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.
Joe Biggs reportedly banned from Shopify for “hate speech”
Biggs’ Shopify store went offline less than 24 hours after he was permanently banned from Twitter.
YouTube’s “instructional hacking” ban puts informational security channels at risk
Instructional hacking videos are a popular educational resource in the infosec and cybersecurity community.
Mini AOC deletes Twitter account after her family were reportedly doxed and sent death threats
The popular account was well known for lampooning Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Germany fines Facebook €2 million for violating its “hate speech” law
This is the first time a European country has fined an American social media company for violating its “hate speech” laws.
Democrat Rep. Frederica Wilson calls for the prosecution of people who make fun of Congress online
Wilson’s comments are the latest in a series of calls from leading Democrats to censor online discourse.
Joe Biggs banned from Twitter after being mysteriously unverified
Many people are suggesting that Biggs was banned for calling out Antifa.
Google CEO lied to congress about search manipulation, former Google engineer says
The former Google engineer Mike Wacker says that various investigative reports and statements from Google engineers show that Pichai’s past statements to Congress are not true.
Bret Weinstein: “Google is behaving like a little totalitarian state”
Weinstein believes that Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms are sitting in the center of our ability to collectively think and that we should be quite frightened by this notion.
Project Veritas sends letters to Congress suggesting Google is “likely in violation of federal election law”
The letter cites examples from its recent investigative report which showed a Google executive talking about company plans to prevent the next “Trump situation.”
Black Pigeon Speaks demonetized two weeks after YouTube deleted and reinstated the channel with no explanation
This comes after recent investigative reports suggesting that YouTube is suppressing what it deems to be “right-wing” creators on its site.
Twitter announces new changes that may hide President Trump’s tweets
This follows a wave of big tech censorship of pro-Trump content this week.
YouTube leak appears to show blocked search terms related to the 2018 Irish abortion referendum
This follows investigative reports indicating that Google is using biased AI to influence the 2020 US presidential election.