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Members15 times YouTube turned its back on creators since the first upload 15 years ago this week
?In the 15 years since, YouTube has eroded most of the creator-focused culture that helped build the platform.
Joe Biden memes are increasingly hard to post on Twitter
What could the reason be?
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey proposes editorializing the tweets of world leaders like Trump
Dorsey calls it providing “context that is credible.”
Popular YouTube MP3 and MP4 ripper Yout blocked by all major Danish ISPs
While blocking orders continue to be granted, they often prove to be ineffective.
President Trump’s viral Biden-Obama Twitter meme censored after DMCA notice from Warner Chappell Music
Another Trump meme blocked after a questionable copyright claim.
Twitter bans unverified coronavirus claims that “could” lead to social unrest
Big tech continues to restrict what users can say about the coronavirus.
Facebook agrees to censor on behalf of Vietnam’s Communist Party so it can still do business in the country
Governments around the world could see this as an open invitation to recruit Facebook for state censorship.
YouTube to allow advertisers to block keywords, will likely hurt creators’ income (even more)
“Brand-safe” content could soon be the only way to monetize on YouTube.
Instagram head Adam Mosseri says a mass auto-blocking feature is “interesting”
The feature would make it easier for Instagram users to build their own echo chambers.
Brian France uses lawsuit to shut down Drunk Brian France parody account
SLAAP lawsuits are once again being used to suppress parody.
UK nurses remove Twitter Maori tribute video after being accused of “cultural appropriation”
The nurses caved to online pressure.
State governors say Facebook is lying, Facebook alone decided to shut down protest groups
States say Facebook decided to censor the groups on their own accord.