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    digitpatroxOctober 18, 2024
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    Google will once again ban election ads after the polls close

    Google is planning to ban advertisers from running ads related to the US presidential election after polls close on November 5th. Axios reports that this is the second time Google has decided to ban election ads once polls close, after first implementing the policy during the 2020 election. Google says it’s reenacting the policy again this year “out of an…

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    digitpatroxSeptember 3, 2024
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    Brazilian Supreme Court panel upholds X ban, while Starlink refuses to comply

    A panel of five Brazilian Supreme Court justices voted Monday to uphold a decision (PDF) requiring the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) to limit access to X, the service formerly known as Twitter. Justice Alexandre de Moraes issued the ban on Friday in response to X owner Elon Musk’s refusal to comply with court orders to block certain accounts and to…

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    digitpatroxAugust 30, 2024
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    Brazil’s X ban is sending lots of people to Bluesky

    X is currently banned in Brazil following an order from a Supreme Court justice, and Brazilian users seem to be turning to Bluesky, an alternate social network, in droves. “Brazil, you’re setting new all-time-highs for activity on Bluesky!” the official Bluesky account says in a post. “There will almost certainly be some outages and performance issues,” Bluesky developer Paul Frazee…

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    digitpatroxAugust 28, 2024
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    Getting Your iPhone Repaired Could Ban You From Snapchat

    Repairs for smartphones, tablets, and other devices still aren’t as simple as they should be. Case in point: getting your iPhone repaired under warranty could ban you from Snapchat and other services. In a bizarre turn of events, a repair of a cracked iPhone under AppleCare seems to have led to a Snapchat ban of said device. After dropping his…

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    digitpatroxAugust 21, 2024
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    The FTC’s noncompete agreements ban has been struck down

    A federal judge has blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on noncompete agreements that make it difficult for workers to join their employers’ rivals or launch competing businesses. The ruling prevents the FTC’s ban on noncompete agreements from taking effect on September 4th, though the agency could still appeal the decision. On Tuesday, US District Judge Ada Brown in Dallas,…

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