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Angela Merkel Says Germany Must Limit Speech or “Society Will No Longer Be the Free Society It Was”
Merkel’s logic: Less freedom = more freedom.
Communist Vietnam Jails Three More Citizens for Their Facebook Posts
The total for this month is now five.
DC Comics Deletes Batman Poster After Backlash From Chinese Comments Alleging Hong Kong Support
Batman being dressed in black (as if he’s not usually) and throwing a Molotov cocktail means DC are supporting Hong Kong. Apparently.
China Wants to Lead UN Agency That Allows Copyright Holders to Seize Web Domains
The policy which allows domain seizures has been criticized for clamping down on parody and criticism.
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.
