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Report says TikTok suppresses the disabled, puts “queer and fat people” on “special” suppression list
According to a digital rights group, TikTok is engaged on controversial moderation practices.
Ad agencies love Instagram’s new speech restriction features as it makes the platform “brand safe”
Advertisers are more likely to advertise on the platform when speech is kept under control.
Big tech’s ironic defense against regulation: it would kill free speech
Big tech companies have already begun a campaign of censorship in recent years. However, when the UK government threatens to mandate removing content even when it’s legal, tech companies seem to want to push back.
Twitter insults were protected by the first amendment in Minnesota case, state Supreme Court rules
The court said the law used to convict a high school student for insulting another teen on Twitter is overly broad and violates the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment guarantee of free speech.