Tag: Social Media

On Facebook Banning Pages Associated with Anarchism

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Facebook has taken down multiple Facebook pages they believe to be connected with crimethinc.com and itsgoingdown.org, among other anarchist and anti…

On Facebook Banning Pages Associated with Anarchism

I don’t endorse censorship, doxxing, or violence, but this seems like their calls for censorship, of the Alt Right, is catching up to them.

Facebook bans U.S. militia, anarchist groups that support violence

Facebook said it will only remove groups and accounts outright if they discuss potential violence, including in veiled language.

Facebook reportedly considering ‘kill switch’ if Trump contests 2020 elections

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Facebook reportedly considering ‘kill switch’ if Trump contests 2020 elections

Facebook will be teaming up with the likes of Google, Microsoft, and Twitter to form a coalition that will work together with government agencies to fight against digital interference in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

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Facebook Braces Itself for Trump to Cast Doubt on Election Results

Oracle just reportedly entered the race to buy TikTok’s US operations, competing with rival Microsoft for the viral app as Trump’s deadline looms

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Oracle just reportedly entered the race to buy TikTok’s US operations, competing with rival Microsoft for the viral app as Trump’s deadline looms

Oracle is in preliminary talks with TikTok parent ByteDance to buy the app’s operations in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, the Financial Times reported Monday.

Oracle has been working with US investors, including General Atlantic and Sequoia Capital, who own a stake in TikTok already, according to the Financial Times.

Founder Larry Ellison is among Trump’s few public backers in Silicon Valley and CEO Safra Catz served on his presidential transition team.

Trump has tried to force a sale of the app to an American company through multiple executive orders, and so far Microsoft has been the leading contender.

Managing the Narrative: Corporations and Government Use Internet to Control Information

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Managing the Narrative: Corporations and Government Use Internet to Control Information

Putting together what you no longer can find when you search the internet with government attempts to suppress alternative news sites one has to conclude that we Americans are in the middle of an information war. Who controls the narrative controls the people, or so it seems. It is a dangerous development, particularly at a time when no one knows whom to trust and what to believe. How it will play out between now and the November election is anyone’s guess.

ByteDance may have slightly longer to sell TikTok but Trump has also strengthened his hand, analysts say

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

ByteDance may have slightly longer to sell TikTok but Trump has also strengthened his hand, analysts say

Friday’s announcement also authorises US officials to inspect TikTok and ByteDance’s books and information systems, to ensure the safety of personal data while the sale talks are ongoing. Among other things, the order requires ByteDance to destroy any data from TikTok users in the United States.

Twitter Bans “QAnon,” But Still Protects the Most Dangerous Disinfo

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Twitter Bans “QAnon,” But Still Protects the Most Dangerous Disinfo

When a platform is purging ordinary people for “disinformation” but providing “blue check marks” to individuals and organizations that have literally lied nations into war and sent hundreds of thousands of innocent people to their graves, it no longer serves any other purpose but as a vehicle for propaganda and propaganda that will most certainly be aimed at these vulnerable nations to cause “offline harm.”