***** UPDATE**** Via Reuters: China’s ByteDance has agreed to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok completely in a bid to save a deal with the White House, after President Donald Trump said on Friday he had decided to ban the popular short-video app, two people familiar with the matter said on Saturday. Original story can be found here: President Trump Says He Will Ban Chinese Owned TikTok Overnight President Trump […]
Google and Facebook To Pay For News Content In Australia Via AP News: The Australian government said on Friday it plans to give Google and Facebook three months to negotiate with Australian media businesses fair pay for news content. In releasing a draft of a mandatory code of conduct, the government aims to succeed where other countries have failed in making the global digital giants pay for news siphoned from […]
Spear-Phishing Attack On Employees Led To Breach Says Twitter Via Reuters: Twitter Inc (TWTR.N), whose internal systems were breached about two weeks ago, said on Thursday the incident targeted a small number of employees through a phone “spear-phishing” attack. The U.S. microblogging site said the hackers targeted about 130 accounts, tweeted from 45, accessed inbox of 36, and were able to download Twitter data from seven. Attackers also targeted specific employees […]
PATREON Loses Major Free Speech Court Case Update: Patreon lost. The judge applied well-established law and denied Patreon's motion / sided against them in their lawsuit against Owen Benjamin fans. Patreon will now be forced to arbitrate 100+ claims, and pay up front fees of up to $10,000 per arbitration. https://t.co/z7WoPBjWa7 — Reclaiming My Time Cernovich (@Cernovich) July 30, 2020 Reporting live from a major legal action involving Patreon and […]
Members Of FAANG Set To Testify Before Congress Members of FAANG — Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai of Google and Tim Cook of Apple, — are set to answer for their companies’ practices before Congress as a House panel caps its yearlong investigation of market dominance in the industry. Via APNews: The four command corporations with gold-plated brands, millions or even billions of customers, and a combined value […]
President Trump Ask FCC To Take Next Step In Tech Crackdown Via POLITICO: The Commerce Department petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Monday to narrow the liability protections of online companies, as President Donald Trump directed in May in what he pitched as a crackdown on anti-conservative bias. Monday's petition includes a request that the FCC impose a regulatory requirement on social media companies, even though the agency doesn't […]
Most Americans Say Social Media has Too Much Power & Influence Via Pew Research Center: A majority of Americans think social media companies have too much power and influence in politics, and roughly half think major technology companies should be regulated more than they are now, according to a new Pew Research Center survey that comes as four major tech executives prepare to testify before Congress about their firms’ role […]
Google Bans Two Right Wing Websites From Their Ad Platform Over Protest Articles **Update** Google has come out and clarified that once again, NBC is fake news, at least in regards to The Federalist: Regardless, this will not stop outlets like CNN, NBC and other legacy MSM will not stop trying to use the Social Media Cabal to suppress those who seek to push back against the narrative. ************************************************************************************************************** […]
Winchester, VA - Time reports that the United States dealt a major blow to the renewable energy industry yesterday in deciding to place tariffs on imported solar panels. Duties placed on foreign solar equipment could approach as much as 30%, which is devastating to a $28 billion industry which gets 80% of its parts abroad. Anticipating price hikes, some solar developers have been hoarding panels and others have been stalling projects. […]
