#Facebook and YouTube take action against QAnon — but they’re fighting a losing battle

#Facebook and YouTube take action against QAnon — but they’re fighting a losing battle

“#Facebook and YouTube take action against QAnon — but they’re fighting a losing battle” Recent decisions by Facebook and YouTube to crack down on the far-right conspiracy theory movement known as QAnon will disrupt the ability of dangerous online communities to spread their radical messages, but it won’t stop them completely. The announcement by Facebook…

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#By censoring The Post, Big Tech is begging for big-time reform

#By censoring The Post, Big Tech is begging for big-time reform

“#By censoring The Post, Big Tech is begging for big-time reform” The increasing brazenness with which the various Big Tech behemoths distort their search algorithms to hide conservative viewpoints, undermine conservatives through “shadow banning” and weaponize the sanctimonious and self-serving “fact-checking” cottage industry to suppress conservative voices has long been clear. The 2017 dismissal of…

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# Law Decoded: The rivalry between central banks and global stablecoins, Oct. 9–16

# Law Decoded: The rivalry between central banks and global stablecoins, Oct. 9–16

“# Law Decoded: The rivalry between central banks and global stablecoins, Oct. 9–16 ” Editor’s note Blockchain technology has attracted regulatory attention since its inception. The security of the Bitcoin network despite the value of BTC in play has consistently proved the resilience of blockchain technology in maintaining records across a vast range of parties….

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#Instagram will curb hidden advertising by influencers: watchdog

#Instagram will curb hidden advertising by influencers: watchdog

“#Instagram will curb hidden advertising by influencers: watchdog” Instagram has agreed to measures to crack down on hidden advertising by so-called influencers on its photo and video platform, Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority said Friday. Influencers with thousands of followers can earn large fees from companies to promote a product on Instagram. In what the…

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#Chris Wallace compares Facebook, Twitter to ‘Big Brother’

#Chris Wallace compares Facebook, Twitter to ‘Big Brother’

“#Chris Wallace compares Facebook, Twitter to ‘Big Brother’” Fox News anchor Chris Wallace on Friday compared Facebook and Twitter to “Big Brother” in their decision to ban The Post’s report on Hunter Biden’s foreign business deals. Wallace, who moderated the first presidential debate, said the move from the social media giant’s “backfired” because the narrative…

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#Deconstructing Twitter’s excuses for suppressing Post’s Hunter Biden scoops

#Deconstructing Twitter’s excuses for suppressing Post’s Hunter Biden scoops

“#Deconstructing Twitter’s excuses for suppressing Post’s Hunter Biden scoops” With the flimsiest of excuses, Twitter prevented its users from sharing, even privately, Post reporting that shows Hunter Biden monetized access to his father when Joe Biden was vice president — and its after-the-fact rationale was just as bogus. Its supposed rules would ban most mainstream…

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