Culture
Cancel Culture: Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon blocked from chapel speech at Palm Beach Atlantic University
The satirical website’s CEO blasts cancel culture.
Snohomish mayor faces calls to resign after sharing meme he says he didn’t understand
Kartak has apologized.
Twitter users complain after Twitter says it will remove tweets hoping Trump dies from COVID-19
Several of these Twitter users are strong advocates of social media censorship.
Pinterest bans “cultural appropriation” Halloween costumes
2020 continues.
In China, parents are ordered to post proof of their kids consuming propaganda to WeChat
The CCP want to make sure kids get the “red gene.”
Cyclist Quinn Simmons suspended by US team for pro-Trump tweet
“Quinn Simmons made statements we feel are divisive, incendiary, and detrimental to the team…”
Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo says those who don’t conform to activism in business will be shot
An assertion of political violence towards those that don’t conform.
Coinbase CEO offers exit package to activist employees who can’t separate work from political agendas
It could be an effective way of getting rid of those employees who want to infect the workplace with political agendas.
Survey: most students support campaigns to block “controversial” speakers from campus
Students often take to social media to get speakers deplatformed.
Mauldin City Council faces diversity training to curb dissenting social media posts
Like in many cities, a crackdown is coming.
Adult Swim censors episodes that don’t pass today’s “cultural filters”
Even Adult Swim has started censoring. The episodes have disappeared on the platform as well as on HBO Max.
TikTok thinks banning fasting apps will prevent a “negative relationship with food”
Content that promotes obesity is allowed but popular fasting apps are banned from advertising.