Pornhub blocks access in Mississippi and Virginia over age verification laws and says before going offline in Louisiana age gating cut traffic there by ~80%
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Both Facebook and TikTok have blocked some hashtags being used to spread misinformation around the election
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TikTok says it took down 49M+ videos globally for content violations during H2 2019 and again claims it received no takedown requests from China
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Twitch says it plans to scan clips of livestreams to automatically delete those including copyrighted music in the coming months, without penalizing streamers
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge : Tweets: @twitchsupport Tweets: @twitchsupport : First, we will begin the work to extend our use of Audible Magic to identify existing clips that may contain copyrighte...
Twitter turned off the ability to receive tweet alerts via SMS messages in most countries last week
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Twitter removes a tool that let mobile users prevent some data from being shared with advertisers; EU users are exempt and need to opt in to sharing
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Instagram strengthens moderation policies, introducing an alert to warn people when their account is close to being deleted and giving moderators more leeway
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says he will use the Congressional Review Act to force a vote on FCC's net neutrality rules repeal
what happens next? Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge : Responses from nine ISPs show few firm commitments to not block, throttle, or prioritize certain data after FCC repeals net neutrality rules David Sh...
Instagram introduces new safety features, including tool to limit who can comment on posts
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FCC extends the comment response period for its net neutrality proposal by two weeks, with deadline now August 30
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