Culture
Canada is spending taxpayer’s money to fight online “misinformation”
Funding 16 projects.
UK government asks charity to remove video
The charity Freedom from Torture refuses to remove it.
Rep. Adam Schiff’s staffers repeatedly asked Twitter to censor memes
Newly disclosed emails show the censorship requests.
Twitter disclosures show no sign of Russian influence, despite media and Democrat insistence
Twitter staff expressed exasperation at “feeding congressional trolls.”
UK lawmaker Andrew Bridgen says his free speech rights have been denied
Bridgen was kicked out of the Conservative Party for a tweet saying he was told the vaccine rollout is biggest crime since Holocaust.
China’s Weibo bans Sony’s account
Censoring a big brand.
Baroness Claire Fox calls for UK legal protections against PayPal’s ideological censorship
Calls for legislation to protect financial companies cutting off customers they disagree with.
Supreme Court to look at whether encouraging illegal immigration is protected speech
Whether or not it has First Amendment protections.
Oversight Board tells Facebook to allow “death to Khamenei”
New ruling suggests allowing users to call for the death of Iran’s leader because people mean it figuratively.
Meta bans comments supporting election-denial protests and riots in Brazil
Designated as a “violent event.”
CDC publishes language guidelines
Newspeak?