Tom Parker
Tom Parker is a founder and lead editor for Reclaim The Net and provides news and analysis on how we can promote free speech, stop censorship, and protect our personal data online.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez still blocking critics on Twitter despite settling Twitter blocking lawsuit
In the recently settled lawsuit, Ocasio-Cortez said that blocking one of her critics was wrong and admitted he has a right to express his First Amendment views.
Facebook unpublishes David J. Harris Jr. Page days after it was mass flagged with unexplained violations
Days before being unpublished, the page was hit with multiple unexplained violations and Harris was warned that it may be unpublished.
YouTube is using machine learning to ban all mentions of impeachment whistleblower’s name
Facebook is also scrubbing all mentions of the name from its platform.
Facebook confirms that it’s censoring “any and all mentions” of impeachment whistleblower’s name
Numerous social media users and publishers were reporting that their posts naming the alleged CIA whistleblower, whose complaint kickstarted the impeachment inquiry against President Trump, were removed.
YouTube’s new message to creators: We’ll delete you if you’re “no longer commercially viable”
The new terms are the latest example of YouTube’s increasingly hostile attitude toward its creators.
YouTube accused of lying and withholding earned creator funds during demonetization purge
Multiple YouTube creators claim that YouTube is withholding thousands of dollars that they’ve earned in Super Chats and ad revenue.
Congressman slams Google’s lack of response after employee tweets call for violence against Trump supporters
Gosar said that Google’s failure to respond to a violence tweet from one of its employees results in this type of behavior being “normalized and condoned.”
New YouTube rules will cut some creator ad revenue by up to 90% in 2020
YouTube is making introducing these new rules in January 2020 as part of its settlement with the FTC over alleged COPPA violations.
Two former Twitter employees charged with spying for the Saudi government and digging into accounts of critics
This is the first time the Justice Department has publicly accused Saudi Arabia of running agents in the US.
PragerU Android app removed from Google Play Store
PragerU has also had over 200 of its videos on Google-owned YouTube placed in restricted mode.
Deadspin meltdown continues as executive who wrote the stick to sports memo quits
Paul Maidment, editorial director at Deadspin’s parent company G/O Media has resigned after a week where all of the writers quit the site.
In 2020 Twitter plans to let users restrict retweets, mentions, and more
Yet another announcement from Twitter that is likely to kill engagement on the platform.