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The Activist Group That Campaigned for the Banning of Faith Goldy From Facebook Now Want Yellow Vest Group Banned
The Yellow Vest group are a group that originated in France, motivated by rising fuel prices, the high cost of living, and claims that a disproportionate burden of the government’s tax reforms were falling on the working and middle classes.
T-Mobile Blocks 22 “Piracy” Related Websites, Worries It’s Now Violating Net Neutrality Rules
The company does not want to go against a court decision, but blocking these websites may break net neutrality.
Google Quietly Removes “Sort by Date” Feature From Search Results
Many people used this feature to override Google Searches’ algorithmic recommendations and get date based view of the search results.
EU Terrorist Content Regulation Law Adopted by European Parliament Committee
The Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee adopted the regulations with 35 votes in favor, one vote against, and eight abstentions.
The EU’s Terrorist Content Regulation Law Is Its Latest Badly-Thought-Out Disaster
Some are suggesting, at this point, the EU should perhaps leave this internet, and “build its own.”
The Big Tech Free Speech Hearing Will Be on April 10th, 2019; Titled “Stifling Free Speech: Technological Censorship and the Public Discourse”
It is hard to deny that Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube look more and more like public platforms rather than “publishers” who can censor content however they want.
British Activist Tommy Robinson Banned From Snapchat
This follows Robinson’s YouTube channel being heavily shadowbanned earlier this week.
Conservative Commentator Suddenly Faith Goldy Banned From Airbnb
Social media and tech companies big and small have of late discovered a blunt tool called “deplatforming,” and they like to use it.
Conservatives Call on Tech Giants to Cut Ties With the Biased and Disgraced SPLC
Bozell argues the group is extremely biased, abusing the powerful status and role given to it by these companies to silence political and ideological opponents, rather than promote fair and responsible speech.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Vows to Police “Harmful Content and Hate Speech” With AI and 30,000 Content Reviewers
This follows previous statements from the company indicating that it will be using AI to combat “hate.”
Google Closes Its AI Ethics Council After Facing Pressure From Employees to Remove Conservative Member
After the council was formed, employees immediately petitioned Google to remove conservative and Heritage Foundation President Kay Coles James.
Help Scout Suddenly Cuts Off Service for Free Speech Social Media Platform Gab, Leaving Gab Users With Error Pages
The ban caused Gab’s help and FAQ pages to be taken down and left Gab’s 800,000+ users unable to access any support pages.
