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Twitter Eliminates Legacy Checkmarks

In the past, blue checkmarks were used to indicate the legitimacy of an account under a well-known name. This was given to sports teams, governments, journalists, and most people with any “celebrity status”. It was viewed as a real badge of pride for it meant that, at the very least, your name was under some threat of being impersonated.

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Biden Administration Aims Ban at TikTok

Despite this aura of levity that the general population has of the app, this rise has always been closely eyed by U.S. lawmakers. The main issue for officials is the massive amount of data on the U.S. population that the app has stored, and whose hands this data might fall into.

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There’s a Thin Line in Online Censorship

On one hand, some expect these social media companies to act as a sort of pseudo-governmental authority who ardently follow the tenets of free speech. On the other, when instances of abuse or violence occur on or through their sites, questions immediately begin being asked about how much the responsibilities should lay at their feet to prevent these tragedies from occurring.

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