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Zoom privacy debacle shows the danger of our reliance on Big Tech during coronavirus lockdown

Safety vulnerabilities video conferencing app Zoom have revealed the possibility of striking blind faith in big tech’s coronavirus solutions. Zoom was once riddled with privacy issues for years, and its pageant aren’t much better.
Security vulnerabilities video conferencing app Zoom have revealed the danger of putting blind faith in big tech’s coronavirus solutions. Zoom was riddled with privacy issues for years, and its competitors aren’t much better.

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  1. "An Australian tech watchdog group has accused Facebook of harvesting the personal data of teenage users who can then be served targeted ads promoting alcohol, smoking, gambling, vaping, online dating sites and extreme weight loss". (April 28, 2021)
  2. "A new UK regulator tasked with keeping an eye on tech giants has begun operations, and its first assignment is to draft a code of conduct aimed at improving interactions between platforms and news publishers". (April 7, 2021)
  3. "Big Techs influence over government has only grown between the last two election cycles. Facebook and Amazon now outspend the largest tobacco and oil giants when it comes to buying political favor, a new report states". (March 25, 2021)
  4. "Facebook has deleted the account of biology professor Bret Weinstein without explanation, apparently expanding its crackdown on politically incorrect thought to include leftists who defend speech rights and criticize Big Tech". (October 23, 2020)
  5. "While a much-awaited antitrust hearing was billed as an Inquisition for Big Tech kingpins, the CEOs were largely able to skirt questions and talk circles around lawmakers looking to bring web platforms under partisan control". (July 30, 2020)
  6. "Social media app Parler is back online after being booted off the servers of Amazon Web Services last month in the wake of the Capitol riots, after it was accused of allowing threats of violence to be shared on the platform". (February 15, 2021)
  7. "Journalists, academics and even a Google executive have joined in to attack the independent publishing platform Substack, as the battle over harassment of a New York Times reporter quickly escalated into a censorship war". (March 11, 2021)
  8. "Social media site Parler may never come back online after Amazon dropped the conservative-friendly platform from its servers, its CEO said, as the company insists in court that its termination was motivated by political animus". (January 14, 2021)
  9. "Australian Facebook users may soon find themselves unable to share news, the social media giant has warned, citing a new law which has pitted Big Tech firms against major media outlets demanding a cut of their revenue". (September 1, 2020)
  10. "The French privacy watchdog is investigating the parent company of the US-based voice chat app Clubhouse to determine if it breached EU data protection regulations when servicing users based in Europe". (March 17, 2021)
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