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Russian Court Orders Censorship of Two LGBT Network Websites
The St Petersburg Court ordered the blocking two popular LGBT networking sites and said they were promoting “anti-family values.”
Reddit Is About to Further Censor Its Communities to Attract Advertisers
Only time will tell to how far this policy will go and how much it will hurt communities to increase profit.
Facebook Won’t Say Why Articles Critical of Mark Zuckerberg Mysteriously Disappeared
Facebook’s silence isn’t causing some people to believe they did it on purpose.
Contradicting Their Recent History, Facebook VP Nick Clegg Says They Don’t Want to Police the Internet
That will come as a surprise to many who have had their pages or accounts suspended or banned.
Twitch Will Quietly Disable the Ability to Comment on VODs on November 12
Not only this, but existing comments will also disappear.
Joe Biden Thinks He Can Introduce Background Checks for Accessing 3D Printed Gun Code
The big picture of this issue is that the State Department’s unchecked power to control what information is published online can lead to sweeping censorship.
Human Rights Activist Yasmine Mohammed Slams Amazon for Labeling Her “Controversial” and Rejecting Her Book Ads
A few hours after she posted about Amazon suspending her ads, Mohammed says her post was then removed by Facebook for violating its community standards.
Stack Exchange Moderators Quit After New Rules Forcing Members to Use “Preferred Gender Pronouns”
Cellio explained that she was terminated under the assumption that Cellio “will in the future violate a thoughtcrime-style provision of a Code of Conduct change that hasn’t been made yet.”
Democrats Call on Facebook to Shut Off Trump’s Ad Campaigns
The DNC is not missing a beat on its multi-year narrative, which prominently included building a case for “fake news” and “fact-checking” – as it now calls on Facebook not to allow Trump to argue his case.
The White House Is the Latest Victim of YouTube’s Bogus Copyright System
Trump has had many of his viral memes suppressed this year as a result of questionable copyright claims.
Iraq Government Blocks Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and Others to Squash Protests
As of Thursday morning, nearly three-fourth of the country is devoid of internet connectivity.
Apple Bans Hong Kong Protest Safety App and Is Accused of “Sucking Up to China”
Hong Kong protestors and residents used the app to avoid conflict and areas that local police had marked as “illegal assembly” zones.
