Cindy Harper
Cindy Harper blogs mostly about social media censorship and culture stories. [email protected]
California’s “Stop Nick Shirley Act” Would Penalize Journalism
The First Amendment was designed to prevent exactly this; a law that punishes speech before any court decides whether it was harmful.
Turkey To Require National ID for Social Media Accounts
Turkey’s government just found a way to put a national ID card on every tweet, post, and comment its citizens make online.
Secret Grand Jury Convened to Unmask Anonymous Government Critic on Reddit
The government lost its case in open court, so it moved the whole thing behind closed doors.
Reno Police Sued After Wrongful Arrest Based on Facial Recognition Errors
The officer who arrested him later admitted under oath it never should have happened, and that doing it this way was department policy.
UK Foreign Affairs Committee Calls for Government Agency to Police Online “Disinformation”
A parliamentary committee just proposed giving a GCHQ-adjacent agency the power to decide which speech counts as a national security threat.
Alberta Bill Would Fine Political Deepfakes $10,000 Without Satire Exemptions
The bill makes no distinction between a fake video designed to suppress votes and a satirical meme poking fun at the premier.
Brazil’s Justice Moraes Ordered Global Takedowns of American Users’ Speech, House Report Reveals
A Brazilian judge has been ordering American tech companies to delete American speech for five years, and a new congressional report finally shows the receipts.
OkCupid Gave 3M Users’ Photos to AI Firm, FTC Says
The regulatory price for handing three million people’s dating photos to a facial recognition startup turned out to be a promise to behave.
Kiwi Farms Challenges DMCA Subpoenas as Tools to Unmask Anonymous Speech
Courts and civil liberties groups have spent years warning that the DMCA’s subpoena process is a censorship shortcut disguised as copyright enforcement.
Apple Removes Private VPN Apps From Russia App Store
Apple keeps helping the Kremlin shrink the internet one app removal at a time.
Germany Drafts Law Making AI Deepfake Memes a Crime
Germany’s draft deepfake law under Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig could criminalize political memes with up to two years in prison.
Starmer Pushes Fast-Track Online Censorship Powers
The British Prime Minister sketches a future where online speech rules update as routinely as tax bracket, with scrutiny treated as an obstacle rather than a safeguard.