Culture
Vimeo bans documentary about parents’ concern over transgender surgery for minors
Vimeo called the documentary “hateful.”
Elon Musk confirms more info on Twitter’s secret blacklists
An “overeaching” keyword list.
Gaming forum Resetera bans conversations about upcoming Hogwarts Legacy game over associations with J.K. Rowling
The game is currently number 1 in pre-order charts before its February release.
TikTok employees can decide who (or what) goes viral at the click of a button
Massive influential power.
EU tells TikTok to prepare to censor “misinformation,” harmful content
Starting this year.
NYT publisher at Davos: “Disinformation” is “the most existential” challenge we’re grappling with as a society
And calling the media “fake news” is apparently something people should be “really worried about.”
EU Commissioner says US will soon have “hate speech” laws, boasts about pushing advertisers to demonetize “disinformation”
Věra Jourová addresses The World Economic forum.
Internews President to WEF: “Gendered disinformation” is “terrifying,” online platforms need to keep people safe
Says platforms need to be held “accountable.”
UK’s online censorship bill has amendment that targets non-citizens
Trying to legislate for non-citizens who aren’t even in the country.
Democrat bill bans “hate speech” that could be viewed by people likely to commit white supremacy hate crimes
The bill is broadly-worded and ignores the First Amendment.
Twitch streamer Hasan Piker criticizes TikTok ban
Hasan says he is often banned when videos go viral.