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Carl Benjamin’s Akkad Daily YouTube channel demonetized for “harassment”
Benjamin said that the channel had no prior strikes.
Chinese citizens turn to GitHub to archive coronavirus outbreak events in a bit to avoid censorship
Volunteers are working to archive the truth.
Hungarian state media needs permission to report on Greta Thunberg, report suggests
The rules have raised accusations of censorship.
Woman in Spain could face jail time over sharing “fake news” in unprecedented case
Prosecutors shockingly filed a lawsuit.
Digital rights group suggests “meme ban” upload filters could clash with privacy laws
The EU’s baby may not be able to legally exist.
Reddit user wins case against Jehovah’s Witnesses who attempted to unmask them and sue over copyright
Many saw the case as an attempt to weaponize the DMCA.
EA slammed for hitting FIFA streamer Kurt with “pathetic” copyright strike, causing Twitch ban
EA’s actions against Kurt over the last few weeks have been described as “disgusting” and “tyrannical.”
YouTube deletes I,Hypocrite’s channel, claims debate video is “hate speech”
It appears that YouTube’s AI deems debates discussing the harm caused by ideological and political violence to be “hate speech.”
Researchers say “problematic content” on YouTube has tanked, but call for YouTube to kill more
The study also questions whether content deemed to be “conspiratorial” should be recommended on YouTube at all.
Signal’s Brian Acton: It’s not up to technologists to be the ones to render judgment
“I don’t like being a nanny company.”
Federal funds used to research “online hate speech” with the goal of training hate speech algorithms
YouTube’s unpredictable hate speech algorithms have resulted in many innocuous videos being demonetized or removed.