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Pakistan PM victim-blames after anti-free speech terrorist attack, tells Facebook to censor “Islamophobia”
Khan says free speech is to blame for the attack.
French lawmaker hasn’t given up on her failed hate speech bill, gets ready for another attempt
The attempts to police “hate speech” have major free speech implications.
Bar owners in France arrested for not tracking users when offering free WiFi
This is why people need to use a VPN on public WiFi.
Google’s “pay to play” default browser auction makes it hard for privacy-friendly browsers to compete
Privacy-friendly browsers that don’t monetize user data can’t afford to compete.
TikTok has removed over 29,000 videos in Europe for breaking its coronavirus rules
And like other Big Tech platforms, TikTok has also given the World Health Organization millions of impressions in its app.
Google bans award-winning WW2 game Attentat 1942 for referencing the term “Nazi”
It’s unclear how Google expects a game about WW2 to not reference Nazis. The game is blocked in several regions.
French Prime Minister wants to regulate online anonymity, says hiding behind pseudonyms is “shocking”
“You can be called all names, all vices, by hiding behind pseudonyms,” he lamented.
The author of France’s failed “hate speech” law isn’t giving up
The controversial lawmaker says she’s going to find a new way to censor French people online.
YouTube CEO calls for US to offer guidance on hate speech, cites Europe’s “much stricter hate laws”
The US Supreme Court has already ruled that “hate speech” is protected under the First Amendment.
Victory for free speech as France’s supreme court crushes authoritarian “hate speech” laws
Even in a speech-restricted Europe, the law was considered to be unconstitutional.
MembersHow the term “hate speech” has become a mainline internet censorship tool
? The term was barely used before 1987 but is now used by governments and Big Tech platforms to dictate what people are allowed to say online.