Speech
Censorship King Jack Dorsey maxes out donations to free speech queen Tulsi Gabbard
Why would someone who runs a platform that has squashed one side of the public debate be supporting the free speech candidate?
DNC lawsuit against WikiLeaks dismissed, judge rules publishing stolen emails is protected by First Amendment
The lawsuit sought to hold WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, the Trump campaign, the Russian Federation, and others liable for the 2015/2016 hacks of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) computers which led to thousands of emails being leaked.
Fact checker says Facebook isn’t doing enough to combat so-called “fake news”
The group wants Facebook to share more data with “fact checkers” to improve the results.
Twitter notifies users to “support a culture of respect”
Yet another example of Twitter stepping up its efforts to police speech on the platform.
Twitch streamer Anomaly banned for accidentally showing less than two seconds of Hitler Minecraft skin
This is the latest controversial ban that highlights Twitch’s inconsistent application of its rules.
Tulsi Gabbard: to protect free speech online, break up big tech monopolies
Gabbard has consistently spoken out against censorship and promoted free speech online.
YouTube chief proposes “positive discrimination” of “authoritative sources” like CNN over indie creators
YouTube appears to be turning its back on the users that built the platform.
With the CASE act, Congress takes aim at memes
The CASE act will allow copyright trolls to tackle those who upload works they don’t own the original copyright for.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey vows to suppress “misinformation” on the road to the 2020 elections
Dorsey isn’t the only big tech CEO that’s made this promise.
Google whistleblower Greg Coppola to Tucker: algorithms don’t “write themselves”
The reprimanded employee went on Fox News to give more info about what he says are Google’s biases.
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman tries to explain the vague reasons behind “quarantining” subreddits like The Donald
Keeping the rules vague seems to be a recent tactic to allow platforms to ban at will, even when users abide by the rules.
Instagram mass suspends 30+ meme accounts with over 33 million total followers
Instagram previously mass-purged meme accounts from its platform at the end of 2018.