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Mark Dice video censored after being hit with bogus copyright and privacy claims
YouTube’s flagging system continues to be abused for censorship.
Facebook censored iconic photo of Soviet flag raised over Reichstag on VE day
Apparently it broke Facebook’s “dangerous” organizations rule.
Canada’s Pension Plan revealed to be major shareholder in Chinese company Tencent, disclosures show
Tencent has long been accused of censorship and surveillance on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party, leading to “innocent people’s arrest and torture.”
China’s Animal Crossing Players use code words and middlemen to circumvent CCP censorship
The CCP banned Animal Crossing New Horizons in China after some players used in-game features to criticize the Chinese government.
Congressman Paul Gosar asks AG Barr to investigate censorship of Laura Loomer and Paul Joseph Watson
Facebook has previously argued that its decision to brand Loomer dangerous is a “protected statement of opinion.”
UN Secretary-General wages war on “contemptible memes”
Antonio Guterres may not know what memes are but he’s not a fan.
YouTube CEO: Users don’t like “authoritative” mainstream media channels but we boost them anyway
Susan Wojcicki confirms your suspicions.
Twitter cracks down hard on “misinformation,” unless it comes from China
Twitter is pushing back against the State Department.
Behind the scenes of China’s “content surveillance”
China’s WeChat censors messages containing blacklisted words, keeping citizens in the dark about major issues.
Free Speech Alliance calls for an end to Facebook’s “Supreme Court” of speech authority
Groups are pushing back at the way Facebooks Oversight Board has been set up.
YouTube strips human rights activist Jennifer Zeng of income
Suggesting the origin of the coronavirus was China seems to be problematic for Google.
YouTube CEO admits changing the recommendation algorithm in response to media’s radicalization theory
The theory has been contradicted by research data but YouTube still made changes in response to mainstream media articles pushing this narrative.