Speech
Psychology academic was suspended from Twitter after complaining about self-harm glorification on the platform
Locked out under the policy she said Twitter wasn’t enforcing.
South Korea plots digital ID system
Blockchain-based.
IMF ponders ways to end people’s hesitancy to move away to cash
Towards a digital-only future.
IMF meeting: CBDC should be tied to digital IDs to “push society into to new equilibriums”
Massive privacy concerns.
Members
“Only women have a cervix” – biomedical scientist is barred from profession over Twitter posts
The UK lacks free speech protections.
IMF’s deputy managing director Bo Li lauds CBDC’s ability to control what people buy
Central control of what people are allowed to buy and who is allowed to spend.
10 PayPal alternatives – for privacy or free speech
Some alternatives to the financial technology giants that harvest data and censor users.
Kanye West announces plans to buy Parler
The deal is set to close by the end of the year.
Obama: “people just want to not feel as if they are walking on eggshells”
On the recent rise of speech police.
JPMorgan Chase deplatforms National Committee for Religious Freedom
The bank demands a list of donors and preferred candidates.
UK council goes cashless, allegedly to “support the switch to the digital economy”
The push towards digital-only payments.