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Petition calls on the BBC to stop “erasing history” and reinstate canceled Proms songs
The summer of cancel culture isn’t over.
StoryFire is growing as a valid YouTube competitor
The app is growing in popularity.
Nigerian movie Ife will go online to avoid censorship
The film documents a lesbian relationship – something that is banned in the country.
Assistant literary agent fired after transgender activists complain that her Twitter account is “transphobic”
The bio of the account made no reference to her employer.
Australian public servant fired over article that talked about how Big Tech has profited from COVID-19
He was told to delete it or lose his job.
TikTok’s news app censored mentions of Tibet and The Dalai Lama
TikTok’s name is constantly finding itself in the same sentence as “censorship.”
Facebook blocks popular Group in Thailand for criticizing the country’s monarchy
The Group had over 1 million members.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War trailer censored in China for showing 1 second of Tiananmen Square footage
References to Tiananmen Square are highly censored in China.
Koreans are being arrested for coronavirus “misinformation” online
In Korea, so-called “misinformation” goes beyond censorship – it leads to jail.
Oracle supports groups pushing against social media censorship. What would an Oracle-owned TikTok look like?
Would Oracle change its tune if it owned its own social media platform?
Report: Facebook to allow posts that encourage people to send in multiple copies of their mail-in ballots
The New York Times reports that this will be exempt from Facebook’s election integrity rules.
FEC questioned on election ethics of Big Tech censoring Laura Loomer but not her rival
“Can these tech companies legally grant material benefit to one political candidate, but not another?” the letter asks.