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China announces top critic who disappeared after criticizing CCP is undergoing “disciplinary review”
Ren Zhigiang criticized the government’s coronavirus censorship.
Colleges threaten students not to share any recordings of classes outside the school
Don’t reveal what goes on behind closed doors.
Chinese game developer bans Taiwanese players for using terms “China coronavirus” and “Wuhan coronavirus”
Chinese government officials and legacy media outlets have tried to dissuade people from describing the coronavirus in a way that points to its origins.
Grammar app Grammarly says it recommends people don’t use phrase “Chinese” or “Wuhan” virus
Grammarly suggests people “change the term” to avoid bias and misinformation.
YouTube hits Cringe Panda channel with two strikes and removes videos that criticize transgender activists
YouTube said that the videos violated its controversial “hate speech” rules.
WhatsApp to cut message forwarding to prevent coronavirus “misinformation”
WhatsApp can’t read people’s messages so it’ll just prevent everyone from forwarding too much.
Facebook warns users not to talk about a link between 5G and COVID-19 or it’ll be deleted
Facebook says it will take a zero tolerance stance towards the conspiracy.
YouTube censors popular David Icke interview which had 339,000 views in 30 minutes
Big tech continues cracking down on what people are allowed to say about the coronavirus.
What happens when big tech’s authoritative sources get it wrong?
What’s the long-term impact of the wrong information been sent to the top of recommendation algorithms?
Independent news outlet We Are Change suddenly demonetized by YouTube
The channel had no strikes and YouTube didn’t cite any specific videos or violations.
Blizzard fine Overwatch league players $1000 for “inappropriate language”
Viewers are calling on Blizzard to reverse it.