Covid
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.
UK Contact Tracing App Breaches GDPR, Will Store Personal User Data for 20 Years
The apps have been a privacy nightmare from the start.
Straggling Journos Target Twitch With Old-News Accusations of Corona Conspiracies
We’re not out of the zone of lazy journalism just yet.
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Admits Media Coverage Influences Which Censored Videos Get Reinstated
Why is YouTube relying on media coverage rather than the content of the video or the qualifications of the doctor when making this decision?
Meet Terry-Cotta, the New Animated Face of China’s Propaganda Campaign on Western Social Media
China’s trying a new tactic.
YouTube Removes Video From Free Speech Union’s Toby Young After He Criticized Coronavirus Lockdown Measures
Another coronavirus video goes down for “violating YouTube’s Community Guidelines.”
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.
Firm Secures Deal to Supply 15 Countries With Coronavirus Digital “Health Passports”
The introduction of these were recently called a “conspiracy theory.”
India Jails Those Found Sharing Coronavirus “Misinformation” on WhatsApp
Coming to a country near you?
Bill and Melinda Gates Bet Heavy on Big Tech, Buy Up Stock in Amazon, Apple, Twitter
Corona lockdowns have boosted Big Tech.
Joe Rogan Opposes YouTube’s Censorship of Doctors, “Let People Discuss and Debate”
“I don’t think it’s a healthy way to handle things.”
Facebook Bans Users From Linking to YouTube Alternative Brighteon After It Hosted Judy Mikovits Plandemic Doc
Facebook says linking to the site violates its “Community Standards.”