Covid
Western University students appeal court decision to ignore privacy rights over Covid vaccine database
Pushing against medical databases.
Professor reports to WEF, expresses frustration about “misinformation” because it’s legal speech
“I worry that this idea of more speech is good speech – that’s not really the case.”
UN tells WEF how it partners with tech platforms to promote narratives
“We own the science, and we think that the world should know it, and the platforms themselves also do.” — Melissa Fleming
YouTube censors Russell Brand, re-affirming the switch to Rumble
YouTube is increasingly hostile to independent creators.
Bill Gates pushes for “trusted sources,” has a group that tracks what people say about him online
The billionaire welcomed “fact-checkers” partnering with social media companies to throttle purported misinformation.
Tibet lockdown abuses are censored on Chinese social media
Deleting dissent.
New Zealand expands surveillance network that was used to hunt down three Covid-positive women
Rolling out across more regions.
YouTube CEO is questioned over censorship of US Senator
Covid dissent censorship.
Meta’s Nick Clegg says the company risks being “the greatest industrial-scale censor ever in human history”
Yet the platform continues to censor opinions.
PayPal shuts account of group who fought to keep schools open during pandemic
Another casualty of the recent PayPal purge.
Ottawa cop charged with donating to civil liberties protests
The Canadian government has heavily punished supporters of the Freedom Convoy protests.
New doorbell technology can deny access to Covid-positive people
A new patent for temperature detection.