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Twitter said Monday it launched a pilot program that has users flag tweets they believe are misleading and write notes to provide context.

Big tech's censorship is one of the biggest challenges being faced by this generation and Congress, but reforms to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which grants immunity for websites that allow third-party content, could help with that issue, Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., who is proposing reform legislation, said Monday.

Google has threatened to pull their site from Australia if the country passes one specific law. Facebook is also threatening to alter users’ news feeds to not have any news if the code passes. Basically, the tech giants would be forced to negotiate with individual news companies in return for [...]

A Brief History of ‘Deep Deplatforming’ SHARE Over the past two weeks, a host of internet infrastructure providers have withdrawn service from websites associated with or used by the far-right. Parler, a Twitter alternative popular among Trump supporters, was quickly removed from the Apple and Google app stores before being dropped by its web host, Amazon. This decision knocked Parler’s website offline and prompted a new wave of concerns about the power of technology companies to curtail speech. While infrastructural deplatforming is not unprecedented, the current cascade of refus...

Leah Millis/Reuters; Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Biden picked Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Jessica Rosenworcel as acting FTC and FCC directors. The two Democrats have been more aggressive regulating big tech in the past than Trump's appointees. They also favor many of Biden's stances on issues like internet access, net neutrality, and privacy. President Joe Biden made two key agency appointments on Thursday that offer an early window into how his administration could approach regulating the tech and telecom industries. Biden selected Democrat Rebecca Kelly Slaug...