Joe Rogan’s Spotify launch marred by censored podcasts
Joe Rogan’s exclusive $100 million deal with Spotify was heralded as a victory for freedom of speech as it was
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Facebook considers ‘kill switch’ depending on US election outcome
Facebook executives are considering a ‘kill switch’ on political adverts should the 2020 United States presidential election outcome not be
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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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Bank of England considers creation of digital currency
The Governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, has spoken about the possibility of creating a central bank-backed digital
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Africa to become testing ground for vaccine record and payment system
A new biometric identity platform partnered with the Gates-funded GAVI vaccine alliance and Mastercard will launch in West Africa and
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India bans 59 Chinese apps including TikTok over data and privacy concerns
The Indian government has banned 59 Chinese mobile applications, citing threats to user privacy and data mining as well as
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Over two thirds of Americans against COVID-19 contact tracing app
Over two thirds of Americans would not download a contact tracing application, with digital privacy being the leading concern among
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Clinton Foundation, George Soros and Bill Gates among contact tracing group funders
Chelsea Clinton sits on Partners in Health board Partners in Health, the organization chosen to carry out COVID-19 contact tracing
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Twitter appoints former Google AI chief with close ties to China
Twitter has appointed former Google AI chief Fei-Fei Li to its board of directors, yet the move has been met
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Twitter can now terminate accounts for no reason
Twitter’s latest Terms of Service update states that it can now suspend or terminate accounts for “any or no reason”.
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