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Hong Kong Starts Blocking VPNs as Protests Continue
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam hinted that the country may start blocking certain internet applications to stop the protestors organizing last week.
EA Censors Forums to Silence Backlash After Adding Muslim Content to Sims 4 but Not Allowing Other Religions
There have been several concerns, not only the nature of the update, but also EA’s handling of dissenters.
Finnish Politician’s Bible Quote on Facebook Lands Her With a “Hate Crime” Investigation
Congresswoman Räsänen had posted a status update criticizing the Church’s participation in LGBT events along with a picture of Romans 1:24-27 from the Bible.
Facebook Censors Satirical Women’s Site Reductress, Suggests Satire Is “Clickbait”
Facebook calls the satirical site Clickbait.
8chan Owner Jim Watkins Defends the First Amendment Before Congress, Could Be Back Online Within Days
8chan owner Jim Watkins previously said he was keeping the site offline until his testimony before the House Homeland Security Committee.
Facebook and Microsoft Are Creating Their Own Deepfakes
This Deepfake Detection Challenge (DFDC) raises new questions about how these types of detection tools will be applied to memes and other types of satirical content.
YouTubers Popular With Kids to Face “Significant Business Impact”, Disabled Ads, Comments, and Notifications
The changes are likely to be far-reaching and impact gaming channels, family vlogging channels, and other major channel categories on YouTube.
Hong Kong Protesters Use Offline Message Apps Bridgefy and FireChat to Avoid Censorship
This type of offline app has a crucial role in circumventing censors – even if the authorities, too, can hop on to the network at will.
YouTube Is Now Removing Over 100,000 Videos per Quarter for “Hate Speech”
Yet another example of YouTube moving towards so-called “authoritative sources” while neglecting independent creators.
Chinese-Style Social Media Censorship Is Increasingly Influencing Western Platforms
Chinese-style social media censorship – coming to a Western democracy near you.
Governments Around the World Are Increasingly Shutting Off the Internet, Putting Citizens at Risk
23 countries deployed internet blackouts 114 times as a control technique in the first six months of 2019 alone.
Reddit Tests Warning Users About Some Communities
Reddit often quarantines communities because they don’t remove posts. Now it’s warning users who visit communities that remove too many posts.
