Speech
The “anti-meme” law just got landslide approval from House of Representatives
Congress is coming for your memes.
Mailchimp deplatforms press outlet, calls it “too risky”
It’s not only Mailchimp that is harming freedom of the press and freedom of speech when it comes to controversial topics.
Evidence suggests Tulsi Gabbard YouTube channel was censored in search at the height of media attention
Crowder says when testing YouTube search for Tulsi Gabbard via a VPN while she was a number one trending story, her channel was at the top of search for locations outside of the US but nowhere to be seen in the US.
India to introduce social media regulations that combat “fake news” and “misuse of social media”
Yet another government that wants to be the arbiter of truth.
Facebook to start revealing Page owners, forcing them to make their private information public
The changes mean many popular anonymous and pseudonymous meme pages and political pages will be forced to leave the platform.
Instagram to test suggesting accounts you may want to unfollow
As some people put it: “Sure… making us easier to manage”.
Tim Cook accepts position on advisory board of Chinese University amid criticism of Apple kowtowing to China
Tim Cook will be chairman of the board.
8chan is struggling to relaunch as “8kun” in the face of censorship and deplatforming campaign
“This is what happens when you try to support the First Amendment and the freedom of speech in America.”
Riot Games fixes censorship of term Uyghur after backlash from players, says it wasn’t intentional
“Sometimes our system bans really weird words for no good reason.”
According to Netflix documentary by Vox, Reddit, 4chan, Gab and Bodybuilding.com are “cult-like”
But the film doesn’t at all delve any deeper into why or how this may be the case.
Megan Phelps-Roper’s new book Unfollow is an ode to free speech and shows the danger of Twitter censorship
Phelps-Roper’s testimony shows just how important free speech online is.
UK police to start monitoring Twitter for “hate tweet” pre-crimes
The UK is aspiring to be China.