Speech
Justice Department seized phone records of WaPo journalists
Increasingly common in recent decades.
PayPal bans independent news outlet Rebel News
The dominant payment processor gave no reason.
Indian engineers documented how to make life-saving oxygen. YouTube deleted the videos.
YouTube said it’s dangerous. Experts say the risks are minimal.
BBC admits it flagged Twitter accounts posting Trump’s statements
Journalists playing activist.
YouTube deletes links to Navalny’s “SmartVote” initiative and suspends channels that promote the project
YouTube is calling the links spam.
Hillary Clinton backs online censorship, calls for “global reckoning” on Big Tech
Clinton wants government intervention.
Members
YouTube to start giving grants to select journalists
Reshaping news content.
Independent news outlet StatusCoup continues to be affected by YouTube censorship
YouTube ignores independent journalists.
Instagram is using German media outlets to “fact-check” US meme accounts
German language fact-checks are being shown to US users with no English translation.
University of Oklahoma says it won’t end compelled speech in mandatory online diversity trainings
The training allegedly requires trainees to select university-approved responses.