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#DisruptTexts Campaign Aims to Cancel Classic Literature in Classrooms
Activists are judging texts of the past to the extreme intolerances of today.
Twitter Blocks Medical Journal After It Published a Positive Study on Ivermectin Treatment for Coronavirus
An entire journal censored.
Facebook Shut Down Fundraising Page for Republican Senate Runoff Candidates in Georgia, Says It Was an Error
Just days before the election.
Turkish Government Reportedly Responsible for Removal of German YouTube Channel
Censorship under the guise of copyright claims.
2020 Year in Review: An Unprecedented Year of Big Tech Censorship and Surveillance
The coronavirus and the US presidential election were some of the many events that ushered in a never-before-seen wave of social media censorship and surveillance.
UK Police Arrest Woman Who Posted Video of Empty Hospital Online
The move from police isn’t likely to win over public trust.
After Causing Twitter Outrage With Recent Paper, Nature Communications to Review Papers for “Potential Harm”
Outraged Twitter users are deciding the future of science publications.
BBC Faces Outrage Mob for Acknowledging JK Rowling’s Good Essay Writing
Righteous indignation.
Apple Employee Says He Was Punished by Apple for Approving App Critical of the Chinese Government
The case was allowed to proceed on the claim of “political discrimination.”
Meetings App Vybe Together Removed From App Store After Being Accused of Promoting Parties
Apple pulled the app after a New York Times reporter drew attention to it on Twitter.
