Search engine DuckDuckGo calls out Google on data collection practices
On March 15, 2021, internet search engine company DuckDuckGo posted on social media a statement regarding the recently revealed amount of personal data that Google collects from users via Chrome and the Google app.
canadian energy
Hydrogen gas: a promising solution for a net-zero future
Canadian governments are increasingly viewing hydrogen gas as a fuel of the future which can help Canada get to a net-zero future while still allowing for the combustible fuels that can power transportation and other uses that require combustion.
covid19
Twitter introduces Strike System to take down “misleading information about COVID-19 vaccines”
On March 1, 2021, Twitter announced that the company will “begin applying labels to Tweets that may contain misleading information about COVID-19 vaccines”. The company will also continue to remove “misleading information” about COVID-19.
Big Tech
Facebook COO says company has ‘no plans’ to lift ban on President Trump
In a recent interview with Reuters, Facebook Chief Operating Officer (COO) Sheryl Sandberg said that there is no plan by Facebook to lift its ban on President Trump on the platform. Sandberg said, “the risk to our democracy was too big that we felt we had to take the unprecedented step of what is an indefinite ban and I’m glad we did.”
Big Tech
Facebook blocks Libertarian icon Ron Paul without explanation from managing official page
On Monday, January 11, 2021, Libertarian icon and former U.S. Representative Ron Paul said that Facebook has blocked him from managing his official Public Figure page “with no explanation”.
Big Tech
FTC announces anti-trust lawsuit against Facebook for ‘Illegal Monopolization’
The Federal Trade Commission announced Wednesday, December 9th, that the agency has sued Facebook for ‘illegal monopolization’ and “challenges Facebook’s multi-year course of unlawful conduct”.
2020 election
Google-owned YouTube announces censorship of content questioning 2020 election results
On Wednesday, December 9, YouTube announced that since the ‘safe harbour deadline’ (Dember 7th) has passed, the company “will start removing any piece of content uploaded today (or anytime after) that misleads people by alleging that widespread fraud or errors changed the outcome of the 2020 U.S. Presidential election,”.
Government of Ontario Confirms Westphalian Times Reporting on Cycle Thresholds
A new report by the Government of Ontario confirmed the findings of an investigative report by Westphalian Times about PCR testing and the occurrence of false positives due to high Ct values.
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Big Tech censors Chinese virologist saying Wuhan Coronavirus was ‘created in a lab’
Tucker Carlson interviewed Dr. Li-Meng Yan on Tuesday, a trusted researcher who previously worked in the WHO reference lab, the ‘top coronavirus lab in the world.’
censorship
Trudeau’s Heritage Minister supports Australian social media censorship
Steven Guilbeault has said many times he would like to further regulate Canadian media, an attempt to censor small, independent alternative media. He now says he fully “stands” with Australia’s new restrictive social media censorship regulation.
