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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.
In an Attempt to Block a Massage Parlor, the Kazakhstan Government Blocked Over 93,000 Websites
Several of these website blocking attempts make use of a method in which a website is blocked by its IP address, an outdated practice that does more harm than good.
Judge Calls on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Testify on Blocking Twitter Users From Seeing Her Tweets
Ocasio-Cortez previously claimed that she only blocked accounts for “ongoing harassment”
YouTube Says Rule Exceptions Are Made With Content From Some Politicians
YouTube’s CEO Susan Wojcicki spoke at The Atlantic Festival.
Take-Two Interactive Accused of Harassing YouTuber’s Mom Over Red Dead Redemption Mod
YouTuber and modder GamingDamned says that Take-Two Interactive illegally obtained non-public contact information and then harassed him and his family.
Report Finds Evidence of TikTok Censorship
ByteDance said the original goal was to not censorship – but preventing “conflict” from the real world spilling over to the platform.
Alex Jones Sues the Young Turks and Brianna Wu for Libel
Jones’ suit alleges that the defendants libeled Jones over the summer when they falsely accused him of sending child porn.
