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Vietnam to ban online ads being shown near “toxic” anti-government content
The next internet censorship plan from the country.
Rep Kevin McCarthy calls for investigation into social media censorship following Twitter disclosures
McCarthy said the government influenced Twitter to censor critics.
Apple is split on decision to fire executive over joke posted to TikTok
The latest in a growing sense of intolerance across Silicon Valley.
A junior employee was the only pushback against Twitter execs’ thirst to ban President Trump
“This might be an unpopular opinion but one off ad hoc decisions like this that don’t appear rooted in policy are imho a slippery slope and reflect an alternatively equally dictatorial problem.”
The White House says it was “not involved” in Twitter censorship pressure
The previous Press Secretary had said the administration was flagging posts to social media platforms.
Elon Musk says some political candidates running for office were secretly shadow banned on Twitter
Musk is yet to reveal which ones.
Twitter Files allege different levels of election tweet scrutiny, depending on pro-Trump vs pro-Biden stance
Discussions around decisions have been published.
How Twitter stretched its own rules to ban President Trump
By relying on wider “context,” published conversations reveal.
Twitter had regular meetings with FBI, allowed them to flag tweets
New published chats reveal.
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya says he “strongly” suspects federal government directed Twitter to blacklist his account
The Stanford professor responds to Twitter’s secret censorship of his account.
EU court orders Google to remove “manifestly inaccurate” information
The result of an ongoing legal battle.
Judge fast-tracks Rumble’s lawsuit against New York’s online censorship law
The preliminary hearing is now December 19th.