Covid
Facebook gives $500,000 to Ontario university project that says coronavirus will drive online hate
The money is meant to help create a knowledge hub on “hate and violent extremism.”
Google CEO defends censorship of doctors who choose hydroxychloroquine
Pichai said that if doctors contradict coronavirus recommendations from the CDC, their videos will be taken down.
Google slammed for censoring to favor the World Health Organization
Google was accused of an allegiance to the WHO and, indirectly, China.
Mark Zuckerberg: If someone says hydroxychloroquine is a cure for COVID, we’ll take it down
Facebook overrules the opinion of individual doctors.
Bill Gates: with private messaging we can’t “intervene” in removing conspiracies and “misinformation”
Bill Gates has some words on end-to-end encryption being able to bypass censorship.
Squarespace shuts down America’s Frontline Doctors website over hydroxychloroquine claims
The takedown of the website follows several Big Tech platforms censoring a viral video from the group.
Dr. Dan Erickson says YouTube’s censorship of anti-lockdown video helped it spread
The concerted effort between the media and Big Tech to have the video censored, increased people’s suspicions and awareness, the doctor says.
Dr. James Todaro accuses Google of censorship for removing his article on hydroxychloroquine
Todaro’s Google Doc containing his article was deleted.
Big Tech companies wants to be more heavily involved in the next pandemic
Tech companies want a more robust technologically-driven response to the next outbreak.
Twitter has challenged over 4 million accounts for violating its coronavirus rules
This follows Twitter placing numerous restrictions on what users are allowed to say about the coronavirus.
Privacy groups call for an end to “immunity passport” proposals
A privacy “disaster”.
UK calls for “online harms” regulator to police “misinformation”
UK plans tougher restrictions on speech.