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DHS to spend almost $700,000 of taxpayers’ cash on studying “extremism” in video gaming
The DHS has a recent trend of projects targeting tech and the internet.
Canada’s proposed online streaming bill raises privacy concerns, commissioner admits
As an aside to the concerns about suppressing independent content.
Parler restructures, purchases cloud hosting company Dynascale
A new acquisition.
Court upholds Texas’ anti-censorship social media law
The case will likely go to The Supreme Court.
Rebel News hit with lawsuit threat by professor who proposed shutting it down for “false information”
“He’s coming to censor us, to shut us down, just like he publicly warned us would happen,” Rebel News co-founder Ezra Levant said.
Hong Kong man jailed for “sedition” for criticizing government online
For posts on Telegram.
Meta Oversight Board says Facebook’s image auto-censorship tech is broken, harming free speech
The technology is automatically censoring speech.
Biden doubles down on demanding Big Tech censor “hate”
A new campaign.
AI image generator in China blocks “sensitive” terms like “Tiananmen Square,” “British Government”
Users get an error warning.
Senators use hearing to criticize Big Tech for not censoring enough “disinformation”
More censorship pressure.
Facebook blocks holocaust movie Beautiful Blue Eyes
Appeals were denied.
New Japanese law removes privacy for some online artists that use a pseudonym
Artists and creators have to list their real name in a government database.