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Twitter bans Project Veritas’ ads account over video exposing Twitter’s shadow banning practices
The video has been used by Senator Ted Cruz in a congressional hearing and is in the record of the US Congress.
Amsterdam District Court orders Google to remove negative reviews
An interesting case out of The Netherlands.
When the internet is cut off, protestors find it hard to rely on bitcoin
Iran and Hong Kong have both experienced recent shutdowns.
Twitter suspends journalist Andy Ngo for tweeting about transgender violence statistics
Twitter claims the tweet violated its rules around “hateful conduct.”
Activision’s quest for approval from China could be hindered by the Blizzard Hong Kong censorship fiasco
Activision own Blizzard Entertainment.
Pornstars are facing mass flagging on Instagram, even when content contains no sexual imagery
One pornstar was told by a flagger: “leave porn and live a better and more respectful life.”
YouTuber CGP Grey suggests video on American Indians is being suppressed from YouTube Trending
This is his best performing recent video and didn’t hit Trending yet one of his less popular videos got to number three on Trending.
Report suggests forms of TikTok censorship, how moderators tag “risks” and block or throttle videos
TikTik is facing increased scrutiny over censorship fears.
Bloomberg parody account “ElBloombito” is back on Twitter after suspiciously timed suspension
Just before Bloomberg’s presidential announcement the account was suspended.
Telegram is growing 50% year over year in daily active users
Several factors could be behind the rapid growth.
Obama misses the days of 3 TV channels: online people don’t know “what to believe and what not to believe”
Fewer people than ever are interested in being spoon-fed the mainstream narratives.
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab pushes back against Google and Soros-backed “fact-checker”
Who watches the watchers?