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.
Facebook employees push for a complete QAnon ban
The employees had been tasked with conducting an internal investigation into QAnon that will likely inform Facebook’s future enforcement actions.
Facebook staff wanted Breitbart removed as a news partner after Frontline Doctors press conference
The employees reportedly also accused Facebook of giving preferential treatment to Breitbart and other conservative outlets.
Report: Facebook employees debated “merits of censoring a sitting president’s potentially false statements”
The debate happened a day after Facebook removed one of Trump’s posts for “coronavirus misinformation.”
Student ordered to take “implicit bias training” for honoring Tiananmen Square and Captain David Dorn is suing
The lawsuit argues that Fordham U’s response was “in contravention of its own policies and rules equivocally committing the University to free expression.”
Twitter locked Trump Campaign account until it complied and deleted a tweet
Twitter forced the Trump Campaign account to delete a clip of Trump calling for schools to be reopened in order to be able to tweet again.
Facebook and Twitter delete the President’s statement calling for schools to re-open
Facebook and Twitter deleted the post for containing “misinformation.”
Kindergarten Cop 30th-anniversary screening pulled after complaint that it “romanticizes over-policing”
The complaint also accused the movie of making light of “cops traumatizing kids.”
Oxford director calls for demonetization of news outlets that publish COVID “misinformation”
“It would be a public service to take them down,” he said.
Screenshot reveals unreleased Twitter tool for flagging and monitoring “misinformation”
It’s not yet known if or when the feature will be used.
Illinois high school teacher fired for Facebook post rejecting idea of “white privilege”
Another person loses their job for expressing an opinion on social media.
WhatsApp introduces search prompts to crack down on viral “misinformation”
WhatsApp will now encourage users to “double check” certain messages via search.
Facebook removes Rabbi’s coronavirus Torah reading, says it’s “misinformation that could cause physical harm”
Religious teachings that mention the coronavirus are now being censored.