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Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe suspended from Twitter
O’Keefe was suspended after tweeting about his exposé on Bernie Sanders campaign staffers.
Thailand begins arresting citizens for “inducing panic” online by sharing coronavirus information
Thailand is the latest country to make sharing unverified information a criminal offense.
Newsweek says it flagged YouTube channels that contained content from rival media outlet, Infowars
YouTube deleted the channels in response to Newsweek’s flagging.
Twitter announces new rules likely to kill some memes
Twitter says “synthetic or manipulated media” may be labeled or removed under the new rules.
Viral video shows Police in China arriving at woman’s door, telling her to delete coronavirus post
The video is just one of the videos that give a glimpse into how Chinese censorship works.
YouTube pledges to boosting “authoritative sources” during 2020 election
Independent creators fall, legacy outlets rise.
News editor: Reporting “both sides” of climate change is “dangerous”, deniers should have accounts locked
“A zero-tolerance approach to moderating climate change deniers, and skeptics.”
“Manipulators” – new book documents big-tech anti-Trump biases
One section of the book says Google’s offices were used to organize anti-Trump events.
Canadian government proposes that news media outlets need a license
The proposals could also include a Canadian government body mandating what “sources of accurate, trusted, and reliable sources of news” are.
Chinese authorities finally release doctor who was arrested for predicting coronavirus epidemic
Dr. Li Wenliang was made to sign a statement suggesting that his behavior was illegal.
Twitter gives university access to student’s parody account after administrators complained about its tweets
The student was locked out of the account, the associated email was changed, and some of its tweets were deleted.
Stephen King quits Facebook, unhappy with “false information” – will stick to Twitter instead
Apparently, Twitter is fine.