Software & Design
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Twitter Blocks Hundreds of Accounts Tied to Protests by Farmers in India
Twitter has blocked the accounts of at least 500 people and groups involved in the current protests by farmers in India at the request of the Indian government, according to a new report from Bloomberg News. Some of the accounts have even been permanently deleted.
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Barcode-Scanning App for Android Pushed Malware Onto Millions of Phones
A popular app has been removed from Google Play after it was discovered to have delivered trojanised malware onto millions of users’ phones via an update.
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Clubhouse’s Short Life as a Free Speech Haven In China Is Over
Clubhouse, the voice-only chat app that everyone will not stop talking about, appears to be muzzled in China. This morning, journalist and internet freedom advocate Michael Anti tweeted that Clubhouse is “now blocked in most cities in China.” The Chinese censorship watchdog group and workaround builder Greatfire.org told TechCrunch that the app’s API was blocked…
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Parler Cancels Its Own CEO
Parler, the social media network for right-wingers who had already successfully alienated their family and friends on other sites, has canned its CEO John Matze.