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Millions Move To Encrypted Messaging Apps Amid Big Tech Crackdown

Misinformation experts worry that it could be harder to track calls to violence and false information on these more privacy-focused services.

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0:21A ride share car displays Lyft and Uber stickers on its front windshield
Richard Vogel / AP

Uber, Lyft Sue California Over Independent Contractor Measure

2:43The Parler app is displayed on a phone
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Big Tech Moderation Crackdown Gives Parler, Gab A Surge of Users

2:00Parler's logo
Parler

Parler Removed From App Stores For Not Policing Posts

1:55President Donald Trump
Evan Vucci / AP

Facebook Suspends President Trump's Account Indefinitely

1:09President Donald Trump
Evan Vucci / AP

Twitter, Facebook Lock President Trump's Accounts

0:15A Bitcoin logo
Kin Cheung / AP

Bitcoin Reaches Record Price Surpassing $29K

2:14Digital avatar celebrates New Year's Eve
Jamestown L.P.

You Can Explore Times Square (Virtually) On New Year's Eve

2:43A voter fills out paperwork before casting a vote on the first day of early voting for the Georgia senate runoff
AP Photo / Ben Gray

Georgia Senate Runoffs Awash With Election Misinformation

2:38Screenshots from Twitter and TikTok
Newsy

Epidemiologists Are The New Influencers

0:57President-elect Joe Biden speaks at The Queen Theater
Carolyn Kaster / AP

Biden: We Will 'Respond In Kind' To Cybersecurity Breach

3:07Illustration of laptop under spotlight
Playdate Theatre

How Artists Put On Shows (Virtually) In The Middle Of A Pandemic

0:27Twitter app on an iPhone screen.
Richard Drew / AP

Twitter To Censor 'Misleading' Tweets About Vaccines

0:38Attorney General William Barr
Michael Reynolds / AP

Treasury Department Hacked In Cyberattack

0:37The sign outside the National Security Agency
Patrick Semansky / AP

Officials Say Cybersecurity Hack Poses Grave Threat To U.S.

0:26Christopher Krebs, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
Greg Nash/Pool via AP

Former Top Cybersecurity Official Defends Election Integrity

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Sky Lakes Medical Center / Facebook

Hospitals Attacked With Ransomware Amid Vaccine Distribution

2:00Posters of Disney titles
The Walt Disney Company

To Appeal To Audiences And Investors, Disney Is Going Fully Digital

0:42Disney chief executive Bob Chapek
Kin Cheung / AP

Disney Unveils Upcoming Projects, Streaming Content

2:55A nurse prepares a shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
AP Photo / Frank Augstein, Pool

Social Media Preps for Wave of COVID Vaccine Misinformation

0:24TikTok video-sharing app
Kiichiro Sato / AP

A Second Judge Blocks U.S. Government's Tik Tok Ban

0:40Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess
Michael Probst / AP

Volkswagen May Sell Self-Driving Cars As Soon as 2025

0:25Facebook app
Matt Rourke / AP

DOJ Alleges Facebook Discriminated Against American Workers

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COVID-19 Forces Toy Drives To Go Virtual

3:05Seven-year-old Jaydon Zeema of the Hopi Tribe in Arizona on the laptop provided by his school.
Chad Lindstrom, ABC15, Phoenix

COVID-19 Deepens Digital Divide For Tribes

0:21Bitcoin
Frank Jordans / AP

Bitcoin Gains Popularity As U.S. Dollar Weakens

3:19
AP Images

'Anonymous' Hacker Comes Forward And Vows To Take Down QAnon

3:25Sens. Mike Lee and Ted Cruz, R-Texas, look at the phone of Sen. John Cornyn
Greg Nash / Pool via AP

Parler Downloads Surge As Conservatives Jump To 'Free Speech' App

0:30Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies remotely during a Senate Judiciary Committee
Bill Clark / AP

Social Media CEOs Grilled By Senate Committee

3:07Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg attends hearing virtually
Associated Press / Pool Image

Senate Scrutinizes Facebook, Twitter's Handling Of Election Content

1:00A SpaceX Falcon9 rocket, with the Crew Dragon capsule attached, liftsoff from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex.
John Raoux / AP

SpaceX Sends 4 Astronauts To International Space Station