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.
Canada orders firms to freeze assets of anyone who “indirectly” engages in Freedom Convoy protests
Banks, fundraising platforms, insurance companies, investment firms, loan companies, and more are subject to these far-reaching demands.
YouTube CEO: We boost “experts” so that users don’t see content from creators who “had an opinion yesterday”
YouTube executives continue to neglect the voices that helped build the platform.
YouTube CEO admits there are “various definitions” of “hate and harassment” when discussing censorship policy
YouTube removes hundreds of thousands of videos for “hate and harassment” each quarter.
YouTube CEO wants governments pass laws to “have more control over online speech”
Calling for speech laws.
YouTube CEO praises investments that allowed swift rollout of COVID censorship rules
“I’m very thankful for that investment over many, many years because that enabled us to take action very, very quickly when the pandemic hit.”
Senators: CIA has secret surveillance program that collects American’s private data
The senators said documents about the program “reveal serious problems associated with warrantless backdoor searches of Americans.”
Mattel hits multiple Jurassic World toy reviewers with copyright takedown notices
The takedowns were issued on reviews of toys that the reviewers had purchased.
Google Play Store bans freedom-focused social network Flote
The tech giant boots another alternative social network.
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New Rumble app makes dislikes more prominent after YouTube ditched them
Rumble has doubled down on dislikes after YouTube purged public dislikes from its platform.
Google Drive flags and restricts user’s screenshot of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds
The user was told that their screenshot violated Google Drive’s “hate speech” policies.
Rumble offers Joe Rogan $100 million to bring his podcast to the platform
“We stand with you, your guests, and your legion of fans in desire for a real conversation.”