Culture
UK Citizens Advice employees push back against ideological email pronouns policy
Compelled speech and “ideological instruction” allegations.
Former Twitter censor stands by decision to ban satire site Babylon Bee – “not funny,” “dangerous”
The popular site was banned for what Twitter calls “misgendering.”
Actor James Woods considers lawsuit against DNC for reporting his tweets to be censored
Woods says it damaged his career.
Twitter suspends Kanye West
Ye was banned around a month after Elon Musk took over the company.
UK regulator appoints former Google exec as “Online Safety” head after online censorship bill is reintroduced
Helping the state enforce its new censorship law.
The UN outlines a new campaign against “hate speech”
Another vaguely-worded push for speech restrictions.
UK plans to criminalize digitally putting someone’s face on nude body
Whether it was to “cause harm” or not.
Democrat lawmakers nag Elon Musk about Spanish “disinformation”
Another day. Another censorship demand.
Oversight Board tells Meta to stop complying with police requests to censor rap music
Meta gives a heavy weight to police requests, even when it’s to stifle creative expression.
Marcus Stokes loses University of Florida scholarship after posting online rap featuring n-word
Stokes had his scholarship pulled for racial language.
Elon Musk’s reasons to block Alex Jones’ return to Twitter have nothing to do with the reason he was banned
A personal decision for Musk.