Fact-checkers demand YouTube censor more content, boost “credible information”
June 25, 2022
More pressure.
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The UK’s shadowy “counter-disinformation unit” has shifted from Covid to war
June 23, 2022
Actively getting select speech removed from social media platforms.
Google, Twitter, Meta, TikTok and more just signed the EU’s “anti-disinformation” code
June 16, 2022
A new commitment to curb online speech.
YouTube bans Russian pranksters who duped politicians into interviews
June 12, 2022
A permanent ban.
Twitter introduces new policy, will black-hole some speech containing “misinformation”
May 19, 2022
Twitter users will not be able to like, respond to, or forward any tweet that receives a warning label, essentially putting a tweet into a black hole on the platform.
YouTube boasts removal of 8,000 channels, 60,000 Ukraine war videos
May 5, 2022
YouTube has announced the extent of its purges.
PayPal purges independent media outlets that documented Ukraine war censorship
May 2, 2022
Many accounts shut down.
GitHub is banning accounts of Russians who used to work at sanctioned companies
April 20, 2022
Even if they no longer work there.
Russia arrests another journalist, Mikhail Afanasyev, for content that criticizes Ukraine invasion
April 19, 2022
New censorship laws in Russia are being used increasingly.
Fact-checkers demand YouTube censor more content, boost “credible information”
More pressure.
June 25, 2022
The UK’s shadowy “counter-disinformation unit” has shifted from Covid to war
Actively getting select speech removed from social media platforms.
June 23, 2022
Google, Twitter, Meta, TikTok and more just signed the EU’s “anti-disinformation” code
A new commitment to curb online speech.
June 16, 2022
June 12, 2022
Twitter introduces new policy, will black-hole some speech containing “misinformation”
Twitter users will not be able to like, respond to, or forward any tweet that receives a warning label, essentially putting a tweet into a black hole on the platform.
May 19, 2022
YouTube boasts removal of 8,000 channels, 60,000 Ukraine war videos
YouTube has announced the extent of its purges.
May 5, 2022
PayPal purges independent media outlets that documented Ukraine war censorship
Many accounts shut down.
May 2, 2022
GitHub is banning accounts of Russians who used to work at sanctioned companies
Even if they no longer work there.
April 20, 2022
Russia arrests another journalist, Mikhail Afanasyev, for content that criticizes Ukraine invasion
New censorship laws in Russia are being used increasingly.
April 19, 2022
