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Facebook Says Politicians Are Exempt From Third-Party Fact-Checking Program but Still Fact-Checks Their Posts
The exemption will only apply to “organic content” that has been created by the politician.
Duolingo Censors App After Twitter Users Say Phrasing Is Offensive to Illegal Immigrants
The CEO announced that they would censor the app and remove those phrases anyway to avoid any confusion.
YouTuber Drift0r Used the N-Word in an Anti-Racism Video. Now an Online Mob Is Trying to Get Him Cancelled
Brad Overbey, AKA Drift0r, is a popular gaming YouTuber with over 1.41 million subscribers and has been on the platform for over a decade.
Kara Swisher and Sarah Jeong Say There Is No Evidence of Social Media Bias Against Conservatives
Numerous investigative reports and leaked documents have shown big tech algorithms and employees appearing to suppress conservative content in 2019.
Glawischnig-Piesczek vs. Facebook Could Determine the Future of Social Media Upload Filters
Back in 2016, a Facebook post containing an article with a photograph of the Austrian politician was posted alongside comments calling her a “corrupt oaf,” “lousy traitor” and so on.
Amazon, LinkedIn, and WhatsApp Join Big Tech Anti-Terror Coalition for Fighting “Extremist” Content Online
The announcement follows warnings from the EFF that innocent users will be hurt the most when attempting to crush “extremist” speech online.
Egypt Censors News Websites and Social Apps During Unrest
NetBlocks said that while access to Facebook Messenger, Facebook image CDN servers, and the BBC, among others, was not blocked as of Sunday, it appeared to be restricted to various degrees.
YouTube’s Anti-Conspiracy Algorithm Has Boosted Legacy Media at the Expense of YouTubers
Independent creators are consistently drawing the short end of the stick.
BBC Tests Allowing Users to Hide “Triggering” News
The project is now in its testing phase, and the BBC doesn’t seem to be planning to introduce it soon.
Tulsi: Tech Giants Against Free Speech Is “a Danger to Us All”
Gabbard pointed out that the fact Google didn’t hesitate to suspend the account of a member of Congress and a presidential candidate, means that “regular” people and their right to free speech are just as endangered – if with fewer resources to protect themselves.
EFF Warns That Frantic Push to Crush “Extremist” Speech Online Will Hurt Innocent Users
Hard questions are being asked about the way content is treated and censored online by some of the world’s most powerful platforms.
World’s Largest and Oldest Commercial Archive Adland Taken Offline After Questionable DMCA Claim
Adland had been online for 23 years and often hosted ads that had been banned or censored elsewhere.
