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Facebook Employees Are Now Paid Bonuses for Tackling “Hate Speech” and “Misinformation”
Bonuses were previously based on Facebook’s user growth and product quality.
Facebook Bans 22 More Alex Jones and Infowars Pages
This comes after Facebook changed its policies to crack down on pages or groups that haven’t broken any rules but are simply associated with rule breakers.
8 Questions Joe Rogan Needs to Ask Jack Dorsey on the Next Podcast
Here are the questions Rogan needs to ask Dorsey to answer the questions people have around social media censorship and Twitter’s double standards.
Joe Rogan Suggests He’ll Grill Jack Dorsey on Censorship Double Standards in a Future Podcast
Rogan says Dorsey has offered to come back on the podcast and suggests it will cover high profile cases of censorship on the left and the right.
Joe Rogan Responds to the Jack Dorsey Podcast Fallout
The podcast was widely panned for Joe Rogan’s soft interview style and faced further controversy when top comments appeared to be deleted from the YouTube video.
YouTube Considers Killing the Dislike Button to Silence Criticism
The announcement come less than two months after YouTube Rewind 2018 set the dislike record.
Twitter’s Latest Account Suspensions Prove Your Content Isn’t Safe on Social Media in 2019
We’re less than one week into 2019 and Twitter is already letting content creators know that nothing they post to social media is going to be safe this year.
Dave Rubin and Jordan Peterson Announce They’re Leaving Patreon
Jordan Peterson and Dave Rubin are making a stand against Patreon’s ever moving encroachment on free speech and free expression.
The UK’s Proposed Online Forums Bill Is Another Example of Why Hate Speech Laws Shouldn’t Be a Thing
these terms could easily be used to suppress free speech and censor people through the legal system.
YouTuber Attorney Lior Leser Announces Plans to File an FTC Complaint Against Patreon and PayPal
A legal expert has laid out his plans to file an FTC (federal trade commission) complaint against the payment processor PayPal and the fan funding website Patreon.
What Patreon Banning Sargon Means for the Fan Funding Market in 2019
Thousands of users have left the site, many high profile figures have criticized the ban, causing many to critically examine the fan funding market as a whole.
Patreon Responds to Banning Sargon of Akkad: “We Take a Strong Stance Against Hate Speech”
In the statement, Patreon said Sargon violated its community guidelines around hate speech and referred to a number of comments Sargon made in a past live stream.
