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New Instagram rules could affect diet and health Instagrammers
Instagram will ban posts that make what it deems to be “miraculous” claims about certain diet or weight loss products which are linked to a commercial offer.
Germany says Europe needs “digital border controls”, citing security, not censorship
Introducing powerful, blanket tools into the digital sphere is always a risky business in its own right.
New algorithms aim to stamp out “cyberaggression” on Twitter
The researchers who developed the tool say it could be used to find and delete “abusive accounts.”
TikTok accused of censoring content about Hong Kong protests
Yaqiu Wang, a Hong Kong-based researcher for Human Rights Watch, said the Hong Kong protests marked one of the first big tests of how Chinese companies could project the government’s dogmas to a global audience.
Facebook says it’s a publisher, invokes First Amendment rights to call Laura Loomer a “dangerous individual”
Facebook’s mind-boggling claim that its First Amendment rights allow it to ban users for exercising their own First Amendment rights – and that’s not even the only puzzling and contradictory point from the filing.
US files civil lawsuit against Edward Snowden and seeks all proceeds from his new book
The lawsuit was filed on the same day that Snowden’s book Permanent Record was released – a book which focuses on Snowden’s work for US spy agencies and why he decided to become a whistleblower.
Chinese state media accuses Facebook of “suppressing voices of justice” by supporting Hong Kong protestors
According to the commentary, Facebook is jumping to the front of the state and mobilizing violence in the Hong Kong protests.
Twitch bans SpongeBob Squarepants emote for being “sexual content”
Viewers are seeing this as yet another example of Twitch’s inconsistent standards.
YouTube bans Trump rally livestream broadcaster RSBN from streaming
After amassing over 300 million views since the network started, and having been funded through “super chats” by the live viewers of the broadcasts, the network is now left with a message saying, “Your ability to livestream has been revoked.”
Twitter bans Harry The Owl, man already suing UK police for investigating “thoughtcrimes”
Harry The Owl was criticizing another Twitter user who was celebrating the death of a woman who today died of cancer. The tweet got him banned from the platform.
Instagram censors fishmonger’s produce photos, says they’re “offensive or disturbing”
Rex Goldsmith, suspected it might have been the work of “vegan warriors.”
Parody account Titania McGrath suspended by Twitter
The social platform today suspended everyone’s favorite intersectional social justice activist Titania McGrath for seven days for a post that “violates Twitter’s terms of service”.