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.
Chinese streaming platforms now have to register with government regulators, add rule-breakers to a blacklist
Users of streaming platforms also have to verify their real names and platforms are required to limit user donations.
Facebook will encourage users to take coronavirus vaccine as part of “charm offensive for Joe Biden”
Facebook is also expected to ramp up its censorship of coronavirus “misinformation.”
MembersFacebook’s “Centra” surveillance tool is a chilling reminder of Big Tech’s huge censorship power
? Centra is one of many secretive censorship tools that has been revealed by whistleblowers.
Twitter suspends Savanah Hernandez and “Stonewall Jackson” after they’re retweeted by President Trump
The wave of post-election censorship continues.
Facebook whistleblower claims the company coordinates its censorship efforts with Twitter and Google
Zuckerberg insisted that the coordination only happens for “security-related topics.”
Twitter caught shadowbanning Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell tweets from its search results
More post-election night censorship.
Joe Biden’s top state media transition lead supports “hate speech” laws and rethinking the First Amendment
He has also welcomed social media’s censorship of President Trump and the use of government propaganda.
YouTube removes Alex Jones Tim Pool podcast for “harassment and bullying”
The video had racked up almost a million views within 24 hours before it was taken down.
Twitter sacrificed 20% of engagement for post-election censorship
The platform willingly added friction to the retweet function to slow the spread of what it deems to be “misleading” information.
MembersBig Tech’s creeping censorship of private conversations
? The thought of being censored based on what you say in private used to be unthinkable but the Silicon Valley giants are mainstreaming this dystopian tactic.
Twitter says its block on official South Dakota GOP links was a “misunderstanding”
The links were temporarily censored after the South Dakota GOP Twitter account attempted to tweet its support for President Trump’s post-election lawsuits.
Alternative social network CloutHub says it has been deplatformed by IBM
CloutHub’s founder said IBM gave the social network no warning and removed its video stations.