Canada’s communications regulatory agency, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) could force tech companies to “manipulate” their algorithms to favor Canadian content, according to CRTC Chairman Ian Scott.
The California state legislature is considering a bill that would require websites and apps to authenticate the age of every user before allowing them access, a move that lawmakers say is aimed at protecting children, but would in effect end online anonymity in the state.
Republican FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr has called on Apple and Google to ban the popular Chinese-owned video sharing app TikTok from their app marketplaces, arguing that it is sending sensitive user data on American citizens to Beijing.
Facebook is reportedly blocking links to the official page explaining how to receive payouts in a successful class action lawsuit brought against the company.
The Facebook Oversight Board, colloquially known as the “Facebook Supreme Court,” received more than a million appeals from Facebook and Instagram users hoping to overturn censorship by the company, according to the Board’s first annual report.
Following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and threats of domestic terrorism against pregnancy centers, Facebook has labeled radical abortion group Jane’s Revenge as “terrorists.”
In a recent memo, Google’s chief people officer told employees that they could apply for work relocation “without justification” after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Elon Musk has reportedly been given access to Twitter’s internal data to independently review the number of bot accounts on the platform — but data scientists don’t think the information will provide conclusive answers for the billionaire.
An advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) at the Sarah Bush Lincoln health center in Mattoon, Illinois, was caught by Libs of TikTok stating on Twitter that she prescribes medication based on her patient’s political affiliation and race. The APRN resigned shortly after the health center told Breitbart News that her social media post was “contrary” to its mission, and that it was addressing the matter.
Advertisers on Chinese-owned TikTok are reportedly using underhanded tactics to promote payday loans that experts say could violate deceptive advertising laws. One expert commented on the ads flooding the platform massively popular with teenagers, saying, “At best, these videos are designed to make you give up information that you shouldn’t that will result in more solicitations. At worst, this is a complete scam designed either to take your money or information for fraudulent purposes.”
The government of China has declared that qualifications will be required for citizens who wish to post about certain topics, including health, finance and law, in yet another restriction on online speech in the communist dictatorship.
The racial slur “Uncle Clarence” was trending on Twitter today as leftists on the platform lashed out against the U.S. Supreme Court after it overturned Roe v. Wade, along with death threats against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in particular.
Brave Search, the private, independent search engine competing with giants such as Google, has announced on its first anniversary that 2.5 billion queries have now been completed by the search engine.
Reddit, the link-sharing and discussion board network known for its influence on online meme culture, has blacklisted one of the first online organizing hubs for pushback against wokeness, the “Tumblr In Action” board, as well as its sister community, “Social Justice in Action.”
Intel has delayed the groundbreaking ceremony for its new Ohio plant referred to by the company’s CEO as the start of a “Silicon Heartland” due to worries over a proposed law designed to support U.S. semiconductor production.
Facebook-owned Instagram has flagged the account of Donald Trump Jr., accusing the conservative leader of “repeatedly posting false information,” although Mark Zuckerberg’s platform has not specified what the allegedly false information consists of.
Tech giant Amazon has revealed an insanely creepy experimental feature for its AI assistant Alexa that allows it to mimic the voices of its users’ dead relatives.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently described the company’s Berlin and Austin factories as “gigantic money furnaces” in an interview with Tesla Owners of Silicon Valley, an official Tesla-recognized club, in Austin, Texas. Musk quipped, “There should be like a giant roaring sound, which is the sound of money on fire.”
A recent report from The Economist reveals that Google’s parent company Alphabet is spending billions to become a major player in the healthcare market. The company has reportedly made over 100 deals related to life sciences and health care in the last few years.
According to a recent report, volunteers who spent a week working in a virtual-reality environment similar to the metaverse proposed by Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook reported more anxiety, lower productivity, and suffering from migraines.
Google has reportedly begun informing some small business owners that they will soon have to pay to continue to use their email and other apps after a decade of free use. One small business owner says, “They’re basically strong-arming us to switch to something paid after they got us hooked on this free service.”
