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Exiled from social media mainstream, President Trump and his followers will find life different at the extreme corners of Web (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 01/19/2021 - 18:25Op-Ed | How to rein in Big Tech? Tax the behemoths. (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 01/19/2021 - 11:00The Capitol rioters kept posting incriminating things on social media. Unsurprisingly, they were mocked — and arrested. (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 01/19/2021 - 06:33
Biden’s policies on technology
President-elect Joe Biden is set to have a very different relationship with the tech industry from when he served as vice president. Tech companies have grown more powerful over the past four years — and more perilous. They have continued to amass data and wealth. But they have been used as tools for election interference and disinformation, contributing to the divide in the nation.
Apple sued by group insisting it curb Telegram after Capitol attack (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 01/18/2021 - 07:06
Misinformation dropped dramatically the week after Twitter banned Trump and some allies
San Francisco-based analytics firm Zignal Labs has found that online misinformation about election fraud plunged 73 percent after several social media sites suspended President Trump and key allies.