UK COVID-19 app collects facial verification data via government linked contractor
The mobile application of the United Kingdom’s public healthcare system, the National Health Service (NHS), has been found to collect
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Twitter removes accounts for ‘undermining faith in NATO’
Twitter has once against proven its role as a defender of the Military Industrial Complex after it banned certain accounts
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Microsoft in 2016: We can program a range of complex behaviors using DNA
“DNA is highly programmable, just like a computer. And we can program a whole range of complex behaviors using DNA
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Amazon whistleblowers reveal major data risks
Three former high level security employees of Amazon have sounded the alarm over the company’s lax information protection practices and
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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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Spotify to suggest music based on user emotions identified through speech
Spotify have registered a patent that would allow the company to pick up speech audio and background noise which would
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Poland moves to block Big Tech from censoring accounts
The Polish government has drafted legislation to prohibit Big Tech from censoring social media accounts. The ruling Law and Justice
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Facebook and Twitter values drop by $50 billion after Trump ban
While Facebook and Twitter continue to act as the self-anointed arbiters of the online world, their aggressive acts of censorship
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Big Tech and Biden: War on Terror 2.0
Joe Biden’s first war has already started and, backed by the might of Big Tech and the influence of the
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IMF report proposes credit scores based on web search history
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has proposed basing credit scores of individuals and businesses on their internet search history and
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