A recent Gallup poll has revealed that 58 percent of U.S. adults believe that they use their smartphones “too much.” Every age group in the survey has increased concerns about the time they devote to their phones, whether it is for work, streaming video, or games.
Elon Musk has stated that three primary “unresolved matters” must be solved before his $44 billion buyout of Twitter can go ahead.
House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and other top Republicans proposed legislation on Tuesday that would combat Google and other big tech companies’ censorship of conservative campaign emails.
An advertisement posted to Twitter by the team behind Minds.com, a free speech-friendly social network, has been blackballed by the platform. Minds CEO Bill Ottman says that the ad was labeled “inappropriate,” adding, “this is what we expect from Twitter so it’s nothing new, it’s just a very funny and over-the-top case.”
Twitter’s board of directors has unanimously approved SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s bid to take over the company for $44 billion, recommending that shareholders approve the deal.
Far-left Facebook “whistleblower” Frances Haugen is reportedly launching a non-profit focused on holding Mark Zuckerberg’s company “accountable” for its actions. Haugen hopes to train an army of lawyers to attack Facebook (now known as Meta) and other Big Tech giants that don’t conform to her vision of the Internet.
Protonmail founder Andy Yen recently commented on big tech firms like Apple and Google, stating that their business models are “not good for users [and] not good for society.” The focus of Yen’s ire is surveillance capitalism, the business model of Silicon Valley giants like Facebook that turn the private lives of their users into information sold to the highest bidder.
Elon Musk’s son — who now identifies as a transgender woman — is reportedly changing his full name and legal gender identity, stating that he no longer wants “to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form.”
Eric Greitens, the former governor of Missouri who is running to replace Roy Blunt to represent the state in the U.S. Senate, has been censored by Twitter and Facebook for using a metaphor about “hunting RINOS” — Republicans In Name Only.
The FBI recently stated that investment fraudsters exploiting Microsoft’s business networking platform LinkedIn pose a “significant threat” to the company and its users. Breitbart News has several suggestions for avoiding scams on the social media platform commonly used by business professionals.
Blake Lemoine, the Google engineer who previously called Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) a “terrorist,” and was suspended from work after claiming that the company’s AI program LaMDA is sentient, now claims he has helped the chatbot hire a lawyer.
A former Google contractor claims that he was fired by the woke internet giant after reporting that at least 12 members of an obscure religious sect within Google have an inappropriate level of influence over the workplace. The religious group in question, the Fellowship of Friends, is considered a cult by many.
Recently leaked audio from over 80 internal meetings reveals that China-based employees of the massively popular app TikTok repeatedly accessedU.S. user data, despite the company’s claims to the contrary.
YouTube has censored a video of testimony from the January 6 kangaroo court, claiming that the video promoted election misinformation. The Google-owned platform was apparently upset that the Democrat-led committee played a clip of former President Donald Trump.
The FCC is considering deregulations to allow radio broadcasters to geotarget ads using new technology—meaning that one station can run different ads depending on the location of the listener. The rule has won praise from former President Trump’s top tech expert, who said it would level the advertising playing field for an industry dominated by conservatives.
A recently leaked Amazon memo has revealed that the e-commerce giant is worried it might run out of people to hire in its U.S. warehouses by 2024.
SpaceX employees recently wrote an open letter criticizing company CEO Elon Musk’s public behavior, but the letter didn’t result in the changes they were hoping for — many were promptly fired after its publication.
James O’Keefe’s investigative journalism group Project Veritas has leaked a recording of Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s all-hands meeting with Twitter employees. Pressed by employees on free speech, Musk answered, “I think there’s also, there’s freedom of speech and freedom of reach, so I think people should be allowed to say…pretty outrageous things that are within the balance, the law, but, but then they don’t, you know, get amplified.”
According to a recently leaked memo, Facebook employees have been given a new directive to make the app’s feed more like the massively popular Chinese-owned TikTok.
