COVID-19
Facebook says meme featuring British band The Cure causes “physical harm”, censors it
Facebook took the meme down as part of its coronavirus rules.
Facebook fact-checks WHO statements, but also uses WHO to fact-check others
Deciding to be the arbiter of truth was always going to end in disaster.
Alex Berenson’s lockdown skeptic book rockets to top of Kindle charts after Amazon’s censorship backlash
While the book was set to do well, it was likely also helped along by the Streisand effect.
Elon Musk calls for Amazon to be broken up in response to its censorship of dissenting coronavirus perspective
Amazon dominates many sectors, including ebook sales where it has an estimated 83% share of the US market.
YouTube censors interview with lockdown skeptic Peter Hitchens
YouTube continues to suppress any content that goes against their chosen narrative.
Straggling journos target Twitch with old-news accusations of corona conspiracies
We’re not out of the zone of lazy journalism just yet.
Chinese diplomats are using Western social media to “fact-check” criticism against China
Western platforms are banned in China, but Chinese diplomats feel the need to use fact-checking to deflect criticism.
Twitter faces backlash after chief “integrity” officer’s anti-Trump past is scrutinized
Users push back as Twitter puts questionable individuals in positions of immense power on the platform.
Some Facebook users find commenting the single word “coronavirus” results in auto-censorship
A weird way of censoring.
Journalists discover their “credible” reporting is being caught up in Twitter’s misinformation filters
Journalists who called for warning labels will have to learn to live in the world they created.