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Brazil’s new “fake news” law is a threat to privacy and free speech – and it could signal what’s coming for the US and Europe
? Governments are increasingly looking to cut privacy to tackle “fake news”.
How the term “hate speech” has become a mainline internet censorship tool
? The term was barely used before 1987 but is now used by governments and Big Tech platforms to dictate what people are allowed to say online.
ANALYSIS: The “platforms vs publishers” myth, Donald Trump, and section 230
?Separating fact from fiction.
Not enough people are talking about stalkerware
? It’s not just surveillance from Big Tech you have to worry about.
North Dakota’s contact tracing app reveals the dangers of corona surveillance
? User privacy is at risk.
The media have a strained relationship with Facebook but they still want it to police the internet
? The love-hate relationship continues.
The censorship weak points of the Internet Archive
?The setup is far from perfect.
The truth about Justice Clarence Thomas’ threat to absolute free speech
?Thomas’ opinion derives from an “originalist” perspective on the constitution and the context requires deeper reading.
Covid-19 ushers in a new wave of privacy and free speech threats
?Civil liberties have suffered major setbacks.
How the DMCA Has Become One of the Biggest Threats to Online Speech
Major flaws in the current system have allowed it to be weaponized and used as a censorship tool.
Big tech’s little helpers: How the mainstream media enable and encourage big tech censorship
?This is the three-stage process mainstream media outlets use to silence people.












