#Australia to fine tech giants, jail users over abusive posts

#Australia to fine tech giants, jail users over abusive posts

“#Australia to fine tech giants, jail users over abusive posts” Tech giants like Facebook, Twitter and Google will be forced to swiftly remove abusive online posts or face stiff fines under a tough new law passed by the Australian government on Wednesday.  The bold new legislation, called the Online Safety Bill, gives the country’s regulators…

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#Twitter’s all-too-telling move to un-name journalist Andy Ngo

#Twitter’s all-too-telling move to un-name journalist Andy Ngo

“#Twitter’s all-too-telling move to un-name journalist Andy Ngo” It’s a small thing, but telling of the presumption of the twits who run Twitter: After lefty complaints that Andy Ngo shouldn’t be called a “journalist” on the site’s curated news feed, the social-media giant rewrote a headline to call him just an “author.” Ngo reports, researches…

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#Big tech sues Florida over social media law

#Big tech sues Florida over social media law

“#Big tech sues Florida over social media law” Trade groups representing Facebook, Twitter and Google have sued Florida over a new state law governing social media that Gov. Ron DeSantis claims will protect free speech. The legislation, which DeSantis signed on Monday and is slated to take effect July 1, would allow the Florida Election…

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#Facebook and its censorious ‘fact-checkers’ have utterly discredited themselves

#Facebook and its censorious ‘fact-checkers’ have utterly discredited themselves

“#Facebook and its censorious ‘fact-checkers’ have utterly discredited themselves” Is there something in the California water that makes Silicon Valley’s censorious dweebs so damned shameless? On Wednesday, Facebook ­revised its policy of banning posts suggesting the coronavirus was man-made — because the COVID situation is, er, “evolving,” as a spokesman told Politico. Gee, thanks. The…

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