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Elon Musk’s Twitter May Introduce Fees to Businesses & Politicians!
Around a month ago, everything in the world of Twitter was relatively sane with business seemingly operating as normal. Then, of course, along came Elon Musk who decided he’d like to purchase the social media platform. Well… I suppose he was one of the few people on the planet who…
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Life is Strange True Colors Review Bombed For Having a Tibetan Flag!
Released last weekend, so far Life is Strange: True Colors has largely been garnering positive reviews from both fans and critics. Particularly so for taking on more controversial or at least more complex themes/situations than the original. – It seems, however, that despite the overall good reception the game has…
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China’s Most Popular App Gives Mao-Like Propaganda
China’s Most Popular App Since the foundation of the Communist Party in China, one of the biggest tools it has used (particularly through Chairman Mao’s tenure) was the use of slogans and phrases to provide a moral outset on life. This was particularly seen in the 1960s and 70s with…
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Google Blocked Downvotes On Left-Wing YouTube Video?
Blocked Downvotes? One of the biggest criticisms of social media in the last couple of years is the role they play in politics. Specifically, whether they (by intention or accident) apply any influence over the outcome or popular opinion. It is something that practically every platform has tried to avoid,…
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Facebook Scrapped Plans For A ‘Civil Discourse’ Politics Feature
Facebook Scrapped A ‘Civil Discourse’ Politics Feature Over the last year, Facebook has faced more than a few criticisms over the way it is run. One of these has been the perceived way in which the social media site appears to take much stronger action against ‘right-wing’ political commentators than…
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Google CEO To Testify At Congress Over China Search Engine
Google CEO To Testify At Congress Over China Search Engine It’s becoming more and more clear that the decision for Google to try and launch a Chinese version of their website is not going down very well. With their staff holding various protests, with various high-level members issuing an open…
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Oculus Creator Sacked By Facebook Due To Political Donation?
Oculus Creator Sacked By Facebook Due To Political Donation? Facebook has been trying very hard over the last year to try and prove that their site is, somewhat, apolitical. Something the social media site has had more than a few difficulties in convincing the sceptics. In a report via CNET,…
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Facebook Hires Former Deputy Prime Minister As Global Chief
Facebook Hires Former Deputy Prime Minister As Global Chief There’s nothing quite like losing a pretty nice job and being able to find yourself getting an arguably better one. It is, for most of us, the dream in terms of working! It seems, however, that Facebook has appointed a new…
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Facebook Removes 500 Political Pages Ahead Of US Mid-Terms
Facebook Removes 800 Political Pages Ahead Of US Mid-Terms Next month will see the mid-term elections in the US. For those unaware, these are elections that are held half-way through a presidential term. As such, the political climate is starting to heat up again. Following much criticism of their inadvertent…
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Twitter (Nearly) Admits That Shadow Banning Exists
Twitter Nearly Admits That Shadow Banning Exists A little over a month ago, several US Politicians, including the President, accused Twitter of showing a political bias by what they referred to as shadow banning accounts. What this term meant that that accounts were not being outright banned, but were having…
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Facebook Staff Set Up Group Against ‘Intolerant’ Liberal Culture
Facebook Staff Set Up Group Against ‘Intolerant’ Liberal Culture In recent months there has been a growing criticism of social media platforms. There has been a growing perception that given their growth and influence on society, that their owners have started to use the platforms to push specific political agendas.…
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US Congressman Misused $1500 of Campaign Funds on Games
Misuse of Funds and Theft US Representative Duncan Hunter (R-CA) and his wife were indicted on charges of campaign finance fraud. This follows after a lengthy investigation by the US Department of Justice who spent a year looking through the couple’s books. The most interesting part of the indictment for…
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Peppa Pig Is The Latest Target In China’s Social Media Blockade
Peppa Pig Might Be Facing the Ban on Chinese Social Media Peppa Pig is a children’s book and TV show. In it, a family of pigs with various other anthropomorphic animals learn things and mostly just jump up and down in muddy puddles. Having a child that refuses to watch anything…
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Internet Association Files Motion Against Net Neutrality Repeal
Internet Association Fight Net Neutrality It is official that on April 23rd Net Neutrality will officially end in the US. Exactly what that will mean is unclear, but the worst case scenario is that the internet is sold back to consumers as premium packages in bits and pieces. While this…
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Twitter Plans To Expand Verified Ticks To All
Twitter Plans To Give Verified Option To Everyone Over the last few months, the whole issue in regards to verified ‘ticks’ on Twitter has become something of a contentious issue. Despite this, however, it would appear that Twitter has plans to offer everyone the opportunity to gain a ‘verified tick’.…
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