Speech
Watch: FBI and DHS Heads Are Slammed for Pressuring Big Tech to Censor Americans
As expected, they downplayed or denied their agencies’ actions.
China Fines Alibaba For Allowing “Vulgar” Keywords
A new crackdown on failure to censor.
Watch: Even the FBI Director Doesn’t Seem Comfortable With Mitt Romney’s Proposed Social Media Crackdown
“Now you’re getting into a legal area that I’m not the expert on.”
Russia Widens Its VPN Block
New levels of blocking regarding the privacy and free speech tools.
WHO Publishes Latest Draft of Pandemic Treaty To Combat “Misinformation”
Treating information like a virus.
WHO Director-General Tedros Complains of Slow Progress on Pandemic Treaty, Giving the WHO Powers to Target “Misinformation” and “Infodemics”
The power-grab can’t come fast enough for the WHO.
VP Kamala Harris Suggests “AI-Enabled Mis- and Disinformation” Is an “Existential” Threat to Democracy
Using the censorship buzzword as an excuse to control and restrict AI.
London Man Arrested After Facebook Video Criticizing Palestinian Flags on UK Street
Major free speech concerns.
Musk Says Old Twitter Was Censoring Conservatives 10x More Than Liberals, and He Took Over to Thwart the “Mind Virus” Affecting Civilization
Musk appeared on the latest episode of The Joe Rogan Experience.
Supreme Court Examines First Amendment Implications of Public Officials Blocking Citizens on Social Media
The justices explored when blocking citizens from a personal social media account violates the First Amendment.
MembersUS Visa Applicants’ Online Speech Surveillance Puts US Citizens’ Speech and Data at Risk
Another surveillance dragnet.