Speech
California bill 2273 would require websites and apps to verify visitors’ ID
Decimating online privacy.
British Royal Family demands YouTube remove video
The video shows Prince William confronting a photographer.
Twitter deletes accounts protesting India farming laws
Twitter complies with government pressure.
Russia fines Threema app for not collecting user data
Fined under “anti-terror” laws.
London Assembly Member calls for police investigation into Laurence Fox’s LGBT flag swastika tweet
Caroline Russell says the tweet is a “hate crime.”
Facebook Oversight Board got a massive 1 million censorship appeals
The true extent of Facebook censorship is revealed.
YouTubers consider leaving Canada if new online content bill passes
Bill C-11 allows government to dictate how algorithms work in Canada.
Russia is using facial recognition surveillance to arrest journalists
Scanning public CCTV footage for faces.
Donald Trump Jr flagged by Instagram for posting “false information”
Another suppression tactic.
China says only those with a qualification can post online about topics such as health and law
Extreme speech restrictions.