Study: On Facebook And Twitter Your Privacy Is At Risk—Even If You Don’t Have An Account
By University of Vermont A new study shows that privacy on social media is like second-hand smoke. It’s controlled by the people around you. Individual…
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UAE Court Upholds 10-Year Sentence Of Ahmed Mansoor For Criticizing The Government On Social Media
By Joziah Thayer Last week the State Security Court in the United Arab Emirates upheld a 10-year jail sentence of human rights activist and poet…
Pennsylvanians Should Know How The State Police Is Monitoring Social Media
By Andrew Christy, Criminal Justice and Poverty Attorney, ACLU of Pennsylvania “Sunshine is the best disinfectant.” That’s a line that is used so much that…
Border Patrol And The TSA Allowed To Secretly Spy On Everyone’s Social Media Accounts
By MassPrivateI The U.S. Border Patrol (CBP) and the TSA claim they need to secretly spy on everyone’s social media accounts so they can understand…
The Creepy Line: A New Documentary on the Immense Power of Tech Giants
By Ryan McMaken The Creepy Line, a new documentary by director M.A. Taylor, is now streaming at Amazon Prime. It takes a disturbing look at…
New Bill to Require Gov’t Review of Social Media Accounts, Search Engine History to Buy a Gun
By Matt Agorist In one of the most Orwellian bills to date, lawmakers in New York have drafted and proposed a bill that will require…
How Social Media Is Becoming an Arm of the State
By José Niño Say the wrong things and you might get kicked off of your favorite social media platform. Tech titans Apple, Facebook, and YouTube…
Feeling Lonely Or Depressed, Then Limit Social Media Time Per New Study
By Catherine J. Frompovich One of the ‘things’ that figuratively blows my mind is how anyone can spend so much time on social media networks,…
How to Resolve the De-Platforming Problem
Op-Ed by José Niño Is enacting anti-discrimination legislation the answer to social media de-platforming? Many right-wing commentators are justifiably concerned about social media censorship of…
Bill Maher on Social Media Tycoons Being “Tobacco Farmers in T-Shirts Selling an Addictive Product to Children” Seems Tragically Accurate
By B.N. Frank Over the last few weeks, Activist Post, The New York Times, Fox News many other media outlets have been reporting about Silicon…
Not Too Big to Fail: Why Facebook’s Long Reign May Be Coming to an End
By Brittany Hunter Over the last several years, Facebook has gone from facilitating the free flow of information to inhibiting it through incremental censorship and…
Google+ User Creates Freedom-Based Alternative as Google Announces End of G+ Network
By Phillip Schneider As you may have heard, Google recently announced the discontinuation of their unsuccessful social network called Google+. Everyone knows about it because…
Tearing Down Social Platforms Like Gab Won’t Stop the Violence
By Brittany Hunter Last weekend, a horrible tragedy occurred when a gunman opened fire in a Pittsburgh synagogue, killing 11 people. In the wake of…
In Wake of Synagogue Shooting, Alt Media Purge Continues With Removal of Gab Social Network
By Whitney Webb (MPN) — In the wake of the mass shooting at the Pittsburgh Tree of Life Synagogue on Saturday, action has been taken to remove…