Speech
TikTok apologizes, reinstates account of Feroza Aziz who highlighted China’s human rights transgressions
TikTok says it wasn’t censorship.
Facebook says this book about historical military headwear is “too political”, won’t let it be promoted
Facebook wouldn’t let the book be advertised.
Apple Maps caves and lists Crimea as part of The Russian Federation
Russia has been putting pressure on Apple.
Court says murderer can force publications to alter history and censor his crimes from the internet
The controversial “right to be forgotten” laws are covering up murders.
Legacy media frames another Trump Twitter meme as “doctored”
Framing memes as “doctored” blurs the lines between light-hearted memes and media that’s manipulated with the intent to deceive.
Larry Sanger outlines Encyclosphere, a decentralized encyclopedia without the gatekeeping of Wikipedia
Sanger has a solution to the problems with Wikipedia.
Joy Behar: Facebook’s biggest crime is “spreading hate speech”
Behar agreed with comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s call to censor social media.
Facebook blocks links to website calling for investigation of Amazon Ring surveillance
The blocked website was promoting a new campaign launched by more than a dozen civil liberties groups.
First result of Singapore’s new “fake news” law was political censorship, of course
Who could have guessed?
Tulsi Gabbard and Joe Rogan agree that new laws need to be formed to end big tech censorship
Gabbard is proposing new laws that will protect freedom of speech and access to information online.
Iran considers internet “whitelist” of approved websites, all others will be blocked
The move follows a period of complete internet blackout in the region.
European Commission severely criticizes France’s impossible “hate speech” laws, freezes the bill
The bill is dead on arrival.