COVID-19
UK considers forcing citizens to use digital QR tracking to prove vaccination status to get into venues
QR code scanning to participate in public life.
YouTube to introduce vaccine notices in anticipation of anti-vaccine backlash to rollout
YouTube’s labels will direct people to the CDC and WHO.
MembersChina’s increase in “digital authoritarianism” after COVID shows what could be coming to the West
? The West’s decrease in civil liberties isn’t yet anywhere near the loss in China but the gap is closing.
NSW official says “walk-in culture” is over and a digitally tracked “check-in culture” should be the norm
New South Wales, Australia, has introduced mandatory tracking.
Twitter bans David Icke for “covid misinformation”
Icke has been digitally erased from most of the major Big Tech platforms.
Facebook wants to use user data to analyze and predict worldwide coronavirus cases
Facebook has started making proposals in the US and the EU to use its massive data troves combined with AI.
After mass bans, Facebook is losing users faster than it’s gaining them
Facebook’s purges and user distrust are having an impact in North America.
Idaho Congressman Chad Christensen banned from Facebook
Facebook won’t reply to the congressman.
Sacha Baron Cohen gets stung by the same social media censorship he called for
Free speech for me but not for thee.
Wikipedia partners with the World Health Organization to tackle “misinformation”
The two organizations don’t have the best reputation, yet they’re teaming up.
Health department stops posting COVID info on Facebook after negative comments
It’s now only going to post on its website where no one can dissent.
Reddit mods delete The Great Barrington Declaration, an anti-lockdown statement from world’s top scientists
Mods say it breaks the rules.