Speech
MeWe grew by 36% in Q1 2021
The platform is particularly growing internationally as people turn on Facebook.
Activists, media, and Twitter mob pressure Spotify to deplatform Joe Rogan over vaccine comments
Rogan was skeptical whether healthy 21-year-olds should be vaccinated.
German judge ruled against mandatory masks for kids. His phone was seized. His home was raided.
People speculate it’s a retaliatory move.
China directs live stream platforms to collect social credit codes of users
China wants to enable “swift” enforcement.
Sen. Jon Ossoff blasts Big Tech for being “arbiters of legitimate speech”
Ossoff took aim at the way tech gatekeepers control the ideas that people see.
Community generation platform Locals positions itself for growth
Investors see a big future.
Odysee introduces hyperchats
Unlike YouTube’s super chats, Odysee won’t take a cut.
Project Veritas sues CNN
CNN is accused of defamation for reporting that Project Veritas’ Twitter ban was due to “misinformation.”
WhatsApp hands out cash to oppose vaccine skepticism
Reuters received the biggest grant.
Job of San Diego professor investigated for criticizing the CCP hangs in limbo
Thomas Smith is being investigated.
Twitch streamer Disguised Toast receives ban for watching video that contained slur
A ban for the speech of others.
Chloe Zhao’s Best Director Oscar win censored in China
Conversations were deleted, accounts were suspended, and VPNs were shutdown.