Igor Tyan
Igor Tyan is an online culture writer for Reclaim The Net. His main topics revolve around the growing devisions in today's internet culture and censorship that takes place on online platforms. He keeps an eye on the zeitgeist at all times. [email protected]
T-Mobile blocks 22 “piracy” related websites, worries it’s now violating net neutrality rules
The company does not want to go against a court decision, but blocking these websites may break net neutrality.
Twitter’s silences its own users to appease advertisers
Twitter wants to keep advertisers interested and implement more and more solutions to make the speech as toothless as possible.
The big tech free speech hearing will be on April 10th, 2019; titled “Stifling Free Speech: Technological Censorship and the Public Discourse”
It is hard to deny that Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube look more and more like public platforms rather than “publishers” who can censor content however they want.
Android TV update include puts annoying ads on the homescreen
This channel was added with the latest Android home app update and will force users to see ads that they might not be interested in.
Ban PewDiePie petition signed by mob of over 70,000
It sounds crazy that one of the most positive personalities on YouTube known for his uplifting behavior and entertaining videos is blamed for a horrific incident.
YouTube’s Content-ID is still crazy, crushing music education on YouTube
Overzealous YouTube algorithms often harm innocent content creators.
Facebook screws up yet again: Private info from users is found on the cloud, accessible by anyone
The sad part is that handful equals to 540 million records or 146 gigabytes worth of private data.
Project Veritas Strikes Again: Hidden camera video shows Twitter developer saying how algorithms are written to shadowban conservative voices
It seems that one of the methods used by Twitter to determine which types of speech are permitted on the platform is equating conservative users to bots.
Brett Easton Ellis slams “hysterical” language policing and jumping to judgements on Twitter
Considering the impact of the platform, concerns voiced by Ellis and many other prominent public figures are more than justified.
New Firefox feature is designed to make websites less annoying
The main idea behind this experiment is to study how users interact with notifications and collect valuable data about types of notifications that should be blocked by default.
The French Council of the Muslim Faith is suing Facebook and YouTube for not taking down the NZ shooting video fast enough
Many groups including the Islamic Association of New Zealand support the lawsuit.
SPLC president, Richard Cohen, resigns after being accused of sexual harassment, gender discrimination and racism
The resignation of Richard Cohen was applauded by many conservatives and considered a victory in the ongoing culture war