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.
Louis Rossmann reconsiders YouTube as his primary platform after another “bogus privacy claim”
Rossmann has had several videos taken down in response to fake privacy complaints this year.
Oprah: “If one author, one artist is silenced, we’re all in danger of the same”
Oprah said canceling one artist puts everyone in danger of being canceled.
Creators blast new YouTube Studio system for freezing their video uploads, hiding key functions, and more
All creators will be forced to use this system in a few weeks.
Twitch streamer Kurt says he’s done with FIFA and will now be streaming PES
Kurt made the decision after EA continuously banned his accounts.
Joe Rogan praises “Podfather” Adam Curry for starting the podcast movement
Curry made the very first podcast and helped create the technology that powers podcasting.
Twitter users say its new hateful conduct rules will ban the phrase “OK boomer”
The rules prohibit “dehumanizing speech” on the basis of age but Twitter says you can still say “OK boomer.”
Meghan Rienks blasts YouTube for unhelpful responses after her channel was hacked two months ago
Her channel is still filled with the hacker’s branding and content.
Carl Benjamin’s Akkad Daily YouTube channel demonetized for “harassment”
Benjamin said that the channel had no prior strikes.
EA slammed for hitting FIFA streamer Kurt with “pathetic” copyright strike, causing Twitch ban
EA’s actions against Kurt over the last few weeks have been described as “disgusting” and “tyrannical.”
YouTube deletes I,Hypocrite’s channel, claims debate video is “hate speech”
It appears that YouTube’s AI deems debates discussing the harm caused by ideological and political violence to be “hate speech.”
Researchers say “problematic content” on YouTube has tanked, but call for YouTube to kill more
The study also questions whether content deemed to be “conspiratorial” should be recommended on YouTube at all.
Federal funds used to research “online hate speech” with the goal of training hate speech algorithms
YouTube’s unpredictable hate speech algorithms have resulted in many innocuous videos being demonetized or removed.