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Singapore enforces new law – spreading fake news could carry a 10 year prison sentence
The chilling law makes the government the arbiters of truth.
Trump Jr slams big tech, calls it a threat to free speech
Trump Jr., said that the big tech poses a “threat” to free speech and that it is increasingly promoting liberal perspectives, leading to a politically biased atmosphere across the internet.
Spotify to introduce feature that allows users to “report” podcasts
Spotify makes it clear it could hide content that users complain about.
Reddit outlines new vague and ambiguous bullying and harassment guidelines
Reddit’s vague policy update is the latest of many vague policies and guidelines introduced by the tech giants this year.
YouTube reverses at least some of the censorship of Steven Crowder and others
Crowder highlighted how the search results looked before and after his lawyer contacted YouTube about the issue.
These are the words that get creators demonetized on YouTube
“Brazil”, “Idaho”, “Muslim”, “Jews”, “Racism”, “Palestinian”, “Swastika”, and even the name of the 46th Vice President of the USA, “Dick Cheney”.
Report: Facebook will only pay a quarter of the publishers featured in its coming news section
Facebook is facing growing scrutiny over the way it selectively presents the news to readers.
Facebook bans users linking to The Pirate Bay
During the older ban, Facebook users weren’t allowed to share links to torrent pages only; but now, even the links to the website’s homepage are banned.
Facebook says you can only mention Tommy Robinson if you’re criticizing him or saying “he’s an idiot”
Facebook’s communication head said, “Our rules don’t explicitly forbid talking about Tommy Robinson – you are allowed to write that you don’t like him, or that he’s an idiot.”
Facebook is censoring medical benzodiazepine support groups, leaving patients unable to find help
Users looking to learn more about the prescription drugs unable to get access to the information they need.
Yandex Zen sets its sights on being a YouTube competitor
The Yandex video service lets bloggers upload videos on Yandex Zen that must be under 15 minutes long, which then get recommended based on established user preferences.
Instagram censors artist Yuumei over #FreeHongKong art, calls it “hate speech”
Yuumei believes that this is a direct attack by the Chinese government who have taken advantage of the social network content blocking systems.