Cindy Harper
Cindy Harper blogs mostly about social media censorship and culture stories. [email protected]
Silicon Valley billionaires plot to get Joe Biden elected using data and hyper-partisan news websites
Big data meets biased news.
Firm secures deal to supply 15 countries with coronavirus digital “health passports”
The introduction of these were recently called a “conspiracy theory.”
Gamer grandma Shirley Curry calls out fake news
Journalists are up to their same old tricks.
Journalists discover their “credible” reporting is being caught up in Twitter’s misinformation filters
Journalists who called for warning labels will have to learn to live in the world they created.
CASIO files DMCA complaint against user who hacked calculator to connect to the internet
The Github project has been suspended.
Trump reportedly plans new commission to deal with social media platforms’ restriction of free speech
**Situation-monitoring intensifies**
VPN use surges in Hong Kong as threat of new “security” law looms
The new law is likely to pass, and Hongkongers want to be prepared.
Bangladesh’s Digital Security Act is being used to suppress free speech, jail journalists
Journalists and activists who criticize the government are being detained.
Huawei’s $6.1M deal with UK coronavirus-modeling college raises eyebrows, faces scrutiny
The deal has garnered attention for a variety of reasons.
YouTube deletes video of anti-lockdown epidemiology researcher Knut M. Wittkowski after millions of views
Content that doesn’t support the view of the WHO is increasingly vulnerable on YouTube.
Author of France’s new draconian online hate speech law accused of racism, sexism, and homophobia by staff
Free speech for me but not for thee.
YouTube bans David Icke, scrubs 14 years worth of videos from the platform
Big Tech censorship is reaching new heights.