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Meme artist Carpe Donktum has 14 Twitter memes removed after a wave of DMCA takedown notices
The war on memes continues.
WhatsApp was so desperate to suppress conspiracy theories it suppressed everything
Facebook is taking a sledgehammer approach to even private conversations.
YouTube: creators “espousing” opinions “in their basement” can’t provide context on the news
YouTube is cementing the power of the already-established players, making it difficult for small creators to get traction.
Bill Gates praises China’s response to the outbreak
China’s censorship-driven response to the coronavirus has earned it praise from the former Microsoft CEO.
The movies and shows censored on Disney Plus
Isn’t art supposed to be a product and a representation of its time?
MembersHow Twitter enabled the legacy media’s war on memes
?Memes are now “manipulated media” or “hoaxes” according to mainstream media.
Harvard and Arizona law professors lay out the case for online “speech control”
“Significant monitoring and speech control are inevitable components of a mature and flourishing internet, and governments must play a large role in these practices to ensure that the internet is compatible with a society’s norms and values.”
YouTube and Twitter censor medical research center’s UV therapy after NY Times journalist probe
More mainstream media collusion with big tech.
Twitch streamer Alinity’s nip slip reignites accusations of unfair bias from Twitch moderators
Twitch is accused of blatant bias once again, as it refuses to reprimand its golden goose, while other streamers are banned for trivial issues.
Human rights activist Drew Pavlou smeared by Chinese propaganda as “anti-China rioter”
China isn’t happy about the way Pavlou is highlighting their human rights abuses.
Joe Rogan slams YouTube’s ban on anything that goes against the WHO
“They were given Chinese propaganda, they were spreading it,” Rogan said.
China ordered removal of Feishu app from app stores after it allowed citizens to access Western information
ByteDance have had to release a modified version of that app.