Speech
The Online Safety Bill gives the UK government unprecedented power to determine “harmful” content
State-appointed officials will dictate online speech rules in the country.
The FBI boosts its social media surveillance technology
A new contract to conduct surveillance on most major social media and communication platforms.
Nigeria ties all SIM cards to national ID system
Hindering privacy rights.
YouTube is emailing users to say “members of the community” are “concerned” about their comments
Another crackdown on user engagement.
The music industry continues its war against YouTube rippers
Constant legal attacks.
UK censorship bill tasks Big Tech with deciding when something is “illegal” or “fraudulent”
Silicon Valley enforcers get to skip the police and the courts.
Facebook said it was a mistake to block #buchamassacre hashtag
Automatically hidden.
Radio presenter Amber Athey fired over Kamala Harris outfit tweet
Athey said VP Harris looked like a UPS employee.
Twitter’s “autoblock” feature blocks citizens from responding to, or even seeing, elected politicians’ tweets
The most recent example was blocking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s tweets from being seen by a user who was highlighting problems with a recent bill.
GETTR introduces real-time live captioning
A new feature for livestreams.
