First Amendment
Former MMA fighter Nick Catone reinstated on Facebook after emergency motion during censorship lawsuit
Catone isn’t backing down.
Keemstar responds to Romeo Lacoste lawsuit: “I intend to exercise my right of freedom of speech”
Keemstar said these types of lawsuits try to discourage citizens and journalists from exercising their First Amendment rights.
Jehovah’s Witnesses’ attempt to use copyright law to unmask dissenting YouTuber gets explosive response
The YouTuber has responded.
The proposed online EARN IT Act will harm free speech, rights groups say
Rights groups are mounting opposition.
Reddit user wins case against Jehovah’s Witnesses who attempted to unmask them and sue over copyright
Many saw the case as an attempt to weaponize the DMCA.
Federal funds used to research “online hate speech” with the goal of training hate speech algorithms
YouTube’s unpredictable hate speech algorithms have resulted in many innocuous videos being demonetized or removed.
PragerU vs Google: Court rules the First Amendment doesn’t apply to YouTube
PragerU argues that YouTube infringed on its free speech rights by placing over 100 of its videos in restricted mode.
NYPD cited the The Patriot Act in attempt to access reporter’s Twitter account data
Legal experts, former prosecutors, and former police officers have slammed the data request.
Reddit CTO contradicts censorship, says Reddit is a city – people see both “good and bad”, “nothing is hidden”
The statements seem to contradict Reddit’s recent actions.
Ted Cruz leads senators calling for Iranian leaders to be banned from Twitter
Cruz and three other senators want Twitter to close Iranian accounts to support US sanctions.
Gab Chat is an open-source, end-to-end encrypted Discord alternative for growing censorship-proof communities
Gab has entered the chat world.
Pastor sues Vimeo for deleting his account and refusing to acknowledge his sexuality as a “former homosexual”
The pastor says he’s being censored and that the platform refuses to accept his sexuality.