TikTok sale to Oracle and Walmart put on ice ‘indefinitely’

Posted on 10/02/2021 by Engadget

TikTok’s December 4th sale deadline came and went with no real response from the outgoing Trump administration, and it appears President Biden isn’t in a rush to finalize the deal. Wall Street Journal sources understand TikTok’s forced sale to Oracle...

Twitter says it won’t block activists, journalists and politicians in India

Posted on 10/02/2021 by Engadget

Twitter has said in a blog post that it won’t block the accounts of politicians, journalists and activists in India, despite being ordered to do so by the Modi government. “We have not taken any action on accounts that consist of news media entities,...

President Biden brings back weekly addresses with a podcast-like format

Posted on 06/02/2021 by Engadget

President Biden is poised to resurrect the weekly radio address, but he’s hoping to keep it relevant through a simple strategy: ditch the radio. As the New York Times explained, the White House has launched a “weekly conversation” series that embrace...

Amy Klobuchar is the first politician of the Biden era to take on Big Tech regulations

Posted on 04/02/2021 by Engadget

In what’s likely to go down as the opening salvo of the Biden-era antitrust debate, US Senator Amy Klobuchar will introduce new legislation later today to update the country’s antitrust laws. While we don’t have all the details of the Competition and...

President Biden will keep the Space Force as a US military branch

Posted on 04/02/2021 by Engadget

President Biden is expected to roll back many of former President Trump’s decisions, but the creation of the Space Force won’t be one of them. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told Reuters and other attendees at a February 3rd briefing that the...

India’s government threatens to jail Twitter employees unless they block critics

Posted on 04/02/2021 by Engadget

India’s government has warned Twitter that it must obey its orders to remove “inflammatory content” or employees will face potential jail time, Buzzfeed has reported. The government, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, made the edict after Twitter un...

Facebook has been temporarily blocked in Myanmar

Posted on 03/02/2021 by Engadget

Local telecom operators in Myanmar have started to temporarily block Facebook following an order from the country’s military government. Reddit reports spotted by TechCrunch say people can’t access Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp through...

Facebook bans account of TV network associated with Myanmar military

Posted on 02/02/2021 by Engadget

In the aftermath of Monday’s coup in Myanmar, Facebook has banned the account of a prominent TV station associated with the country’s military. According to The Wall Street Journal, the page had been active since at least early 2020. During that time...

India will propose a law banning private cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin

Posted on 31/01/2021 by Engadget

India may be the next country to clamp down on existing cryptocurrencies in favor of its own. As TechCrunch reports, India’s lower house of parliament has revealed plans to introduce a law that would ban “all private cryptocurrencies” in the country,...

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Twitter says it won’t block activists, journalists and politicians in India

President Biden brings back weekly addresses with a podcast-like format

Amy Klobuchar is the first politician of the Biden era to take on Big Tech regulations

President Biden will keep the Space Force as a US military branch

India’s government threatens to jail Twitter employees unless they block critics

Facebook has been temporarily blocked in Myanmar

India will propose a law banning private cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin