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Instagram will let 3rd parties fact check your memes
The tech giants want to be the sole arbiters of truth.
UK universities expel students for online “hate speech”
Top staff at the universities are rejecting free speech and proactively policing jokes and pranks that they deem to be online “hate speech.”
Australian PM proposes oppressive new social media laws
It would be some of the strictest laws in the world for social media use.
Microsoft will now police Xbox players’ language. Stick to approved “trash talk” only – or else
Tech companies striving to police language is the new nightmare.
Ex-Reddit CEO suggests conservative subreddits like “The Donald” shouldn’t exist
Pao hasn’t lost her love for the ban hammer.
UN criticizes the UK’s treatment of Julian Assange, says they’re “deeply concerned” by his arrest
Assange is spending 23 hours per day in a cell for a “minor violation”.
Snoop Dogg slams Facebook censorship in a rant on Instagram
Big tech companies have been enforcing unnecessary moral policing through which they are suppressing freedom of speech.
Facebook bans sharing and linking to Infowars content
Users who attempt to share Infowars content will be censored unless they explicitly condemn the content.
Facebook will now ban you based on who you associate with
Reports from The Verge and The Washington Post say that Facebook is now banning people for interacting with individuals that it labels as “hate figures” and terminating accounts based on user’s offline behavior.
The Facebook ban of Alex Jones, Laura Loomer, Milo Yiannopoulos, and Louis Farrakhan was part of a coordinated campaign with mainstream media outlets
Many mainstream media outlets were tipped off before the bans took place and even published reports saying some of the accounts had been banned while they were still online.
Russia’s law to close off the internet has just gotten approval
The firewall will be able to block all the forbidden sources: websites included in the national blacklists, instant messaging apps like Telegram, and VPN systems.
Sonic the Hedgehog movie trailer reaction videos targeted with false YouTube copyright claims
Reaction videos should be protected under fair use but a number of music labels have filed bogus claims against YouTube creators reacting to the trailer, even when no trailer audio was used.