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A Reddit user proves he was banned from a subreddit because of racist mods
A Reddit user was banned and told “no whites allowed”.
Instagram wants to tackle “bullying” by “stopping harassment before it even starts”
“The platform would notice” that its user is “about to leave a negative comment”.
YouTube’s move to promote more so-called “authoritative sources” has wiped out $70 billion from Google’s value
Alphabet, the parent company of Google and several other subsidiaries have suffered from a sharp decline in revenue. The stock value of the company went down more than 8% on Tuesday, wiping out $70 billion in value. This Monday, it was reported that the ad revenue grew by 15% when compared to t
Facebook is refusing to run political ads encouraging citizens to vote in the EU election
Who knew that over-regulation of online speech, whether imposed or self-imposed, could end up producing “unintended consequences”? Well that would be just about every digital rights and freedoms outfit out there that has been warning about this possibility every time governments – the EU includ
Patreon just widened their terms of service to support the authoritarian practices they’ve been following for some time
Patreon’s terms of service on so-called hate speech have been widely criticized as their terms have applied to whatever you do in your life, regardless of whether it’s on the Patreon platform or not.
The Sri Lankan government has lifted the highly controversial social media ban following the Easter attack on Christians
The Sri Lankan Government has lifted the nine-day ban imposed social media sites Facebook, YouTube and more following the bombings in the country that took place during Easter. The country’s government stated that they banned social media sites to prevent the spreading of fake news and misinfor
Twitch apparently banned a user for “hate speech” for having the name “Trump” in his username
An email explaining the ban D_Trump_Apprentice69 received from Twitch said that the account was suspended indefinitely for picking an inappropriate username.
New Zealand man, Philip Arps, pleads guilty to sharing Christchurch shooting video online – faces up to 14 years in jail
Philip Arps, a Christchurch resident, pleaded guilty to two counts of distributing the Mosque shooting video. He faces up to 14 years in jail.
Comedian Steven Crowder says his YouTube channel with 3.7 million subscribers could be removed due to fake copyright claims
Three bogus copyright strikes were filed against an original “Dr. Trump” parody music video in the span of a week and Crowder says that these strikes may lead to his YouTube channel being terminated.
New Texas bill aims to stop Facebook and Twitter censoring content on the basis of political views
The vote in Texas this week on Senate Bill (SB) 2373 shows the relevance of this consideration
Popular UK news outlet Politicalite has Facebook page shut down
Politicalite UK writes that Facebook informed them their page had been “unpublished” – leaving the media outlet unable to reach 40,000 followers it had amassed on the global social media platform.
Twitter suspends the campaign accounts of two British MEP election candidates
Benjamin’s team and UKIP (the political party Benjamin represents) say the Twitter account suspension is an act of political censorship and election interference.