Cindy Harper
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X Agrees to Review Illegal “Hate” Within 48 Hours Under UK Online Safety Act
The platform that once called Ofcom’s approach “overreach” just handed it a 48-hour content removal pipeline with quarterly audits.
TikTok Removes Reform UK Campaign Video Using Online Safety Act “Hate” Censorship Rules
The law Parliament sold as a shield for children just became a sword against a political campaign.
Berenson Wins Settlement and First Amendment Admission Over Twitter Ban
A check and a written confession make this the first time the government has paid an American for coercing a social media company into censorship.
Canada’s Pay-To-Play Press Pass
The government built a press pass out of a tax form and the prime minister’s office helped decide who got one.
AI Safety Institute Debuts With Big-Name Backers and a Censorship Agenda
Every major speaker at the Copenhagen summit has a resume built on telling platforms what to take down.
The FSU Shooting Lawsuit That Could Turn ChatGPT Into a Surveillance Tool
Every AI company’s nightmare scenario just became a plaintiff’s attorney’s blueprint for court-ordered mass surveillance.
Europol Ran Secret Data Platforms on Millions of Innocents
The agency tasked with protecting Europe’s data built a secret two-petabyte surveillance machine that its own privacy officer couldn’t account for.
Anonymous Canadian Sues DHS to Stop Google From Revealing His Identity Over Critical Posts
The US government is using a 96-year-old customs fraud statute to hunt down a Canadian over tweets.
Meta Will Fight Ofcom Over the Math, Just Not the Censorship
The company that could most credibly challenge Britain’s online speech regime is instead asking a London court to please use a different revenue column.
Paris Prosecutors Move to Criminally Charge Musk and xAI
The investigation started with an algorithm complaint from a Macron ally and now includes charges ranging from Holocaust denial to child exploitation.
European Commission Official Touts 17 Investigations as Proof the Digital Services Act “Delivers”
The Commission now employs 127 people to police online speech and is hiring 60 more, all without a single courtroom in the loop.
Canada House of Commons Tracks Online Posts About MPs
Parliament will not say what’s in the database, only that it sorts your posts by tone.