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Top Hats and Champagne Bar YouTube Channel Shut Down for Unspecified “Hate Speech” Violations
This comes days after YouTube shut down two other channels for violating its “hate speech” policies without providing any examples of their supposed violations.
New Zealand Citizens Can Now Spend Up to 14 Years in Jail for Downloading the Christchurch Shooter’s Manifesto
The manifesto was classified as “objectionable material” by New Zealand’s Chief Censor and knowingly possessing it can result in up to 14 years in jail.
Canada Considers Forcing Social Media Companies to Remove “Hateful” Content
Canada’s Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said legislation that would force social media companies to take down hateful content is being considered because what they are doing now is not enough.
Facebook Says More AI Based Censorship Will Be Coming to the Platform in the Future
Facebook suggested it will start using applied experimental audio-based technology and proactive detection technology to take down content.
UK Police Tell Man to Be “Mindful” About His Online Comments
Two police officers turned up at the man’s house, admitted that he hadn’t broke any laws, and then proceeded to ask him to be “mindful” of what he posts online.
Fake YouTube Copyright Claims Used to Censor Tim Pool, Lauren Chen, and Others
Live Nation Video network filed false copyright claims against Pool, Chen, Ready To Glare, and Omegon which suppressed their criticism of Desmond the drag kid.
UK: Caroline Farrow, British Catholic Journalist Has Shockingly Been Reported to Police for So-Called “Misgendering” on Twitter
The UK is getting more oppressive by the day.
Twitter Says It Removed a Tweet From the Federalist Co-Founder Sean Davis “to Keep People Safe”
Twitter claims it mistakenly deleted the public tweet in an effort to protect its users but Davis says he was misled and given the false impression that the tweet was still live.
“Tune” Is the New Browser Extension for the Snowflake Generation
Tune is a poor stand-in for thick skin.
Australia Joins New Zealand in Eroding the Digital Civil Liberties of Its People in the Wake of the Recent Terror Attack
Australia internet providers have blocked Voat, ZeroHedge, Archive.is, LiveLeak and others, thus directly contravening civil liberties.
President Trump’s Social Media Chief, Dan Scavino Jr, Is Being Blocked From Commenting on Facebook
“WHY ARE YOU STOPPING ME from replying to comments followers have left me” Scavino exclaimed.
Laura Loomer and Freedom Watch’s Lawsuit Against Big Tech Has Been Dismissed by a Court
Her lawsuit named Twitter, along with Google, Facebook, and Apple, as conspiring in unconstitutional suppression of speech
