COVID-19
Department of Health and Human Services is sued after ignoring freedom of information request over censorship demands
The Surgeon General has repeatedly called for censorship of “misinformation” online.
YouTube censors and punishes Project Veritas over undercover Pfizer video
The channel has been given a strike and Project Veritas is temporarily banned from uploading.
German government and BioNTech pushed Twitter to censor threats to Covid vaccine profits
The warning resulted in a UK citizen having his account flagged and monitored.
FDA commissioners say the agency needs ways to fight online “misinformation”
Just a day before a Pfizer director was caught flagging tweets to Twitter.
China’s Weibo bans more accounts for Covid policy criticism
At least 1,000 accounts.
Twitter censored tweets after pressure from Pfizer director
The Pfizer board member directly contacted Twitter and expressed concerns about a tweet “going viral.”
The White House pressured Facebook to censor Tucker Carlson, evidence shows
The White House Director of Digital Strategy contacted Facebook to complain about its algorithm.
World Economic Forum will plot how to counter “misinformation” at its 2023 annual meeting
The international group wants to predict and mitigate what it determines to be misinformation.
Trump tech advisor reportedly urged Twitter, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft to “combat misinformation”
Internal Twitter documents claim the Trump admin wanted tech companies to combat “misinformation that could stoke panic buying and behaviors.”
The White House says Elon Musk criticizing Dr. Fauci on Twitter is “dangerous”
The White House responds to Musk’s statement that Dr. Fauci should be prosecuted.
World Health Organization meets to discuss granting of increased surveillance powers under pandemic treaty
The global health agency could get new surveillance powers by May 2024.