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Democrat Rep. Frederica Wilson calls for the prosecution of people who make fun of Congress online
Wilson’s comments are the latest in a series of calls from leading Democrats to censor online discourse.
Joe Biggs banned from Twitter after being mysteriously unverified
Many people are suggesting that Biggs was banned for calling out Antifa.
France is pushing a new law forcing social platforms to remove “hate speech” in 24 hours
No one can agree on what it is, but France wants it banned.
Big tech’s ironic defense against regulation: it would kill free speech
Big tech companies have already begun a campaign of censorship in recent years. However, when the UK government threatens to mandate removing content even when it’s legal, tech companies seem to want to push back.
Google manipulates search results after mass shootings, Google engineer reveals
It’s just one of the many examples of Google changing the search results for political or social purposes.
Google CEO lied to congress about search manipulation, former Google engineer says
The former Google engineer Mike Wacker says that various investigative reports and statements from Google engineers show that Pichai’s past statements to Congress are not true.
Facebook says it’s preparing its “civil rights task force” for 2020
Facebook hasn’t yet realized that maybe it itself is the “interference” that should be kept away from the election or the census.
Elizabeth Warren calls for more big tech censorship to stop “vile lies”
Warren has called for the breaking up of big tech but it seems she’s more interesting in using tech companies to her own advantage.
Bret Weinstein: “Google is behaving like a little totalitarian state”
Weinstein believes that Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms are sitting in the center of our ability to collectively think and that we should be quite frightened by this notion.
Larry Sanger, Wikipedia co-founder, calls for a Declaration of Digital Independence
Sanger outlines the problems with the modern web.
Democrats say Facebook is “not doing enough” ahead of the 2020 election
The terms “fake news” and “misinformation” are thrown around.
Facebook is creating its own “Supreme Court” oversight board for content
Facebook are working on deciding who should be allowed to decide what content is allowed on Facebook.