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.
Apple’s history of censorship: 10+ years of crackdowns on news, apps, music, and more
The tech giant’s far-reaching censorship has impacted many major markets.
YouTube’s UK chief tweets support for former FT reporter Mark Di Stefano after eavesdropping controversy
Di Stefano, notorious for reporting YouTubers to YouTube, appears to have had a friendly relationship with YouTube’s UK executive.
MembersBig tech’s little helpers: How the mainstream media enable and encourage big tech censorship
?This is the three-stage process mainstream media outlets use to silence people.
Google executive attended secret government advisory group meeting about the UK going into lockdown
Some tech companies have admitted that coronavirus lockdown measures boost their user engagement levels.
Adam Schiff urges Google, YouTube, and Twitter to warn users who interact with coronavirus “misinformation”
And he also wants these users to be directed to “authoritative” resources.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg comes out in support of lockdown measures
Facebook has been censoring groups protesting stay-at-home measures.
MembersHow YouTube’s crackdown on “controversial” content is slowly killing comedy, commentary, criticism, and more
?YouTube’s rule changes and recent precedents are making a growing number of genres untenable on the platform.
Tyler Winklevoss wants to invest in a free-speech-focused, decentralized YouTube alternative
Winklevoss wants to invest in a solution where users own and control their content.
YouTube bans videos that “might” encourage people to ignore stay at home advice
Big tech platforms continue to introduce strict coronavirus rules.
US schools take online Chinese classes from firm that has fired teachers for content critical of CCP
China continues to use US businesses and institutions to spread pro-China messaging.
YouTube’s exec discusses “Intelligence Desk” to target emerging conspiracy theories
The crackdown on anything that YouTube deems to be a conspiracy or misinformation continues.
Meme artist Carpe Donktum has 14 Twitter memes removed after a wave of DMCA takedown notices
The war on memes continues.