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Heavily censored Apple Intelligence expected in China with iOS 18.6 release next month
A heavily censored Apple Intelligence is finally expected to arrive in China with Apple’s release of iOS 18.6 in June…
Apple has started advertising on X again
Apple has resumed advertising on X for the first time since pausing ads more than a year ago following Elon Musk’s purchase of the social…
Meta is ending third-party ‘fact-checking’ on Facebook, Instagram in favor of Elon Musk’s X’s ‘community notes’ system
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a series of major changes to the company’s heavy-handed, biased moderation policies and practices Tuesday…
Apple pulls Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty news app from Russia App Store on request from Russian government
Apple has removed one of U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)’s Russian-language news apps from the Russian App Store…
Russian court fines Apple for not deleting two political podcasts
A Moscow court on Tuesday fined U.S. technology giant Apple 3.6 million roubles ($36,889) for refusing to remove two podcasts that…
Apple’s Apple Store continues censoring VPN apps in Russia
The App Censorship Project has discovered that the scale of VPN removal in Russia is even more extensive than previously reported…
In China, the App Store is censored; Apple should expose exactly how – WaPo
A new report by internet freedom advocates exposes limited app availability in China’s App Store, likely due to government censorship…
China to require all mobile apps to share business details with Chinese Communist Party
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has announced that all mobile app providers in the country will be required to…
Apple’s iOS has secret new scheme to restrict features based on geolocation
Apple has been testing a new, more modern scheme hidden in iOS 16 that’s designed to to restrict features based on the device’s geolocation;
Starboard acquires Parler social media platform; temporarily shuts service
Starboard (formerly, Olympic Media) announced today that it has concluded the acquisition of social media platform Parler which…
GOP-led U.S. House to target online censorship of conservatives
With a change in leadership on a key panel, the new GOP U.S. House majority is expected to focus on censorship of conservatives online…
Apple promises to disclose more details about app removals from App Store
Following numerous examples that Apple’s opaque decision-making process threatens freedom of expression in authoritarian countries…
Apple CEO Cook dodges questions about China protests; Enes Kanter Freedom: ‘Shame on him’
Apple CEO Tim Cook is taking heat after refusing to answer questions from a Capitol Hill reporter on the protests in China. “Shame on him…”
Elon Musk says Apple-Twitter ‘misunderstanding’ is resolved
After highlighting issues with Apple’s ad spend and App Store practices, Twitter-owner Elon Musk now says the misunderstandings…
LBRY: Apple forced us to censor over 20 terms related to COVID-19
After Elon Musk revealed that Apple was significantly decreasing its advertising on Twitter, ostensibly due to Musk’s stance of free speech…
Elon Musk says Apple has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter
Multi-billionaire Elon Musk said in a tweet on Monday that Apple has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter…
Elon Musk says Twitter staff purge is over, will start hiring again
Twitter’s mass staff purge are over and the company can now begin hiring new talent again, billionaire CEO Elon Musk reportedly told…
Elon Musk begins culling Twitter staff, cancels ‘Days of Rest’ for remaining employees
Elon Musk began laying off Twitter employees on Friday, culling its 7,500-person work force nary a week after completing his acquisition…
Elon Musk said to eliminate half of Twitter staff; require those left standing to actually work
Elon Musk plans to eliminate half of the social media company’s workforce, or some 3,700 jobs at Twitter while requiring those left standing…
Elon Musk freezes access to Twitter ‘moderation’ tools ahead of U.S. midterms
Twitter, currently being overhauled by new owner Elon Musk, has frozen some employee access to internal tools used for content moderation and…
Poof! Elon Musk dissolves Twitter’s board of directors, names himself CEO
Twitter owner Elon Musk wasted no time after buying the company last week, has now dissolved Twitter’s board and named himself CEO…
Elon Musk acquires Twitter, immediately fires top executives
Eventually, the chickens come home to roost. For Twitter, they began roosting on Thursday when Elon Musk acquired Twitter and fired…
Republican House leaders meet with Apple CEO to discuss Big Tech censorship, China, privacy
Apple CEO Tim Cook attended a private meeting with several U.S. House Republican leaders on Wednesday to discuss issues surrounding…
Apple makes Navalny app available once again in App Store in Russia
Apple has resumed allowing users in Russia to download an app run by supporters of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny after criticism that…
NSO Group hacked new Pegasus victims weeks after Apple sought injunction
Security researchers say they have found evidence that a journalist and human rights defender’s iPhone was hacked with the Pegasus spyware…
Apple, other big tech firms wall off Russia like never before, posing new risks for America
The campaign led notably by Apple to starve Russia of tech— stripping the nation of everything from iPhones and Airbnb listings…
Elon Musk: Starlink will not censor Russian news outlets
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted early Saturday morning that Starlink has been told by some governments to block Russian news…
Apple halts all product sales in Russia
Apple said on Tuesday it has halted all product sales in Russia in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine …
China ordered Amazon to delete reviews of Xi Jinping’s book
Amazon was marketing a collection of Chinese Communist Party President Xi Jinping’s speeches and writings on its Chinese website…
Apple and Google pull Alexei Navalny app in Russia; opposition activists accuse Big Tech of caving to censorship
Opposition activists in Russia accused Apple and Google of caving in to Kremlin pressure on Friday after they removed an anti-government…
Russia threatens to fine Apple, Google for not blocking Alexey Navalny content
Russia is upping pressure by threatening to fine Apple for failing to block access to content related to opposition leader Alexey Navalny …
Russia demands Apple, Google ban Kremlin opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s app
Russian communications watchdog Roskomnadzor has demanded that Apple and Alphabet’s Google ban Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s app…
Apple extends list of terms censored in China to Hong Kong and Taiwan
The researchers found that part of Apple’s mainland China political censorship bleeds into both Hong Kong and Taiwan. Much of this censorship…
President Trump sues Facebook, Twitter, and Alphabet CEOs over being banned from their platforms
President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced class action lawsuits against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, and…
H&M erased from Apple Maps and other apps in China
As of Thursday, H&M had been wiped off Apple Maps in China and also removed from China’s leading e-commerce, ride-hailing, daily-deals…
Judge won’t force Amazon to restore web service to Parler
Amazon won’t be forced to restore web service to Parler after a federal judge ruled Thursday against a plea to reinstate the fast-growing…
Parler urges U.S. judge to order Amazon to restore its platform
Parler urged a U.S. judge on Thursday to order Amazon.com Inc to restore the company’s account, saying Amazon had no evidence…
Parler CEO says social media platform may never return
Parler, which has gone dark after being cut off by major service providers, may never return online, said its CEO John Matze…
Tim Cook: Parler can return to App Store if they comply with Apple’s terms of service
Parler can return to the App Store according to Apple CEO Tim Cook, but they must first comply with the company’s App Store Terms of Service…
Parler finds a new home
After a handful of Big Tech companies moved to take down Parler over the weekend, the social media platform appears to have found a new…
Parler sues Amazon over site takedown
Parler, a social networking service that advocated free speech before it was deplatformed has sued Amazon.com on Monday…
