Youtube Censorship Drives Uptake of Crypto-Powered Video Platforms
If the prospect of greater privacy and financial sovereignty doesn’t lure the masses to crypto networks, perhaps the ability to speak freely will. Lately, a...
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Iranians manage to surf the web despite tide of censorship
Before Nazilla Akbari can check out the latest offerings on Twitter or YouTube, she scrolls through an array of icons on her smartphone, searching for...
New Ripple’s Release Contains Miscellaneous Improvements Including in The Transaction Censorship Detection Code
Version 1.3.1 of the XRP Ledger has been released with new features, updates, and fixes to the core protocol. Yesterday, on July 25, the Ripple devs...
Google Exec Tells Senate That Project Dragonfly Has Been “Terminated”
The Google headquarters in Beijing in 2010. Photo: Ng Han Guan (AP) On Tuesday, Google vice president of public policy Karan Bhatia told members of...
Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
Clockwise from top left: Jim Cooke; Angelica Alzona; Alex Cranz; Chelsea Beck (all Gizmodo). 2019 Comic-Con International: San Diego is coming this week, which means...
The Latest: Trump says big tech can’t be allowed to censor
The Latest on President Donald Trump’s conference on social media (all times local): 4:50 p.m. President Donald Trump says big tech companies must not be...
Trump Invites Consortium of Conservative Internet Trolls to The White House for ‘Social Media Summit’
President Donald Trump with Charlie Kirk at the Generation Next White House forum in 2018.Photo: Manuel Balce Ceneta (AP) As a part of President Donald...
San Francisco school board votes to paint over murals showing slavery and violence | US news
The San Francisco school board has unanimously voted to paint over a series of graphic school murals featuring a dead Native American and black slaves,...
President Trump’s Designated Protest Zones Are the Perfect Analogy For ‘Censorship’ on Social Media
President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Miami International Airport, Wednesday, June 19, 2019, in Miami. Photo: AP President Donald Trump has often complained...
Neo-Nazi Sentenced to 21 Months in Prison For Sharing Video of Mosque Massacre and Calling it ‘Awesome’
Neo-Nazi Philip Arps, left, appears for sentencing in the Christchurch District Court, in Christchurch, New Zealand on June 18, 2019.Photo: AP Philip Arps was sentenced...
Taron Egerton speaks out against Rocketman scene cuts in Russia | Film
The star of the film Rocketman, Taron Egerton, has said he is crestfallen that scenes featuring men kissing and having sex have been cut from...
Facebook isn’t deleting the fake Pelosi video. Should it?
When a doctored video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — one altered to show the Democratic leader slurring her words — began making the rounds...
Trump attacks social media companies after Facebook bans
President Donald Trump criticized social media companies after Facebook banned a number of extremist figures, declaring that he was “monitoring and watching, closely!!” Trump, who...
Russia’s great firewall: is it meant to keep information in – or out? | Technology
Earlier this year, US officials briefed reporters on an extraordinary operation: they claimed to have launched an offensive cyber-attack against Russia to protect the integrity...
India Lifts Its Ban on Video App TikTok, Allowing It to Return to Apple and Google App Stores
Photo: Ashwini Bhatia ( (AP) The Indian government lifted a ban on downloads of the TikTok video app on Wednesday, Reuters cited two lawyers in the...