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A Chinese Woman Criticized the Chinese Communist Party on Twitter. Now She’s Disappeared.
Silenced.
Dec 5, 2020
British YouTuber Arrested by Police on “Terrorism” Charges for Filming Cops
Police admitted it was a mistake.
Dec 5, 2020
Australian PM Scott Morrison Uses WeChat to Point Out China’s Propaganda, Gets Deleted
As expected.
Dec 5, 2020
RationalityRule Channel Says It Was Trying to Debunk “Conspiracies” When It Was Deleted by YouTube for “Misinformation”
Death by bot.
Dec 4, 2020
Biden Covid Chief Jeff Zients Gets Wikipedia Page Scrubbed and Rewritten
Paying to rewrite history.
Dec 4, 2020
YouTube to Survey Creators on Their Race, Gender, and Sexuality so It Can Manipulate Algorithms Accordingly
A controversial move to introduce active discrimination.
Dec 4, 2020
Twitter Likes to Censor Government Officials in the US – But Not Those From China
Twitter doesn’t hold Chinese officials to the same standard as those in the West.
Dec 4, 2020
Etsy Bans “Stop the Steal” Beanies for “Harmful Misinformation”
Knitters are now being censored under far-reaching misinformation rules.
Dec 4, 2020
YouTube to Start Warning Users When Their Comments “May Be Offensive to Others”
More restrictions on the comments section.
Dec 3, 2020
Facebook to Give Lesser Punishment for “Hate Speech” Against White People Than Against Minorities
Selective discrimination: Comments against men will also be treated more lightly than comments against women.
Dec 3, 2020
Beaker Browser Allows Users to Create Decentralized Websites
An interesting idea.
Dec 3, 2020
Lush Backs Into Apology for Donating to Women’s Group After Online Campaign From Trans Activists
Lush faced a pressure campaign.
Dec 3, 2020