Cindy Harper
Cindy Harper blogs mostly about social media censorship and culture stories. [email protected]
Stories
Maricopa County Recorder Contacted DHS Cyber Agency for Help With Social Media Partnerships
Documents found through legal discovery.
UK Government Asked Twitter and Facebook to “Tweak” Algorithms During Covid
And a Facebook executive was “happy to oblige.”
Protests and Hunger Strike Take Place at Apple’s HQ, After the Company’s Censorship in China and More
Apple is getting more attention for helping the Chinese Communist Party censor critics.
Vietnam to Ban Online Ads Being Shown Near “Toxic” Anti-Government Content
The next internet censorship plan from the country.
Rep Kevin McCarthy Calls for Investigation Into Social Media Censorship Following Twitter Disclosures
McCarthy said the government influenced Twitter to censor critics.
Apple Is Split on Decision to Fire Executive Over Joke Posted to TikTok
The latest in a growing sense of intolerance across Silicon Valley.
A Junior Employee Was the Only Pushback Against Twitter Execs’ Thirst to Ban President Trump
“This might be an unpopular opinion but one off ad hoc decisions like this that don’t appear rooted in policy are imho a slippery slope and reflect an alternatively equally dictatorial problem.”
Elon Musk Says Some Political Candidates Running for Office Were Secretly Shadow Banned on Twitter
Musk is yet to reveal which ones.
Twitter Files Allege Different Levels of Election Tweet Scrutiny, Depending on Pro-Trump vs Pro-Biden Stance
Discussions around decisions have been published.
Iran Plans Trudeau Tactics to Freeze Bank Accounts of Women Who Refuse to Wear Hijab
The technique was popularized by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau against civil liberties protesters.
Twitter Used “Technicalities” to Censor Popular Accounts Like Libs of TikTok, Even When It Hadn’t Broken the Rules
New targeted censorship revelations.
Motion Is Filed Against California’s Medical “Misinformation” Law
The law is scheduled to come into force within weeks.
