Ok so I was going to do this a couple weeks ago. Then, as the story always goes, I got a massive headache and got behind on other things. So, here it is almost a month late. First of all, this post is in response to this article. Go read that first before you read
In a policy paper obtained by Axios, Sen. Mark Warner’s office laid out 20 different paths to address problems posed by Big Tech platforms — ranging from putting a price on individual users’ data to funding media literacy programs. Why it matters: The paper — prepared by Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner’s staff
OK so obviously I majorly disagree with this article, but there are some people who think this way. I’m definitely not one of them! However, this debate does have multiple sides, so I decided to publish one of the articles from one of the other sides. Facebook, YouTube, and Apple Are Right to Ban Alex
The Eccuadorian government has decided to cut off Julian Assange’s internet access, and there’s a live stream going on right now to hold a rally in support of reconnecting him. Here’s a Youtube embed: I’m pretty sure I came in late but I’m retweeting as much as I can from the #ReconnectJulian hashtag at my
UPDATE, March 23, 2018: President Donald Trump signed the $1.3 trillion government spending bill—which includes the CLOUD Act—into law Friday morning. “People deserve the right to a better process.” Those are the words of Jim McGovern, representative for Massachusetts and member of the House of Representatives Committee on Rules, when, after 8:00 PM EST on
The popular classifieds website has announced it has pulled its personal ads section from the site. Craiglist made the move after the passage of the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA) on Wednesday. The act makes it easier for sex trafficking victims and prosecutors to sue websites that allowed sex
Yay for Facebook’s death. Honestly, I can’t stand the thing anymore. Unfortunately, it’s where all my family and friends are and a whole bunch of groups that I’ve joined, though. I’m seriously thinking about deleting the account.
source I don’t really have much to say about this one. I’m just going to let the article speak for itself, because it definitely does in this case. As technology makes state scrutiny increasingly easy, America has seen a corresponding increase in the abuse of its surveillance tools. With a legal framework, first created in
Source: YouTube tries to crack down on conspiracy videos Youtube is a platform, the platform’s job isn’t to censor content based on viewpoint, it’s to be a conduit for all the content that flows through. Obviously there are some things that have to be taken down, such as illegal content etc, conspiracy videos aren’t illegal
Niall Ferguson warns about the power of social media monopolies. Source: Historian: Silicon Valley Will Decide Future Election Winners Unless Conservatives Do Something » Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind! I don’t love Infowars as a source, but he’s definitely right. Social media will decide elections if we let them have