Neowin News Feed for: Politicians

Meta says the candidates are subject to the same rules as regular users. It's a blatant lie

Martin Hodás — Sun, 14 Jul 2024 15:00:01 +0000

Meta is failing its users by not fact-checking Trump and other political figures. It does so under the false argument of free speech and self-imposed reach limitations that it can easily lift. Read more...

Politicians in Scotland report hundreds of criminal social media comments

Paul Hill — Sat, 18 May 2024 08:24:01 +0000

Scottish politicians have completed a trial, which looked at how many abusive messages they got online. 38 of them got 8,000 threatening messages and over 400 abusive messages deemed to be criminal. Read more...

Facebook announces the members of its new oversight board

Usman Khan Lodhi — Wed, 06 May 2020 20:32:01 +0000

The new independent board will make rulings on freedom of expression issues on Facebook and Instagram. The board includes academics, lawyers, journalists, and human rights advocates. Read more...

Federal court rules politicians can't block users on social media

Mina Esapa — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 08:40:01 +0000

A federal court ruling in Virginia has found that a politician contravened a constituent's freedom of speech rights when she blocked him from commenting or sending her messages on her Facebook page. Read more...

New study finds online abuse not as pervasive among children as traditional bullying

Dreyer Smit — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 14:16:01 +0000

According to new research, your perception of what children and young adults experience online might be challenged after it was concluded that individuals do not experience as much online abuse. Read more...

Iran removes block on Gmail again after a week

Paul Ferson — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 13:04:05 +0000

The Iranian government has removed the block on Gmail again after only a week, with ministers in parliament showing their dissent against the sudden loss of one of the most popular email services. Read more...

European Politicians Launch Pro-Filesharing Campaign

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:51:37 +0000

Greens EFA, a coalition of two political parties that currently have 42 seats in the European parliament, have launched a pro-filesharing campaign named "I Wouldn't Steal". Their goal is to counter the anti-piracy propaganda put... Read more...

UK Politicians Push for Clearer Digital Music Restrictions

Rob Wright — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 18:03:59 +0000

An influential group of politicians in the UK have stressed the need for consumers to be made fully aware of any restrictions on digital music prior to purchase. Analyzing the different copy protection systems in... Read more...

Venezuelan politicians slam Mercenaries 2

Marcel Klum — Tue, 30 May 2006 14:09:16 +0000

Mercenaries 2, the new next-gen title from Pandemic Studios, has been labelled as an example of psychological warfare by supporters of Venezuela president Hugo Chavez, who fear it signifies the first step towards a real... Read more...

Oregon politicians don't want open source

Mon, 21 Apr 2003 14:11:36 +0000

Looks like MS put alot of pressure on, cause if one state passes it... "THE STATE OF OREGON government had been hoping to cut costs. Like any government body it suffers from a... Read more...