Speech
The clothes resale market online is suppressed due to false takedown claims from original brands
Platforms are too quickly to comply with claims.
Meta’s soon-to-be CTO: “If your democracy can’t tolerate the speech of people, I’m not sure what kind of democracy it is.”
Ironic considering the constant censorship.
Facebook bans former professor Dolores Cahill over Covid stance
Banned for “misinformation.”
EA bans Kyle Rittenhouse’s username under “violence” policy
Despite being acquitted.
Members
Turkey’s President Erdogan says social media is a threat to democracy, demands more censorship
Calls for a “fake news” ban.
EU wants more speech control laws to tackle online “misogyny” and more
Drafting new laws.
Google is the search engine that censors the most “conspiracy theories”
Nothing surprising.
Journalist Andy Ngô is sued for sharing riot videos on Twitter
The photographers claim it caused them “harassment.” Ngô’s lawyer says the lawsuit is “frivolous.”
Target delists Matt Walsh book Johnny the Walrus that was accused of transphobia
No reason was given for the delisting.
Facebook says it’s not liable for false “fact checks” used to censor, because they’re “protected opinion”
Facebook is challenged on using “fact checks” to accuse users of lying.