Censorship

Home Chef hacked, eight million users have data breachedSlickwraps hit by customer data breachWhat data breaches teach us about security proceduresPaine reported the open database to AIS , but after a week passed with no response, he alerted ThaiCERT, Thailand’s national computer emergency response team, which in turn contacted AIS. By May 22, the database was inaccessible. … [Read more...] about Billions of Thai internet records leak online

After Twitter had brought down the banhammer on a number of high-profile accounts associated with “alt-right” movements earlier this week, the question was raised whether it would ever remove its most famous "controversial" Tweeter: Donald Trump. When asked if it really would ban the President-elect, the microblogging site said that if he broke the rules then his account would be removed. … [Read more...] about Twitter says it will ban Donald Trump if he violates the site’s rules

But if the deletions are the result of a simple mistake, then it’s one that’s gone unnoticed for six months. The Verge found evidence that comments were being deleted as early as October 2019, when the issue was raised on YouTube’s official help pages and multiple users confirmed that they had experienced the same problem. … [Read more...] about YouTube is deleting comments with two phrases that insult China’s Communist Party

Hawley has championed the conservative fight against Big Tech by introducing legislation to pare back Section 230, a fight that has gained him many fans on the anti-corporate left. Last year, he introduced a measure that would revoke 230’s legal shield if a platform is proven by the Federal Trade Commission to act out of favor against conservative political views. But the bill never received a hearing, and most of his other efforts have failed to pick up broad support, even among Republicans. Even if his own party backed the proposal, it seems unlikely to get through the Democrat-led House of Representatives during campaign season. Hawley also sent a letter directly to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Wednesday questioning the platform’s ability to fact-check Trump after “choosing. to editorialize on President Trump’s tweets.” … [Read more...] about Trump wants to fight Twitter more than regulate it

Why do these suits keep getting filed? Some look like publicity stunts: activists and politicians can raise their profile by going after a big company like Google or Twitter, even if they’re unlikely to win. Some low-profile cases come from private citizens who seem genuinely confused about the law — a situation exacerbated by politicians pushing misinformation about sites’ legal risks. And other people look for novel arguments that might get past a judge, hitting companies with a scattershot barrage of claims. … [Read more...] about Social media bias lawsuits keep failing in court