Showing posts with label Technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Technology. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Poland plans to make censoring of social media accounts illegal
Polish government officials have denounced the deactivation of Donald Trump’s social media accounts, and said a draft law being readied in Poland will make it illegal for tech companies to take similar actions there.
What is the Insurrection Act?
Washington (CNN)Viral social media posts have falsely claimed that President Donald Trump invoked the Insurrection Act of 1807 law to deploy American soldiers to police US streets. That didn't happen.
The unfounded posts have gained
YouTube takes action against Trump, bans uploads for at least 7 days
YouTube has taken action against President Donald Trump and barred new videos from being uploaded to his channel for at least seven days, citing violations of its policies and "concerns about the ongoing potential for violence."
It's the latest action against Trump after last week's deadly
Live Updates: Parler CEO calls censorship of his social media platform 'sick' and 'evil'
Parler CEO John Matze blasted elected officials, such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who recently called for the censorship of his social media platform and proclaimed it "sick" and "evil."
The CEO said critics like Ocasio-Cortez don't understand what America stands for.
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
YouTube is suspending President Donald Trump's channel
YouTube is suspending President Donald Trump's channel for at least one week, and potentially longer, after his channel earned a strike under the platform's policies, the company said Tuesday evening.
A recent video on Trump's channel had incited violence, YouTube told CNN Business. That video has now been removed.
Moderna thinks its vaccine will protect against the coronavirus for at least a year
(CNN)Biotechnology company Moderna believes its vaccine should protect people against Covid-19 for at least a year, a top official told investors Monday.
"Our expectation is that the vaccination should last you at least a year," Moderna's chief
Exclusive: Massive data leak exposes information scraped from more than 214 million social media accounts
A massive data leak has exposed a "huge trove" of information scraped from more than 214 million Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn accounts, and stored on an unsecured server, according to cybersecurity researchers.
In a report provided to 9News
Monday, January 11, 2021
Germany’s Merkel: Trump’s Twitter eviction ‘problematic’
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel considers U.S. President Donald Trump’s eviction from Twitter by the company “problematic,” her spokesman said Monday.
Twitter permanently suspended Trump from
Ron Paul baffled by Facebook suspension as conservative purge broadens
Former Republican presidential contender Ron Paul said Monday he was the latest Republican victim of the social-media purges despite not having advocated political violence or insurrection.
Mr. Paul, a former U.S. House member from Texas,
The best new tech gadgets coming in 2021
This week we'd usually be in Las Vegas, bringing you all the latest and greatest technology from the Consumer Electronics Show - the world's biggest tech event.
COVID-19 means CES couldn't go ahead as it normally would, but we've managed to gather all the best gadgets from the biggest brands.
Liz Peek: Big Tech censors nation – here's how Republicans can fight back
How dare they?
How dare Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg tell Americans they can no longer hear from their president on Twitter and Facebook? How dare they take down followers from scores of conservatives and suppress their voices
Sunday, January 10, 2021
Apple bans right-wing social media platform from app store
Apple today removed Parler, the alternative social media platform popular with conservatives, from its app store on Saturday.
"(T)here is no place on our platform for threats of violence and illegal activity," the iPhone maker said.
Friday, January 8, 2021
'We will not be SILENCED!' Trump lashes out after permanent Twitter ban
Twitter has announced the permanent suspension of Donald Trump's account following a number of temporary locks on his account this week.
"After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump
Rush Limbaugh deactivates his Twitter account after President Trump permanently banned
Radio host Rush Limbaugh's Twitter account has been deactivated.
Twitter confirmed to USA TODAY that the account wasn't suspended but "deactivated by the owner.
President Trump permanently banned from Twitter over risk he could incite violence
Twitter has permanently banned President Trump, citing the risk that he would incite further violence.
"After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them
Twitter shares down nearly 4% in after hours trading following Trump ban
Shares of Twitter were down nearly 4% in after-hours trading Friday night following the platform's permanent ban of President Trump's account "due to the risk of further incitement of violence."
Shares were trading at $49.54 as of 8 p.m.
Thursday, January 7, 2021
Harvard astronomer believes alien debris passed Earth in 2017
A Harvard University professor is making the case that we are likely not alone in the universe.
Astronomer Avi Loeb's new book Extraterrestrial examines the 2017 flyby of a space object that he believes was truly out of this world.
The best tech 'dupes' on the market
Some big-ticket tech items aren't all they're cracked up to be.
If you take the time to put in the research, you'll find there are plenty of alternatives on the market offering the same consumer experience, just at a cheaper price.
Twitter will reinstate Trump’s account following his deletion of tweets
A Twitter spokesperson has confirmed with TechCrunch this morning that Trump has deleted three tweets that led to the temporarily suspension of this account last night.
Twitter locked the account pending deletion of the offending tweets
Facebook just banned Trump!
— Sacha Baron Cohen (@SachaBaronCohen) January 7, 2021
Retweet and tell @Twitter and @jack--
Suspending Trump for a FEW HOURS for inciting a violent attack on the U.S. Capitol is NOT ENOUGH.
Stop letting Trump use Twitter to incite violence and undermine democracy!#BanTrumpSaveDemocracy pic.twitter.com/Z6rlbcYVOD
Donald Trump suspended from Facebook indefinitely, says Mark Zuckerberg
Donald Trump will be suspended from Facebook and Instagram indefinitely and at least until the end of his time in office, Mark Zuckerberg has said, as a consequence of his support for the rioters who stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday.
Today is a chance to change social media forever.
— Sacha Baron Cohen (@SachaBaronCohen) January 7, 2021
Tell Mark Zuckerberg and @jack--
Facebook and Twitter have spread Trump's lies and hate and helped radicalize the extremists who attacked the Capitol.
Suspending Trump for a few hours is NOT ENOUGH!#BanTrumpSaveDemocracy pic.twitter.com/ND3xaXSPCD
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