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What’s really behind the EU law that would 'ban memes' – and how to stop it before June 20
With only a few days to go until the crucial vote in the European Parliament, more and more people are becoming aware of the looming plans for “censorship machines” and a “link tax” in the EU. (Catch up on these plans here.) People are realizing: Our freedom to upload media ...
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Facebook’s data should be a public resource
Vess Popov, an expert in big data and psychometrics, spoke at Brain Bar in Budapest on the future of data. In his talk he shared his concern that platforms like Facebook are becoming more closed off. Their research is more secretive than ever and less of it is making its way to the ...
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Donald Trump showed Kim Jong Un a fake movie trailer for their bromance
President Donald J. Trump showed North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un a four minute long inspirational video during the Singapore ...
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RIP net neutrality: Ajit Pai's 'fuck you' to the American people becomes official
Today marks an historic day, and a huge victory for the enemies of democracy. Rather than serve the American people, the ...
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DOJ to appeal court's ruling that Trump can't block people on Twitter
Your tax dollars at work: the Department of Justice has signaled it will appeal a Federal court ruling indicating president ...
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John McAfee announces bid for 2020 US presidential election
John McAfee wants to be the president of the United States of America. It's what all the cool septuagenarians are doing these ...
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EU commissioner Margrethe Vestager: ‘Now is the time for citizens to take control’
Margrethe Vestager, the European commissioner for competition, has had an illustrious career reining in tech giants such ...
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Opinion: There's more to the Google military AI project than we've been told
It's a little weird that Google can't explain its involvement in Project Maven, despite the fact its work is supposedly unclassified. ...
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Kenyans will soon need a license to post videos online [Update]
Update: After public outcry, the KFCB has changed its stance. A new law is set to come into effect from May 28th, 2018 ...
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White House gift shop site crashes over demand for coin celebrating Kim and Trump
The White House gift shop's website is experiencing an unusual influx of traffic as people clamor to claim a coin commemorating ...
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Trump abolished the Cybersecurity Coordinator position. Maybe he'll build a huge (fire) wall
The Trump administration appears to have an aversion to anything put in place during its predecessor's presidency. The latest ...
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Federal Judge rules Trump can't block people on Twitter
The President of the United States of America just lost a court case. As a result, he's been ordered by a Judge to unblock ...
