🤐 Twitter Becomes a Tool of Government Censorship

Plus: TechCrunch launches TheTruthSpy spyware lookup tool, TikTok preps for midterm misinformation chaos, and more…

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Twitter Becomes a Tool of Government Censorship. Alex Berenson is back on Twitter after being banned for nearly a year over Covid-19 “misinformation.” Last week the former New York Times reporter settled his lawsuit against the social-media company, which admitted error and restored… (Vivek Ramaswamy / Wall Street Journal)

Vivek Ramaswamy @VivekGRamaswamy

In January 2021, we wrote that the state was using tech companies to censor speech that government could not censor directly. It was dismissed as a conspiracy theory at the time. In fact it’s worse than we thought. Our latest in ⁦@WSJopinion⁩.

wsj.comOpinion | Twitter Becomes a Tool of Government CensorshipAlex Berenson was kicked off the site at the White House’s urging. That’s a violation of the First Amendment.

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TechCrunch launches TheTruthSpy spyware lookup tool. TechCrunch today launched a spyware lookup tool that allows anyone to check if their Android device was compromised by a fleet of consumer-grade spyware apps, including TheTruthSpy. The aim is to help… (Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch)

Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker

NEW: Today @TechCrunch launched a spyware lookup tool that allows anyone to check if their Android device was compromised by a fleet of stalkerware apps, including TheTruthSpy, after we obtained a leaked list of compromised devices.

techcrunch.comTechCrunch launches TheTruthSpy spyware lookup tool – TechCrunchThis tool lets you check to see if your Android device was compromised.

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TikTok preps for midterm misinformation chaos. In a few short years, TikTok has grown into one of the fastest-growing social networks in the world — and with the 2022 midterm election cycle heating up, the app is now preparing to take on the maddening problem of election misinformation. (Makena Kelly / The Verge)

Makena Kelly @kellymakena

NEW: TikTok is moving to ban influencers from posting content in partnership with politicians and political groups ahead of the midterms. This was a growing issue last cycle. Wrote about TikTok’s midterms approach below ⬇️ theverge.com/2022/8/17/2330…

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Apple Targets Sept. 7 for IPhone 14 Launch in Flurry of Devices. Apple Inc. is aiming to hold a launch event on Sept. 7 to unveil the iPhone 14 line, according to people with knowledge of the matter, rolling out the latest version of a product that generates more than half its sales. The new iPhones will kick… (Mark Gurman / Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman @markgurman

Apple is aiming to launch the iPhone 14 at an event on September 7, with new devices going on sale Sept. 16.

bloomberg.comBloomberg - Are you a robot?

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iOS VPNs still leak traffic more than 2 years later, researcher claims. A security researcher says that Apple's iOS devices don't fully route all network traffic through VPNs, a potential security issue the device maker has known about for years. Michael Horowitz, a longtime computer security blogger and researcher… (Kevin Purdy / Ars Technica)

Ars Technica @arstechnica

iOS VPNs have leaked traffic for more than 2 years, researcher claims

arstechnica.comiOS VPNs have leaked traffic for more than 2 years, researcher claimsVPNs on Apple mobile devices reportedly keep connections open and expose data.

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