All cars in the US must be installed with ‘kill switch’ by 2026
Under the guise of reducing drink driving, a new law instructs car makers to install technology that can prevent the function of the vehicle
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Twitter selectively suppresses content on its own ‘crowdsourced’ fact-check tool
Twitter’s latest attempt to pose as an impartial arbiter of misinformation is not going well. Less than two weeks after
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Facebook changed algorithm after US election to boost mainstream sources
Facebook made a change to its algorithm to boost news from ‘authoritative’ sources, better known as mainstream outlets, after the
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BBC receives millions from the Gates Foundation
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has provided millions of pounds in funding to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) over
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TikTok teams up with notoriously biased fact-checkers ahead of US election
TikTok has enlisted PolitiFact and Lead Stories in a supposed bid to combat misinformation ahead of the 2020 US elections,
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Facebook’s new Oversight Board is set up for biased censorship
The social network’s new ‘Supreme Court’ is diverse in every way apart from political affiliation Facebook has created an Oversight
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COVID-19 and the 5G deception
Big Tech’s clampdown on conspiracy theories linking 5G with coronavirus symptoms deceptively includes the censorship of valid debates on the
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Google’s alliance with Big Pharma and the war on alternative health news
The tech giant has rolled out changes that purposely down-rank independent health websites, even independent medical articles that are written
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Big Tech firms using automation to censor news about the coronavirus
Social media is awash with frustrated users whose posts have been removed for no legitimate reason. by Alan Macleod Big tech
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Facebook’s alliance with pro-war think-tank to combat ‘fake news’
Facebook has chosen the Atlantic Council as a leading ally in its effort to combat ‘fake news’ and ensure the
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