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USA

Google DELETES 100,000-plus one-star ratings of Robinhood app after enraged retail traders pile negative reviews over GameStop ban

Posted on January 31, 2021January 31, 2021By Editor

Google has come to the rescue of the stock-trading app Robinhood, deleting negative reviews flooding the company after it had blocked the purchase of stock in companies like GameStop, AMC, and others. … Read More >Google DELETES 100,000-plus one-star ratings of Robinhood app after enraged retail traders pile negative reviews over GameStop ban

World

UN chief ‘particularly worried’ about power of social media giants & calls for laws to keep them in check

Posted on January 31, 2021January 31, 2021By Editor

Regulations are needed to reign in companies like Twitter so that their actions, such as the banning of former US president Donald Trump, are “in line with the law,” said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. … Read More >UN chief ‘particularly worried’ about power of social media giants & calls for laws to keep them in check

USA

Facebook BANS ‘Robinhood stock traders group’ with 150k+ members over ‘sexual exploitation’ amid GameStop craze – reports

Posted on January 31, 2021January 31, 2021By Editor

A popular stock trading chat group has been booted off Facebook due to alleged violations of its “sexual exploitation” rules, claims the page’s founder, who accused “major institutions” of trying to avenge the GameStop debacle. … Read More >Facebook BANS ‘Robinhood stock traders group’ with 150k+ members over ‘sexual exploitation’ amid GameStop craze – reports

World

On Spotify, music listens to you: Streaming platform wins patent to surveil users’ emotions to recommend music

Posted on January 31, 2021January 31, 2021By Editor

Streaming music platform Spotify has won a patent enabling it to snoop on users’ speech and even background noise in order to gauge emotional states and location types to serve up an appropriate soundtrack. Not creepy at all! … Read More >On Spotify, music listens to you: Streaming platform wins patent to surveil users’ emotions to recommend music

Russia

Russia to fine TikTok & other social networks for failing to remove posts allegedly promoting unauthorized protests to kids

Posted on January 30, 2021January 30, 2021By Editor

The Russian state regulator, Roskomnadzor, has announced that seven social networks will be fined for failing to comply with demands to delete calls to protest, after supporters of Alexey Navalny advertised demonstrations online. … Read More >Russia to fine TikTok & other social networks for failing to remove posts allegedly promoting unauthorized protests to kids

World

Google ditching Apple tool to track iPhone users & dodge pop-up warning on data collection

Posted on January 29, 2021January 29, 2021By Editor

New Apple rules that introduce an obligatory pop-up warning to users that their browsing data is being stored for advertising purposes has prompted Google to stop using the company’s tracking tool in its iOS products. … Read More >Google ditching Apple tool to track iPhone users & dodge pop-up warning on data collection

Business

Can US & EU break up Big Tech? RT’s Boom Bust looks at attempts to curb Silicon Valley’s power

Posted on January 28, 2021January 28, 2021By Editor

As concerns rise about the clout of the likes of Google and Facebook, more and more states are increasing pressure on tech giants. RT’s Boom Bust breaks down how governments are trying to bring the sector under control. … Read More >Can US & EU break up Big Tech? RT’s Boom Bust looks at attempts to curb Silicon Valley’s power

USA

Northeast coast of US hit with massive internet outage, from Boston to DC

Posted on January 28, 2021January 28, 2021By Editor

Reports have surfaced of a massive internet outage in the northeast United States, with internet users locked out of multiple key services and apps. Verizon blamed the outage on “a fiber cut in Brooklyn.” … Read More >Northeast coast of US hit with massive internet outage, from Boston to DC

Shows

CrossTalk, Quarantine Edition: Deprogramming dissent?

Posted on January 27, 2021January 27, 2021By Editor

The newly inaugurated American President Joe Biden has called for unity in a country sharply divided. At the same time, Big Tech continues to deplatform individuals and even cancel its competition. And still others are calling for Trump supporters to be ‘deprogrammed’. So much for unity. … Read More >CrossTalk, Quarantine Edition: Deprogramming dissent?

World

Australia lashes out at Big Tech threats, says it’s ‘inevitable’ that Facebook & Google will pay for content

Posted on January 24, 2021January 24, 2021By Editor

Australia’s treasurer has advised the tech giants to accept that their platforms will have to start paying for content, amid threats from Facebook and Google to limit services in the country if such a policy is enacted. … Read More >Australia lashes out at Big Tech threats, says it’s ‘inevitable’ that Facebook & Google will pay for content

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