COVID-19
Amazon bans bestselling book “China Virus”
Amazon says it only supports information from “official sources.”
Doctor faces investigation over alleged social media “misinformation”
Jensen’s comments went viral and now he faces an inquiry.
Chinese Communist Party critic Xu Zhangrun arrested
Zhangrun has been punished several times already for dissent.
United Nations: there needs to be “no place for misinformation on social media platforms”
The UN has a new campaign to deal with social media posts.
Bill Gates: can social media platforms be more helpful in curbing “misinformation” and “crazy ideas”?
Gates doesn’t understand why the rumors spread.
Amazon refuses to publish book by epidemiologist professor Daniel Halperin
Amazon doesn’t want to hear what experts have to say.
UN recruits an army of social media coronavirus “misinformation” correctors
If you don’t know how to fight coronavirus – then at least fight free speech on the internet. That seems to be the route the UN has chosen. There are millions of people around the world left with little else do to than hang around and argue on social networks, as lockdowns are destroying their
Jack Dorsey’s Square holds up to 30% of businesses’ income, blocks them on Twitter when they complain
Businesses risk going out of business because of Square’s actions. Many can no longer pay salaries.
Pelosi calls on advertisers to use their “position of power”, get social media to censor more “misinformation”
Pelosi wants social platforms to be hit where it hurts.
MembersHow the term “misinformation” has been weaponized as an online censorship tool amid the coronavirus pandemic
As the mainstream media increased its use of this term, Big Tech companies expanded their aggressive “coronavirus misinformation” policies.
YouTube says indie creators are 20x less likely to top corona search results than “high authority channels”
YouTube has previously admitted that users don’t like “authoritative” sources yet it continues propping them up in search.
Twitter takes down at least some of China’s propaganda artists and bots
Chinese bots have been active on Twitter for at least a year.