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Elon Musk calls for Amazon to be broken up in response to its censorship of dissenting coronavirus perspective
Amazon dominates many sectors, including ebook sales where it has an estimated 83% share of the US market.
Google bans app that revealed apps that have ties to China
Google says it violates its policies.
US Justice Department defends tech liability immunity in YouTube censorship case
The defense came just three weeks before President Trump called for this immunity to be revoked.
Cyber attacks increase, attempt to take down Black advocacy groups and US government agencies during protests
DDOS attacks are an increasing form of censorship.
After media pressure, Facebook considers adding “violence” warnings to posts from world leaders
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg criticized Twitter for doing the same thing less than a week ago.
Trump campaign says Snapchat is trying to “rig” the election after it decides to hide Trump from Discover but not Biden
Snapchat says Trump incites “racial violence and injustice.”
Mark Zuckerberg plays hard to get but we all know he’ll capitulate to the media’s demands soon enough
The media is pulling out all the stops to pressure Zuckerberg to censor the President.
Video game critic uses DMCA to censor videos of him making distasteful jokes
The DMCA is being used to censor content again.
Appeals court in Australia confirms news publishers are liable for users’ comments on their Facebook pages
It’s hard to see how the ruling is feasible.
Netflix faces backlash for censoring pork in India
Users say they’ll cancel their accounts. Netflix says it complies with local customs.
Twitter strips journalist Peter Lloyd of verification after he condemns riots and looting
Lloyd described criminals looting an Amazon van as “opportunistic thieves” before his verification badge was removed.