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YouTube scrubs thousands of dislikes from Joe Biden videos on official White House channel
YouTube’s actions temporarily reduced the dislike-to-like ratio by more than 6x on some videos.
Study says Big Tech billionaires are motivated by pushing their view of democracy and meritocracy
The study concludes they’re in a “class of their own.”
Judge denies Parler’s request to be reinstated by Amazon
Parler was hoping to be temporarily reinstated by the web hosting giant.
New rule banning financial services from dropping clients for political reasons is at risk under Biden
The Biden administration is likely to drop the rushed rule designed to prevent deplatforming.
Private and Encrypted Email Providers
Society has become even more dependent on online communications such as email and messaging services and email is of the most important aspects of our online life because it’s the address that links most of our accounts; it’s what we use to get logins and collect receipts. Access to our email
Thai woman sentenced to 43 years in prison for Facebook and YouTube posts critical of the monarchy
Human rights campaigners want an end to the strict law.
Brave browser makes a bold step toward allowing a decentralized web
Brave has integrated IPFS.
Amazon show “Tandav” faces demands to be censored in India
Politicians are even calling the police on Amazon.
Fallout 76 roleplayers continue to be banned from Facebook
Starting in 2020, Facebook is still confusing the roleplayers for real militias.
Apple sued by pressure group for not banning Telegram
The lawsuit isn’t expected to go anywhere but it does highlight an increasing trend of campaigns for censorship.
Billionaire Frank Giustra allowed to sue Twitter in Canada for allowing spread of “pizzagate conspiracy”
In Canada, Twitter doesn’t have the defense of the First Amendment or Section 230, meaning it can legally be held liable for users’ posts.
Tennessee principal suspended after criticizing Big Tech censorship
Thorne questioned the idea of having a small group of people deciding what you can hear.