Technology

Nick Clegg, Vice President of Global Affairs at Meta, says the world needs a “global internet.”

TikTok has settled a class-action suit alleging that the popular entertainment app violated user privacy. The lawsuit alleged that TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, “violated federal and state law by collecting and using, without sufficient notice and consent, Plaintiffs’ personal data in connection with their use of the TikTok - Make Your Day video-sharing application (and/or…

A report from The Washington Post suggests Facebook purposefully prevents users from controlling their own feeds. The “News Feed” feature on Facebook is meant to show the user the most up-to-date posts from friends, family, public figures, and news sources the user follows.

YouTube has once again temporarily suspended Senator Ron Johnson’s channel over so-called COVID-19 “misinformation.”

Two-thirds of U.S. adults don’t trust Big Tech and three-fourths say Facebook, in particular, makes American society worse, a new CNN poll finds.

The United States government is warning against rules the European Union has drafted that could risk companies’ intellectual property and trade secrets.

Gigi Sohn, President Biden’s nominee to the Federal Communications Commission, has troubling biases against conservative media outlets. The Twitter account of Sohn promised to “fulfill [Biden’s] goal of ensuring that every household in the US has robust broadband Internet.” However, her true priorities may be much more troubling.

Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, is calling on Instagram to provide a dislike button on posts in an effort to promote kindness. Markle attended the “Minding the Gap” conference to promote paid sick and parental leave in the United States, despite the fact that she lives in a $14-million in California and is married to a prince. She also discussed vitriol online.

A new feature in Microsoft will provide employers with increased visibility on employee browsers. The feature is aimed at “insider risk management,” where employers are able to monitor online employee actions online. The compliance center will be compatible with Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome. 

A study from researchers at Facebook suggests addiction to the app is only growing.

Congressman Jim Banks is back on Twitter after he deleted a tweet that went against the platform’s Terms of Service.

A report suggests that The Washington Post is preparing an article criticizing the White Coat Waste Project, a group dedicated to ending cruel dog experiments. Journalist Glenn Greenwald detailed The Post’s reports on the animal rights advocacy group over the years, which have been fairly impartial–until now.

Twitter was criticized after it failed to remove tweets suggesting that Glenn Youngkin, the GOP nominee for Virginia Governor, had white supremacists at a rally.

Trade Group NetChoice has once again criticized the Texas “free speech” law.