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.
Twitter plans to hide and label tweets from Trump and other public figures when they violate its rules
In an interview with The Washington Post, Twitter’s Lead of Trust and Safety, Legal, and Public Policy, Vijaya Gadde, said that Twitter is working on ways to hide tweets and label tweets from President Trump and other public figures if they violate Twitter’s rules.
Apple Card vs Blur Masked Cards vs Privacy.com Virtual Cards: Which is the best for privacy and security with online purchases?
Apple Card is the latest offering in the private credit card space. Here’s how its privacy and security features stack up when compared with Blur Masked Cards and Privacy.com Virtual Cards.
Article 13 has been approved by the European Parliament
The EU Copyright Directive, which includes Articles 11 and 13, was approved by 348 votes to 274 and the final text will now be sent to the EU Council for approval.
Article 11 and 13 final vote: Everything you need to know
MEP Julia Reda has released a full breakdown of how the voting process will work, how it’s likely to go, and what the future implications of this March 26 vote could be.
Top Hats and Champagne Bar YouTube channel shut down for unspecified “hate speech” violations
This comes days after YouTube shut down two other channels for violating its “hate speech” policies without providing any examples of their supposed violations.
Articles 11 and 13 lose more support days before the final vote
The major Polish political party Platforma announced that it will be voting against the EU Copyright Directive unless Article 13 is removed.
New research shows biased Google search results potentially gave Democrats millions of additional votes in the 2018 U.S. midterms
The study found that Google was significantly more likely than Bing or Yahoo to show pro-Democrat stories and links at the top of the results page and that these biased search results could have handed up to 4.6 million votes to the Democrats.
Facebook says more AI based censorship will be coming to the platform in the future
Facebook suggested it will start using applied experimental audio-based technology and proactive detection technology to take down content.
Fake YouTube copyright claims used to censor Tim Pool, Lauren Chen, and others
Live Nation Video network filed false copyright claims against Pool, Chen, Ready To Glare, and Omegon which suppressed their criticism of Desmond the drag kid.
Twitter says it removed a tweet from The Federalist co-founder Sean Davis “to keep people safe”
Twitter claims it mistakenly deleted the public tweet in an effort to protect its users but Davis says he was misled and given the false impression that the tweet was still live.
Prosecutors used the CLOUD act to force Google to hand over Michael Cohen’s Gmail, Google Drive and contacts data
Under the CLOUD Act, investigators were able to obtain a warrant which gave them access to the emails, contact, and files Cohen had stored in his Google account.
Congressman Devin Nunes files a $250 million defamation lawsuit against Twitter and some of its users
Nunes’ complaint claims that over the past year he has “endured an orchestrated defamation campaign of stunning breadth and scope, one that no human being should ever have to bear and suffer in their whole life.”