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Michael Moore documentary Planet of The Humans censored on YouTube after copyright claim
Just 4 seconds of footage in a 1 hour 40 minute documentary got the whole thing removed under YouTube’s bogus system for dealing with copyright.
Vice President Mike Pence: We’re not going to tolerate social media censorship
Pence didn’t provide specifics on how the Trump administration plans to tackle online censorship.
Journalists discover their “credible” reporting is being caught up in Twitter’s misinformation filters
Journalists who called for warning labels will have to learn to live in the world they created.
Kansas woman sues town mayor for deleting her critical Facebook comments
The lawsuit argues a breach of First Amendment rights.
Productivity app Notion blocked in China
You know you’ve made it when you’re blocked in China.
CNN wants to know why Trump’s tweets don’t get a misinformation warning label
Twitter declined to comment.
Twitter accused of retaliating against journalists by removing verified status
This isn’t the first time Twitter has been accused of this.
Twitter puts a lot of effort into policing opinions, but reports suggest it should focus more on child abuse
Twitter might want to focus more on removing illegal content before it focuses on removing legal opinions.
David Icke announces that he’s now banned from PayPal
Icke has been banned from many Big Tech platforms after he suggested that the coronavirus was being used to seize people’s rights in a viral video interview.
Wikipedia introduces new rules to fight “toxic” behavior
If anything, “toxicity” is the least of Wikipedia’s problems.
Valve releases alpha build of censored Steam client for the Chinese market
Corporations can’t resit the Chinese market, even if it means having to censor.
Google takes aim at QAnon apps
Why the sudden crackdown?