Culture
Halifax bank threatens to close customer accounts for “inappropriate” social media posts
The bank has been facing much backlash in the last week.
TikTok bans popular satirical news site, The Babylon Bee
Another platform censors the popular site.
Facebook flags The Babylon Bee for “false information” over pregnant Ken doll satire
The website faces constant censorship.
UK NHS continues to scrub the word “women” from its websites to avoid causing offense
The term continues to be censored.
Twitter locks out Dr. Jordan Peterson over tweet about trans actor Elliot Page
Twitter says Dr. Peterson will have to delete the tweet to get his account back.
London Assembly Member calls for police investigation into Laurence Fox’s LGBT flag swastika tweet
Caroline Russell says the tweet is a “hate crime.”
Christian rapper Bryson Gray censored by Spotify over anti-Pride Month track
“You can rap about killing people all day and be fine though,” Gray said.
Paramount says it won’t censor old content to please modern audiences
Taking a difference stance to its rivals.
Reddit bans r/TumblrInAction and r/SocialJusticeInAction
Continuing its embrace of censorship.
Twitter censors ads for free speech event
“Inappropriate content.”
The UK Online Safety Bill has laughable free speech and privacy “protections”
The protections don’t apply when platforms censor so-called “harmful” content.
UK’s public-funded BBC told journalists to lobby lawmakers on trans rights
An apparent breach of ethics.