Speech
YouTube deletes Ford Fischer’s newsworthy footage of crowd reacting to Trump speech, calls it “spam”
More bias with how YouTube treats news agencies.
Sephora drops conservative influencer Amanda Ensing for “not aligning with their values”
Activists called for Sephora to sever ties.
Google reinstates decentralized chat app Element after sudden ban
A federated alternative to Google’s own Hangouts and Duo Android apps got suspended from the Play Store without explanation on Saturday. Element (previously known as Riot.im) is one of the clients, and a popular one, for Matrix, a federated open source messaging protocol. Judging by the comment
China is jailing Twitter users for posts critical of the Chinese Communist Party
Twitter is banned in China.
Facebook censors anti-lockdown group Save Our Rights UK, backed by British lawmaker
Facebook removed the videos under its coronavirus “misinformation” rules.
YouTube deletes videos of doctors testifying in Senate Homeland Committee as “coronavirus misinformation”
The video was uploaded by Senator Ron Johnson.
Senator Elizabeth Warren sides with hedge funds, calls for SEC to investigate Reddit
Warren is questioning whether online conversations about stocks violate existing securities laws.
USU is reminded public institutions are bound by First Amendment after blocking student on Twitter
For a public entity, a block for a speech-related issue is considered a First Amendment violation.
Facebook deletes Robin Hood Stock Traders group with over 150,000 members
Interesting timing.
Robinhood CEO: We cannot control “misinformation” spreading online
A popular complaint.
Google Play deletes over 150,000 Robinhood app reviews after frustrated users leave one-star ratings
The tech establishment continues silencing retail traders.