In a post on Friday evening, Bill Ottman said that Minds had received a “24 hour warning” from the Google Play store. This forced them to submit an updated version of the app, based on “interim solution and ninja developers,” which removed the search, discovery and comments functionality. “I know. …
Read More »Tech guru Durov warns Apple & Google pose threat to freedom, as Russian Senator says Trump Twitter ban a challenge to sovereignty
Alexey Pushkov, a prominent Senator and Chairman of the Federation Council on Information Policy and Media Relations warned on Sunday that the “diktat of internet giants” set a dangerous precedent. In a message posted to his official Telegram channel, the politician added that Moscow would “draw serious conclusions from the …
Read More »Tech oligarchs at Apple & Google are ‘major obstacles’ for Trump-friendly platform to arise – liberal studies scholar to RT
“The App Store and Google Play are definitely major obstacles for any other platforms to arise that would have Trump as a major feature,” said Rectenwald, who was a liberal studies professor at the New York University. In a series of since-deleted tweets from the official @POTUS account, Trump said …
Read More »By banning Trump and his supporters, Google and Twitter are turning the US into a facsimile of the regimes we once condemned
The permanent suspension of President Trump’s Twitter account, carried out unilaterally and devoid of any pretense of due process or appreciation of the First Amendment rights of Donald Trump, represents a low moment in American history. Trump’s ban was followed by a decision by Google to de-platform Parler.com, a social …
Read More »Parler SUSPENDED from Google Play Store, faces imminent BAN from Apple App Store
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Read More »‘Maybe Google drank early’: Tech giant leaves people scratching their heads with mistaken DM message made public
“Hmm. We’ve sent you a DM with the next steps. Please check and let us know if you have any questions,” the tech company tweeted on Monday. Google often responds by direct message to users having difficulty with their email accounts. The company deleted the tweet within minutes, but that …
Read More »Google & Facebook to team up in fight against govt accusations of secret pact to rig online ad market – report
In a complaint filed last week, Texas and nine other states accused the tech duo of striking a deal to divide the lucrative market, with Google agreeing to give Facebook perks if the latter backs off from direct competition. The secret pact was codenamed after a ‘Star Wars’ character, and …
Read More »Google services back online after global outages of Gmail, YouTube & others prompt panic
The outage affected Gmail, YouTube, Google My Business, Google AdSense, Google AdWords and other services, according to complaints. The names of the mail service and the video platform operated by the tech giant trended on Twitter as people rushed to share their frustration and surprise. People trying to access the …
Read More »Google Maps removes abandoned Road of Bones route recommendation after Russian driver freezes to DEATH near coldest town on Earth
After a weeklong search, the body of an 18yo youth was recovered from a snow-covered car on a disused highway near Oymyakon, the coldest permanently inhabited settlement in the world. Incredibly, his companion survived and was taken to a nearby hospital where he was treated for frostbite. The radiator in …
Read More »In world first, Australia moves to force Google & Facebook to pay local news outlets for content
A proposed law that will go before Australian parliament this week requires Google and Facebook to reach a deal with local publishers concerning how much they fork over for news content featured on their online services. A government appointed arbitrator will decide the compensation package if the parties fail to …
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