This Orwellian Technology Automates Censorship and Is Even Worse Than It Sounds
By James Holbrooks As people around the world struggle to come to terms with the recent years’ rise in terrorist attacks — and on the…
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New Company Promises to Spy on Your Facebook Posts for Your Landlord
By James Holbrooks A new UK startup will “take a deep dive” into the intimate details of people’s private lives by essentially strip-mining data from…
New Social Network Based on Blockchain Technology Wants to End Censorship
By Carey Wedler As Facebook and other digital social platforms face repeated accusations of censorship, a new blockchain-based social networking platform is emerging — with the…
A Single Meme’s Message on Hemp Plastic Was So Powerful, It Sparked an Internet Revolution
By Claire Bernish If you still don’t believe in the power of Internet-based activism, the incredible explosion of interest in hemp plastic — literally generated…
As Free Expression Lines Blur Within EU Social Media Giants Vow To Tackle Hate Speech
By Joseph Jankowski Social media giants Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc., Google and Microsoft Corp. have vowed to tackle online hate speech in less than 24 hours…
Study Finds Clear Link Between Social Media And Depression
By Phillip Schneider In a world filled to the brim with likes, posts, and status updates, where the average teenage youth spends a whopping 9 hours…
Twitter Says No to Intelligence Agencies’ Plans for Social Media Surveillance
By Joe Wright Over the past several years I have been reporting on the disturbing open-door policies that social media companies have been granting to…
Editing Reality: Former Employees Admit Facebook Censors Conservative News
By Melissa Dykes Facebook has roughly 1.65 BILLION users around the world every month. That’s a lot of people who visit and participate on the…
You Can Now Be Put in Jail For Taking A Screenshot With Your Phone
By Michaela Whitton Billions of photos are shared on popular mobile app, Snapchat, every day. The messaging network, used mainly by teens and young adults,…
Department of Justice Recruits Social Media Firms to Fight “Online Radicalization”
By Derrick Broze For the third time since December 2015, the Obama administration has met with social media companies to discuss fighting the spread of…
Officials Track Child Social Media to “Punish” Students for Inappropriate Posts Made Out of School
By Matt Agorist In a move that is sure to warm the hearts of police state cheerleaders across the nation, school officials in Huntsville announced…
Man Sentenced to 2 Years of Probation, $1K Fine for Peaceful Facebook Post About Corrupt Cops
By William N. Grigg Police accountability activist Matthew Townsend no longer faces a prison term over a Facebook post — but the Ada County Prosecutor’s…
Beware Twitter Users: Your Tweets Help the Government Predict the Future
By Joshua Krause When it comes to whatever social media platform we use on a regular basis, most of us take it for granted that…
As ISIS Dies Out, Western MSM Continues to Roll Out New Propaganda to Keep ISIS Alive
By Bernie Suarez Once again and as always, ISIS is saying something and you better believe it, and you better care because someone in the…