coronavirus misinformation
Reddit rejects calls to censor “coronavirus misinformation,” vows to allow debate and dissent
A surprising break from Big Tech’s COVID censorship orthodoxy. Let’s see if they stick to it.
Marjorie Taylor Greene questions whether NYT is coordinating with Twitter on account suspension news stories
The NYT preemptively told Greene that Twitter was “likely to take enforcement action” against her account.
YouTube CEO tells World Economic Forum Summit how the platform has ramped up its censorship efforts
Susan Wojcicki explained how the platform has used new policies and machines to censor its users.
Planet Lockdown, lockdown-skeptic documentary, deleted from YouTube and Facebook
A GoFundMe was also deleted.
Facebook now sending notifications that encourage users to leave groups that post coronavirus “misinformation”
The notifications will be sent to all users that have liked, commented on, or shared a post that Facebook removed under its coronavirus misinformation rules.
YouTube mass purges popular channels after announcing crackdown on “harmful conspiracy theories”
Another arbitrary rule change.
YouTube censors Ron Paul Liberty Report episode on coronavirus whistleblowers
YouTube struck down the videos within hours of it being posted.
Oxford researchers call for Facebook to fact-check even more “coronavirus misinformation”
Facebook already applies warning labels to 98 million coronavirus posts each quarter and dissenting ideas are already under threat.
Dr. Li-Meng Yan: Twitter suspends virologist after paper alleging that COVID-19 was created in Wuhan lab
Dr. Yan escaped danger and censorship in China, only to end up censored on Twitter when she arrived in America.
MembersUS Big Tech companies continue to shun American values of free speech for the EU’s push to police wrongthink
? The biggest threats to tech companies that don’t police “misinformation” come from the EU.
The WHO is monitoring online conversations and emotions, using “social listening” to change COVID narratives
Machine learning analysis is being used on people’s conversations.