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YouTube Removes 35,000 EU Videos for “Misinformation,” Enhances Content Censorship Ahead of 2024 Elections
YouTube amps up its election role in the EU, blending voter information with a robust crackdown on what it deems misinformation. What could possibly go wrong?
MembersBeyond Apple’s Walled Garden: How AltStore Unlocks the Hidden Potential of the iPhone
Now in the EU, AltStore challenges Apple’s closed ecosystem, offering a new frontier for iOS app sideloading and developer freedom.
Privacy Under Siege: Europol and the UK Crime Agency Target Encryption, Call for Backdoors
Europol and the UK’s NCA target Meta’s encryption efforts, citing child safety, while privacy advocates warn that undermining end-to-end encryption enables mass surveillance.
MembersUnmasking the Bias of “Misinformation Experts”
Exposing the bias of “misinformation experts,” raising critical questions about free speech and the true guardians of truth online.
EU Officials Dodge Their Own Surveillance Law
Leaked documents suggest EU officials seek immunity from their own controversial online surveillance laws, raising accusations of hypocrisy.
Social Media Fact Checkers Claim Their Work Isn’t Censorship. Here’s Why It Is.
“Fact-checking” isn’t just labeling. It tanks the visibility of posts.
EU’s Plan to Mass Surveil Private Chats Has Leaked
A new version of controversial “chat control” regulation has leaked, revealing unchanged mass surveillance plans and threats to digital privacy.
Head of Controversial Global Engagement Center Admits Europe’s Regulatory Power Over Social Media Censorship Enforcement
James Rubin also laments that Big Tech doesn’t enforce its terms of service more aggressively.
Spain Reverses Telegram Block, but Users Are Alarmed About Overreach
The ban has been reversed, but not before causing alarm.
EU to Start Fining Platforms Up to 6% of Global Revenue if They Fail to Censor Election “Disinformation” Under New Censorship Law
Punishing platforms for not censoring enough.