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Employees call on bosses to shut down Blue Lives Matter website
Some employees aren’t happy that one of the more successful websites in the portfolio supports police.
Alex Berenson’s lockdown skeptic book rockets to top of Kindle charts after Amazon’s censorship backlash
While the book was set to do well, it was likely also helped along by the Streisand effect.
Twitter says “traditional dichotomy” of platform vs publisher doesn’t really work any more
Twitter was questioned by British lawmakers this week.
Facebook suspends account of film maker documenting peaceful protest highlights
Jason Layhue doesn’t know what policy he’s supposed to have violated.
Developers needing documentation for Microsoft’s Webpack found it was temporarily deleted, replaced with Black Lives Matter page instead
And when they complained, they were censored.
Kaitlin Bennett’s Liberty Hangout requests DMCA subpoena for info on Philip DeFranco, Young Turks, and others
Liberty Hangout previously filed a DMCA takedown notice in an attempt to get several YouTube videos criticizing Bennett removed.
In Australia, users who leave one-star reviews on businesses are increasingly being sued for defamation
Several cases are popping up each year.
UK lawmaker Yvette Cooper wonders why she gets David Icke related videos when she keeps searching “David Icke”
Cooper either has a serious lack of understanding of tech or she’s secretly wondering why Icke can even be found at all.
YouTube censors video covering syringe recalls of company set to supply Canada for mass vaccinations
The story has been covered by mainstream news outlets but for independents on YouTube it’s a violation of community guidelines.
LEGO tells affiliates to remove The White House playset from their websites
LEGO said this was part of its response to recent events in the US.
BBC “worried” that encrypted apps like Signal can’t be searched for “misinformation” in private conversations
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, several social media platforms and apps have happily decided to promote only World Health Organization-approved narratives and news across the world. While social media platforms are doing so to evade “misinformation” on their platform, the director of B
Facebook deletes Page that opposes drag queen story hour for kids
It’s not the first time they’ve been targeted by Facebook.