The new initiative seeks to define social media giants as publishers, making them responsible for the user-generated content on their platforms, as well as introduce special mechanisms through which anyone can file a complaint and demand a post takedown if they think they are being defamed, bullied or harassed, Prime …
Read More »‘Is Facebook evil?’ Big Tech whistleblower goes for high drama in anonymity-bashing UK testimony
Haugen placed the blame for violence in Myanmar and Ethiopia, as well as the January 6 riot at the US Capitol, squarely at Facebook’s feet during a Monday hearing before the Parliament, arguing that such atrocities were merely “part of the opening chapters of a novel that is going to be …
Read More »Fawkes & Robin Hood didn’t wear masks; ‘hero’ anonymity is US shtick possibly stemming from KKK, ‘V for Vendetta’ author tells RT
“We don’t have a tradition of masked heroes really anywhere else in the world apart from America,” Moore said in an interview with RT’s Sophie Shevardnadze. “I mean, Guy Fawkes, who the ‘V for Vendetta’ mask is based upon – that wasn’t a mask, that was his face,” he said. …
Read More »‘There’s no anonymity anymore – don’t kid yourself’: InfoWatch head Natalya Kaspersky to RT
A modern user of digital devices must keep in mind that “all their movements are being recorded, all photos and all videos are being saved in the cloud. All text messages are being saved, too,” Kaspersky said. Every social media platform is gathering “all the data it can get hold …
Read More »More than 124 thousand people called for a ban of anonymity, the police at the rallies
More than 124 thousand people have signed posted on the website Change.org a petition to ban anonymity security forces operating in the rallies. The petition was created three weeks ago. The authors write that at the meetings the police work almost anonymously. “The crowd police it is difficult to introduce …
Read More »The Russians have banned anonymity in social networks
The identity of the user to determine the phone number. The state Duma finally approved a bill to ban anonymity on the messengers, which provides for the mandatory identification of users. In the state Duma said that the users who now will assign the subscriber number will be disconnected from …
Read More »The state Duma approved a ban on anonymity in messengers
The bill requires the messengers to provide its services only to users identified by the subscriber number. The state Duma in the first reading adopted a bill on regulating the work of the messengers. The document obliges to identify users by phone number or to deny them the exchange of …
Read More »In Russia want to ban anonymity in the messengers
The failure to comply with the requirements of the state may lead to blocking of the messenger.In the State Duma introduced a bill which prohibits operators of messengers to work with people who do not identify themselves in the prescribed manner. The bill on amendments to the Federal law “On …
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