Speech
Spanish lawmaker locked out of Twitter after saying men can’t get pregnant
Francisco Contreras was locked out for 12 hours.
Facebook to face South African lawmakers over “misinformation”
The hearing will take place this month.
Staff at Stanford paper face forced “anti-bias” training after Godzilla vs Kong tweet was called racist
A joking analogy was all it took.
YouTube CEO on anti-conservative bias: “We don’t have a political agenda”
The CEO claimed that YouTube welcomes a wide range of perspectives.
LinkedIn accused of censoring for Beijing
LinkedIn is one of the few Western social networks allowed in China.
Hong Kong proposes very broad “anti-doxxing” law
The law is accused of being purposely broad to restrict speech.
YouTube suspends Steven Crowder (again)
Crowder can’t upload a video or livestream for two weeks.
The Online Safety Bill is a major blow to the UK’s already-feeble free speech rights
It’s the most far-reaching online censorship law the UK has ever proposed.
Canada: Doctors whose online posts contradict official COVID stance face regulatory investigation
Investigations take place in secret and are not made public.
UK government accused of promoting a “nanny state” with proposed online ban on high calorie food ads
The proposals are highly controversial.
“Free speech” lawyer argues “lying” should be an impeachable offense
Censorship justification is increasingly common.
DHS to scan social media posts looking for “domestic terrorists” after Capitol breach
Civil rights groups already see the threat to free speech.