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Congress Drafts Bill to Create “National Commission” for Online Content Removal
The bill calls for a “federal social media task force to coordinate the government’s response to such issues.”
Web Host Linode’s Response to False DMCA Notice Censored Investigative Journalism
The DMCA is one of the biggest threats to free speech online.
Mark Zuckerberg Agrees There “Clearly Was Bias” in Facebook “Fact-Check” of Pro-Life Non-Profit Live Action
Facebook’s “independent fact-checkers” are being investigated for alleged motive-driven fact-checking on Live Action’s page.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to Meet With Google and Facebook to Crack Down on Violent Content
Ardern highlighted the fact that tech and social media companies never worked with their competitors and that they must do so to prevent online terrorism.
Instagram Takes Down Photo of Gun Range Users, Says It’s “Violent” and “Dangerous”
The photo was posted in June 2018 and appears to have been taken down more than a year after it was originally posted. Instagram issued the following message when taking down the photo:
Twitch Streamer Greekgodx Suspended by Twitch for Gender Joke
As of now, the length of Antonatos’ ban hasn’t been confirmed.
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.
