Dan Frieth
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Nebraska says it will refuse to comply with Biden admin’s proposed surveillance of citizens’ bank accounts
Pushing back against the extreme surveillance.
French President Macron criticized for creating online “thought police” task force
To tackle “misinformation.”
Alabama governor Kay Ivey blasts Facebook for censoring her page
Facebook said the censorship was a “mistake.”
YouTube backtracks on censorship of Illinois school board meeting over COVID comments
Public meetings on YouTube are still struggling.
Democrats propose removing Section 230 protections for online firearms sellers
Section 230 is increasingly politicized.
Michigan candidate for governor Garrett Soldano receives permanent ban from YouTube
Soldano has been a big critic of Governor Whitmer’s COVID measures.
Google faces backlash after censoring to give Putin election advantage
Caving to the Kremlin and helping to curb a free and fair election.
Wisconsin introduces bill to curb social media censorship and deplatforming
The latest state to make an attempt.
Google abused its Android dominance, Indian probe finds
A two-year investigation.
Claremont Institute and J.D. Vance file amicus brief in Ohio vs Google antitrust lawsuit
The lawsuit aims to get Google classified as a public utility.
Brazil’s Supreme Court and Senate overturn Bolsonaro’s anti-social media censorship order
Overturned within two weeks.