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Reddit’s diverse subreddits in an uproar over FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s proposed net neutrality repeal

Posted on Nov 22, 2017 by Caleb Chen

American internet users are facing a dire situation: The FCC has officially started its net neutrality repeal. The FCC's move would end strong net neutrality protections and additionally stop states from…

Categories: Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media

US Senate hearing confirms Facebook is the perfect surveillance machine: what can we do about it?

Posted on Nov 6, 2017 by Glyn Moody

Last week's hearings before US lawmakers has provided us with new insights into the workings of companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter, and how they have been subverted by Russia…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance

British spies are collecting and sharing datasets of people’s social media activities

Posted on Oct 17, 2017 by David Meyer

The British intelligence services have for years quietly claimed the right to collect so-called bulk personal datasets (BPDs) about people, most of whom may be innocent of any crime. The…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media

Your local supermarket may soon be as scary as Google or Facebook

Posted on Aug 31, 2017 by Rick Falkvinge

What if there were no prices on anything in your local supermarket, because everything in the entire selection was priced individually just for you, and the food prices would vary…

Categories: General Privacy News, Social Media, Surveillance

When Europe outsources censorship to Facebook and Twitter, who upholds free speech? And where’s the outrage?

Posted on Aug 15, 2017 by Rick Falkvinge

The European Commission is circumventing bans on governmental censorship by asking communciations platforms like Facebook and Twitter to agree to "voluntary codes of conduct", which all users would be held…

Categories: Censorship, General Privacy News, Social Media

Putting the “face” in Facebook: how Mark Zuckerberg is building a world without public anonymity

Posted on Aug 10, 2017 by Glyn Moody

Facial recognition has matured sufficiently that it is cropping up in real-world applications with increasing frequency, as recent Privacy News Online stories attest. There's one well-known company that is more…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media

Facebook hit with fines and investigations in six EU countries over privacy law breaches

Posted on May 18, 2017 by Glyn Moody

Three EU countries – Belgium, France, and the Netherlands – have determined that Facebook is breaking their privacy laws, while Germany and Spain are still investigating the US company. The…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance

United Nations: “India must restore internet and social media networks in Jammu and Kashmir”

Posted on May 12, 2017 by Caleb Chen

A new release by The United Nations (UN) Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights calls on India to restore internet access and social media networks in the Jammu…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media

Indians are using VPN to bypass an ongoing social media block against Reddit, Twitter, Facebook, and more

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Caleb Chen

Over 12 million Indian Internet users in the Jammu and Kashmir region have been blocked from using social networking and social media sites such as Reddit, Facebook and Twitter. Internet service…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, VPN

As Russian internet censorship grows, Twitter reportedly agrees to move some user data to servers in Russia

Posted on Apr 20, 2017 by Caleb Chen

Twitter has reportedly agreed to comply with Russia's Big Brother law - which forces tech companies to store data on Russian soil. Russia's Big Brother laws, passed in July of…

Categories: Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media
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