First Amendment
Court hearing for Redditor’s right to anonymity set to take place on Monday
A religious organization’s attempt to blatantly misuse the copyright laws for reaching their ends.
A Reddit user proves he was banned from a subreddit because of racist mods
A Reddit user was banned and told “no whites allowed”.
Google Chrome Web Store bans free speech comments extension Dissenter
Google’s decision to remove Dissenter comes within 24 hours of Mozilla’s decision to remove Dissenter from the Firefox extensions store.
Twitter plans to hide and label tweets from Trump and other public figures when they violate its rules
In an interview with The Washington Post, Twitter’s Lead of Trust and Safety, Legal, and Public Policy, Vijaya Gadde, said that Twitter is working on ways to hide tweets and label tweets from President Trump and other public figures if they violate Twitter’s rules.
A Jehovah’s Witnesses group is trying to abuse copyright law to unmask a Reddit user’s identity
EFF is optimistic that a court will reject the subpoena targeting “darkspilver” – as courts regularly do if these requests don’t pass constitutional scrutiny.
Twitter tests hiding like and retweet numbers in an attempt to hide negative feedback
Twitter is testing a new feature which hides likes and retweet numbers on replies in its public beta testing app Twttr. If the test are successful, this feature could be integrated into the main Twitter app.
Conservatives and Libertarians will need to embrace alternative platforms to still have a voice in 2020
The very platforms used to discuss ideas don’t want to see conservatives and libertarian ideas succeed.
Dissenter by Gab passes 125,000 comments in its first week
Dissenter has seen an explosion of activity in its first week with 125,090 comments being left by 38,000 users.
Free speech social network Gab and its Dissenter comments extension are now open to all users
Gab, the free speech social network, was previously invite-only and Dissenter, the extension that allows you to create Gab-hosted comments feeds for any website, was initially only available to Gab Pro users. Now anyone can sign up for a free Gab account and connect it to Dissenter.
Gab has just launched Dissenter – a censorship-proof comments section for the internet
This new browser plugin and web app can create a free speech focused comments section for any web page which is fully protected by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.
Gab’s Censorship-Proof Share Extension Is Now Available in the Google Chrome Web Store
The Gab Share browser extension can now be installed in one click through the Google Chrome Web Store.
Tired of YouTube Censorship? Check Out These Alternatives
If you’re tired of putting up with YouTube’s practices, as both a creator and a consumer, check out some of these promising up-and-coming alternatives.