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Even if You Don’t Get the Joke, Online Parody Is Protected Speech
A new amicus brief has been filed in a high profile case.
EU Calls on Joe Biden to Crack Down on Online “Hate Speech”
The President of the EU Commission has made a public call for Biden to find ways to censor.
Amazon Censors Scenes New Indian Show Tandav
Amazon caved to backlash.
Twitter Suspends a Bunch of Antifa Accounts
The accounts had over 70,000 followers.
New Christian Fundraising Platform Aims to Remedy Censorship on Other Crowdfunding Platforms
LifeFunder has already had some successful early campaigns.
UK Says Big Tech Is “Manipulating Lives” Launches Investigation Into Its Algorithms
Algorithms also reduce competition and harm consumers, a UK watchdog says.
YouTube Scrubs Thousands of Dislikes From Joe Biden Videos on Official White House Channel
YouTube’s actions temporarily reduced the dislike-to-like ratio by more than 6x on some videos.
Study Says Big Tech Billionaires Are Motivated by Pushing Their View of Democracy and Meritocracy
The study concludes they’re in a “class of their own.”
Judge Denies Parler’s Request to Be Reinstated by Amazon
Parler was hoping to be temporarily reinstated by the web hosting giant.
New Rule Banning Financial Services From Dropping Clients for Political Reasons Is at Risk Under Biden
The Biden administration is likely to drop the rushed rule designed to prevent deplatforming.
Private and Encrypted Email Providers
Society has become even more dependent on online communications such as email and messaging services and email is of the most important aspects of our online life because it’s the address that links most of our accounts; it’s what we use to get logins and collect receipts. Access to our email
Thai Woman Sentenced to 43 Years in Prison for Facebook and YouTube Posts Critical of the Monarchy
Human rights campaigners want an end to the strict law.
