporarily censored search results displaying a #revolution hashtag on its platform.
The reasons why Facebook is censoring the hashtag is unknown, but the platform says some of the content goes against its Community Standards.
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July 2, 2021
YouTube has suspended Right Side Broadcasting Network from its platform and removed the news site’s videos of former President Donald Trump’s rallies.
YouTube took down the videos because the footage allegedly violated the platform’s Community…
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July 1, 2021
Former Trump advisor Jason Miller will launch a new social media platform designed to “declare independence” from Big Tech platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
“GETTR,” which Miller says evolved from “getting together,” will launch on…
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June 28, 2021
A federal court judge dismissed the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust complaint against Facebook on Monday.
The FTC and attorney generals from 48 states argued that Facebook deliberately sabotaged attempts to prevent a monopoly during the…
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June 28, 2021
Americans may have thought that physical marketplaces were safe from Big Tech surveillance. But Amazon is now tracking consumers as they shop at offline markets too.
Amazon recently opened its first full-size Amazon Fresh grocery store with both “…
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June 28, 2021
Facebook continues to allow China to lie to the world about its human rights violations against Uyghurs, while simultaneously banning the former president of the United States from its platform.
Experts in the fields of tech policy, human rights…