Speech
UK lawmaker Andrew Bridgen says his free speech rights have been denied
Bridgen was kicked out of the Conservative Party for a tweet saying he was told the vaccine rollout is biggest crime since Holocaust.
China’s Weibo bans Sony’s account
Censoring a big brand.
Trump criticizes FBI after Twitter censorship revelations
The FBI pressured Twitter to censor.
“Landmark” lawsuit accuses mainstream media of forming coalition to censor “misinformation”
An alliance formed in March of 2020 is facing scrutiny.
Baroness Claire Fox calls for UK legal protections against PayPal’s ideological censorship
Calls for legislation to protect financial companies cutting off customers they disagree with.
Supreme Court to look at whether encouraging illegal immigration is protected speech
Whether or not it has First Amendment protections.
Australia is concerned it can’t stop “misinformation” in private conversations
Fresh attempts to try and undermine a right to privacy.
FDA commissioners say the agency needs ways to fight online “misinformation”
Just a day before a Pfizer director was caught flagging tweets to Twitter.
Republicans outline plan to investigate online censorship of Hunter Biden laptop story
Social media platforms will be a big target.
China’s Weibo bans more accounts for Covid policy criticism
At least 1,000 accounts.
Oversight Board tells Facebook to allow “death to Khamenei”
New ruling suggests allowing users to call for the death of Iran’s leader because people mean it figuratively.
Meta bans comments supporting election-denial protests and riots in Brazil
Designated as a “violent event.”