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Apple chooses to ignore US lawmakers and be a “accomplice for Chinese censorship”
“We Hongkongers will definitely look closely at whether Apple chooses to uphold its commitment to free expression and other basic human rights,” said one Hong Kong lawmaker.
Official Disney website page for Winnie the Pooh blocked in Hong Kong
It appears that the official Disney Winnie the Pooh page has been blocked in Hong Kong for more than a year.
Blizzard accused of disabling authentication to stop users deleting accounts during boycott
Multiple Blizzard users are reporting that the company won’t let them authenticate and close their accounts.
This week Facebook says it’s not a publisher, contradicting previous statements
Facebook’s motion to dismiss then refers to the US Communications Decency Act (CDA) Section 230.
Privacy-focused email service Tutanota censored in Egypt, working on solutions
Users are urged to use a VPN to get around the ban.
Epic Games says it wont censor for China, but Chinese Tencent owns 40% of the company
Unlike Blizzard, Epic is pledging not to introduce censorship on political grounds.
Devin Nunes lawsuit that could force Twitter to disclose evidence of anti-conservative bias allowed to proceed
Nunes’ lawsuit alleges that the company does not enforce its terms and rules equally and that it actively censors and shadowbans conservatives such as Nunes while amplifying the voices of his Democratic detractors.
The Trump Administration is invoking Section 230 protection clause for social platforms in trade deals
The goal of this seems to be to protect US tech companies’ business abroad from lawsuits.
Warner Brothers hides original Batwoman trailers to hide severe negative criticism and downvotes
The studio’s original trailer, released back in May, is now no longer available.
Blizzard is the latest company to bend the knee to China
The player shouted in the stream “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our age!”. Shortly after the video would be cut, being replaced by advertising.
Vietnamese pro-democracy activist’s Facebook posts land him in jail
Police arrested Vuong on the grounds of “making, storing, disseminating or propagandizing information, materials, and products that aim to oppose the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.”
Europe wants to create a Digital Media Observatory to fight fake news
Previous European initiatives against disinformation have turned out to be complete flops.