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.
Google stifles growing YouTube competitor LBRY by banning it from Play Store for pedantic reasons
Another alt-tech app booted after an arbitrary enforcement decision from Google.
Senator Josh Hawley’s bill against Big Tech censorship blocked by Democrats
The bill would have allowed users to sue Big Tech companies if they were deemed to be censoring on political grounds.
UK NHS coronavirus contact tracing app could be falsely telling up to 30% of users to self-isolate
It’s the latest of numerous controversies surrounding the app since it was announced.
Sheryl Sandberg said Black Lives Matter “needed” Facebook but Facebook doesn’t get “any credit”
Sandberg made the statements in leaked audio.
YouTube censors Ron Paul Liberty Report episode on coronavirus whistleblowers
YouTube struck down the videos within hours of it being posted.
YouTube restricts video that defense says exonerates Kyle Rittenhouse
The legal team have faced obstacles on all major Big Tech platforms.
GreenMedInfo founder Sayer Ji on Instagram censorship: “I would rather be deplatformed than to censor myself”
Ji warns that the fear of being deplatformed by Big Tech is conditioning people to self-censor.
Satirical show Spitting Image faces online backlash after revealing Greta Thunberg puppet
Apparently, satirizing a public figure who speaks on global climate issues is off limits.
Guitar teacher Gareth Evans’ YouTube channel threatened with deletion after mass copyright strikes
Evans says YouTube has provided him with no information on which aspects of his videos are supposedly violating copyright.
School assistant Kristie Higgs fired for opposing “gender fluidity” being taught to young kids seeks damages
Higgs was fired after a single anonymous complaint triggered an investigation into two of her Facebook posts that challenged what young children are being taught in schools.
Oxford researchers call for Facebook to fact-check even more “coronavirus misinformation”
Facebook already applies warning labels to 98 million coronavirus posts each quarter and dissenting ideas are already under threat.
President Trump and Carpe Donktum sued over meme
The lawsuit also claims that the creation and sharing of the satirical meme caused “fright and shock.”