First Amendment
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.
Julian Assange makes rare court appearance relating to upcoming extradition hearing
The extradition hearing is coming up near the end of February.
Candace Owens gets AOC to unblock her on Twitter with legal demand notice
AOC unblocked Owens to avoid litigation.
Lawsuit filed against high school principal after police were contacted over meme account
The principal, Traci L. Smith, contacted the police over the memes.
Minnesota court says revenge porn is free speech, now it may go to the Supreme Court for final say
Courts can’t agree so it’s likely the Supreme Court will have to weigh in.
Judge dismisses Wikimedia case against the NSA
Somehow Wikimedia has to prove that it’s being surveilled, even though that surveillance would be secret.