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$1.7 trillion spending bill requires platforms to verify ID of those earning $5,000 revenue per year
And collect sellers' other sensitive data including bank account details and tax ID. Read More.
PayPal's bans are a form of censorship, put some businesses at risk, digital privacy advocate says
Online payment processors like PayPal have too much control over free speech: digital privacy advocate Read More.
A Dem-Linked Dark Money Network Is Quietly Funding The ‘Misinformation’ Research Industry
Several funds managed by Arabella Advisors, a Democrat-linked consultant firm, are quietly bankrolling research by universities and non-profits into how online “misinformation” and “disinformation” spreads, Read More.
Poll: Vast Majority Say Congress Should Investigate FBI Involvement in Social Media Censorship
Most likely voters believe Congress should investigate to see if the FBI was involved in social media censorship, a Rasmussen Reports survey released Monday found. Read More.
The FBI won’t name other social media companies it pays
The FBI says it reimburses platforms for the cost of its requests. Read More.
Twitter Files: Biden Admin ‘Angry’ that Company Didn’t Blacklist More Americans over Coronavirus Tweets
Officials from the Biden administration were “angry” that Twitter didn’t ban several accounts it identified as tweeting coronavirus “misinformation,” according to the latest release of the Twitter Files. Read More.
Morris: FBI ‘Responds’ to Twitter Files Allegations of Bureau Involvement in Censorship
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a brash response to the “Twitter Files” tranche released Monday, but refused to address the central claim alleged in the reporting — Read More.
UK ISP Three is blocking private email service Tutanota
"ISPs must not have the power to decide which online services users can or can not access." Read More.
Canada redefined economic impact as “violence” to justify freezing protesters’ bank accounts
New revelations from the commission. Read More.
Musk says Twitter will 'absolutely' refuse payments to censor after platform took $3.4m from FBI
The FBI gave Twitter more than $3.4 million for processing requests, an email shows. Read More.
FBI pressured Twitter, sent trove of docs hours before Post broke Hunter laptop story
The FBI pressured Twitter to suppress The Post’s blockbuster scoop about Hunter Biden’s laptop by warning it could be part of a Russian “hack and leak” operation — even while knowing the concern was unfounded, Read More.
Democrats warn Meta not to rollback any “misinformation” policies
In light of Twitter removing some of its more controversial censorship policies. Read More.
New Twitter files show top executive uncomfortable with FBI intervention
Yoel Roth said that he wasn't "particularly comfortable with the Bureau (and by extension the [Intelligence Community]) demanding written answers." Read More.
EU Accuses Facebook/Meta of Antitrust Breaches by Distorting Advertising Market
LONDON (AP) – The European Union on Monday accused Facebook parent Meta of breaching the bloc’s antitrust rules by distorting competition in the online classified ads business. Read More.
