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Twitter’s Silences Its Own Users to Appease Advertisers
Twitter wants to keep advertisers interested and implement more and more solutions to make the speech as toothless as possible.
British Activist Tommy Robinson Banned From Snapchat
This follows Robinson’s YouTube channel being heavily shadowbanned earlier this week.
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.”
Sabotaging Posts With Hateful and Violent Comments Is the Latest Tactic People Are Using to Get Accounts They Don’t Like Shut Down
More appropriately referred to as internet trolls, we have armies of people infiltrating the comment sections of social media posts and making a whole series of racist, derogative posts in efforts to stir up controversy for the publisher of that post.
Fox 17 in Nashville Posts a Fake News Tweet That Suggests Infowars Host Alex Jones May Have Been Involved in a High-Speed Chase and Standoff With Police
At the time of writing, the tweet has been left up for over 17 hours and has yet to be removed.
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg Hints That More Censorship Is Coming to the Platform
In an open letter, Sandberg promised the company would be restricting who can use Facebook Live, using better technology to take down more content, and taking a more aggressive stance against what it deems to be “hate” in the wake of the New Zealand mass shootings.
The French Council of the Muslim Faith Is Suing Facebook and YouTube for Not Taking Down the NZ Shooting Video Fast Enough
Many groups including the Islamic Association of New Zealand support the lawsuit.
Australia Wants Tech Companies to Censor Content Even Faster, Doesn’t Care That It’s Technically Impossible
Australia threatens tech companies with jail time.
Kara Swisher Absurdly Tells YouTube CEO That Ben Shapiro Is a Gateway to Neo-Nazi Content
Throughout the whole interview, everything that separates us is highlighted.
YouTube Continues Its War on the Comments Section by Mass Disabling Comments
This follows YouTube’s decision to demonetize creator videos based on viewer comments that are deemed to be “inappropriate.”
Facebook Blacklists Jussie Smollett Hoax Article From the American Conservative
Facebook temporarily stopped an article titled “Jussie Smollett’s Hate Hoax” being distributed on its platform for violating its community standards.