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Leaked Video Shows YouTube CEO Talking News Manipulation, Deciding What’s “Authoritative” and What’s “Trashy”
YouTube CEO admits that it manipulates news ranking.
Twitter Locks Account of Leading Gun Statistics Expert John Lott
Lott is accusing the platform of political bias.
Twitch Streamer Anomaly’s Ban for Briefly Showing Hitler Minecraft Skin Has Been Lifted
The ban was criticized by many people who saw it as yet another example of Twitch’s inconsistent application of the rules.
Twitter Is Testing a Filter That Hides “Offensive” Direct Messages
It’s part of Twitter’s continued efforts to police what users see on the platform.
Google Leaker Says Tulsi Gabbard May Have Been Victim of Same Exploit Used to Take Down Jordan Peterson
Gabbard is suing Google for suspending her search ads account a few hours after the first Democratic presidential debate.
Moderation AI Is Doing a Bad Job Considering Language, Culture, and Context
AI just doesn’t understand context and it’s censoring people for no reason.
Feminist Social Network Spinster Is the Newest and Biggest Free Speech Platform Using Gab
Gab seems to be delivering on what it says on the box.
Instagram Is Training a “Fact-Checking” AI That Will Suppress “Misinformation”
It’s part of Facebook’s continued efforts to censor information through “fact-checking” in the run up to 2020.
New Facebook Group Tools to Tackle “Problematic” Content Will Just Drive Users Into the Shadows, Experts Warm
“I am very concerned this will further allow conspiracy communities and violent extremists to further obfuscate their activity”
8chan Owner Jim Watkins Subpoenaed by House Homeland Security Committee
This follows the same committee requested that Watkins testify before Congress earlier this month.
Google Leaker Zach Vorhies Delivers Trove of Data Showing Google Biases to the Department of Justice
The Google leaks contradict their public testimony and the Vorhies wants the DOJ to know.
Google Leak Appears to Show Search Blacklists, Something Google Testified Don’t Exist
In July Google testified: “We don’t use blacklists, whitelists to influence our search results.”
