Apple Update Requires Apps to Get Permission to Track Users
After Apple snuck COVID-19 contract tracing software onto its iPhone updates in May, the company is now at least pretending to care about user privacy.
One feature of Apple’s iOS 14 update, originally announced in June, is intended to help protect user privacy online. Apps “are now required to get your permission before tracking you,” according to Apple.
NYT: Facebook Prepares for Possible Crackdown on Trump after Election
Months before the presidential election, Facebook has already made plans to crack down on President Donald Trump’s posts in case he attempts to use the platform to contest the election’s legitimacy.
An August 21 New York Times article detailed Facebook’s plans to suppress the Trump campaign after the election if the president “interferes once the vote is over.”
Facebook Censors Mark Dice’s Meme Mocking Kamala Harris
Big Tech has allowed open season on President Donald Trump for years, but cracks down quickly on criticism of the Democratic presidential ticket. Conservative media analyst and author Mark Dice announced that “Facebook censored a viral meme I posted last week about Joe Biden and Kamala Harris” in a Facebook post yesterday.
OBSESSED: Facebook Fact-Checkers Defend Kamala 60 Times in 10 Days
Facebook fact-checkers should be “non-partisan and transparent.” But they defended Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) 20 times to one over the course of 10 days. Since former Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden selected Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) as his running mate, fact-checkers have fallen over themselves to defend her.
Leftist Journalists, Organizations Furious Over Recent Facebook Purge
Facebook’s latest bans include a purge of some Antifa accounts, which the left quickly defended. Leftist organizations and journalists themselves have covered for the banned groups, gaslighting that they are not tied to violence. A joint statement was issued from It’s Going Down and CrimethInc, both of whom are associated with radical-left community organizing. They lamented how Facebook…
Report: Facebook Blocks, Twitter Warns About Plandemic Sequel Video
In their campaigns to censor opposing viewpoints, Facebook has blocked and Twitter has provided warning labels to the Plandemic: Indoctrination video. NBC News reporter Brandy Zadrozny tweeted on August 18, “Facebook not allowing users to post new plandemic link.”
Facebook Purges QAnon, Militia and Antifa Groups ‘Tied to Violence’
Facebook revealed its new “Dangerous Individuals and Organizations” policy to crack down on groups the platform said are “tied to violence.” It was the latest of many revisions in Facebook policies in recent weeks, all seemingly connected to the election. “Today we are taking action against Facebook Pages, Groups and Instagram accounts tied to offline anarchist groups that support violent acts…
Facebook COO: We’ll Remove Trump Speech When It Violates Our Standards
With only a few months left before the presidential election, Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg claimed that the platform is prepared to remove posts from President Donald Trump to fight what the platform has deemed misinformation and hate speech.
OOPS? Facebook Fact-Checked Springsteen’s Pro-Biden ‘The Rising’
Bleeding-heart liberal Bruce Springsteen’s pro-Biden anthem was flagged by Facebook’s third-party fact-checkers … until Facebook reportedly explained its mistake after backlash. “The Democratic National Convention video of the Bruce Springsteen song ‘The Rising,’ in which Springsteen and wife Patti Scialfa make an appearance, was removed from Springsteen’s verified Facebook page at…
Tech Companies Won’t Un-Ban GOP Candidate Laura Loomer
The GOP welcomed the “most-banned woman” with open arms as its candidate for the 21st Congressional District House seat in Florida. But tech companies seem reluctant to budge on their bans of Laura Loomer.
Facebook Fights Hate Speech, Except for When It Doesn’t?
Facebook is all too ready to crack down on hate speech when it has suggested the right has stepped out of line, but its standards do not appear to apply to Indian politician T. Raja Singh, which raises questions about the rules it applies in the United States. Singh, an important figure in the Bharatiya Janata Party of India, has made statements about Muslims that could lead to “real world…
Censored! Big Tech Silences Over 260 Biden Critics Before Nomination
Former Vice President and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is a popular target on social media. But Big Tech companies have responded by deleting mocking posts and suspending critics. In the months leading up to the Democratic National Convention, more than 260 conservative users on Facebook and Twitter had their posts about Biden scrubbed from the social media platforms…
Facebook Adds Never-Trump Fact-Checker to Already Liberal Roster
Facebook’s independent fact-checking program leans heavily to the left. But instead of solving that problem by adding more conservative fact-checkers, the company has added a Never-Trump operation instead.
Candace Owens Accuses Facebook of Censoring Her for Criticizing Harris
Conservative firebrand Candace Owens scorched Facebook for “election interference” after she was reportedly censored and demonetized over criticism of Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA). Owens accused Facebook of “censoring” information about Harris in an August 13 tweet and added that the platform has “demonetized my page for ‘spreading false information about…
