COVID-19
BC Tribunal Clears Student of “Hate Speech” Charge Over COVID-19 Video
A student who shared a pandemic video in a private chat walked away cleared, with a tribunal drawing a line that offended feelings and illegal discrimination are not the same thing.
UK Government Secretly Tracked 25 Million People as Potential EV Owners
Two years of surveillance, £600,000 spent, and the program ended not because anyone asked if it was wrong, but because the data was garbage.
Senate Grills Meta and Google Over Biden Administration’s Role in COVID-Era Content Censorship
Lawmakers pressed Meta and Google to explain how far White House outreach went in shaping their censorship decisions.
YouTube Offers Limited Reinstatement to Banned Creators
YouTube’s forgiveness comes with fine print.
YouTube to Pay Trump $24.5M in Censorship Lawsuit Settlement
YouTube cuts a check but keeps its content playbook sealed.
Critics Accuse YouTube of Dragging Out Return Process for Banned Channels
A promise to let banned creators return rings hollow when only select ones get a second chance.
Google Admits Biden White House Pressured Content Removal, Promises to Restore Banned YouTube Accounts
Google admits bending to political pressure, but only long after the damage was already done.
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Children’s Health Defense Case Alleging Meta-Government Collusion to Censor Vaccine Speech
The Court’s silence leaves a tangled web of speech, power, and platforms untouched.
WHO Pushes for Permanent Tech Alliance to Institutionalize Digital Health Messaging and Behavior Control
WHO, Meta, and Silicon Valley plan long-term digital health alliance focused on narrative control and behavior change.
The Censorship Reckoning Inside the NIH
NIH staff scramble to trace paper trails as the agency braces for a free-speech reckoning under its new chief.
From Blacklist to NIH: Bhattacharya’s Ascent and the Reckoning for The Science™
Silenced for questioning the orthodoxy, Bhattacharya now holds the microphone at the institution that once turned it off.
PayPal Admits Freezing Account Over Covid Mandate Criticism
PayPal’s internal documents reveal a politically charged decision-making process behind Covid-era account closures.