Speech
Minds cuts major features from Play Store app version after Google threatened to deplatform it
Search, discovery, and comments are now gone.
GoFundMe suspends fundraiser for Elizabeth Heng’s new free speech comment platform
Then her press release about the censorship was also censored.
Parler CEO John Matze refutes suggestions GPS data showed Parler users stormed the US Capitol Building
In a statement to the court, Matze said GPS metadata confirms Parler users uploaded and shared video clips of the Capitol storming, not that they were there themselves.
Welsh party Plaid Cymru suspended council member after his posts were flagged as “misinformation” by Facebook
Williams shared links to content that said the death rate is “the same as it would be any other year.”
Mailchimp deplatforms Virginia’s top gun-rights group
The group said there was “no justification” for its account being banned.
Poland confirms new bill to protect internet users’ speech
The proposals have been brought forward.
National Association of Realtors to ban “hate speech” online
Punishment could be as much as a $15,000 and expulsion.
Canadian government to introduce online “hate speech” regulations in early 2021
Canada’s ruling Liberal Party has made tackling online “hate speech” a major priority.
Leaked video shows Jack Dorsey discussing “much bigger” Twitter censorship measures after Trump ban
Dorsey’s public statement on Trump’s suspension warned that it had set a dangerous precedent.
Former members of congress Dr Ron Paul and Tulsi Gabbard join alternative platforms
Paul joins Odysee, a promising YouTube competitor, and Gabbard joined Locals, a new Patreon alternative.
Facebook exec Sheryl Sandberg blames alt-tech for violent organization
Sandberg deflects, tries to cement Facebook’s monopoly by attacking alternatives.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey offers a conflicted response to banning Trump and the “dangerous precedent” it created
Dorsey pays lip service to Twitter’s overreach but didn’t correct anything.