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Reporters Without Borders Calls for Immediate Release of Julian Assange on Humanitarian Grounds
Assange’s health is said to be deteriorating.
YouTube Puts John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s “Happy Xmas” Behind a “Inappropriate or Offensive” Warning
People who want to watch the video on YouTube of John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band’s Christmas standard “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” must first sign into their account to confirm their age, as well as accept a trigger warning – as the giant has decided that this content might be inappropriate for some
Facebook vs CasaPound – Facebook Is Appealing a Court’s Ruling to Reinstate the Political Group’s Page
Facebook was told to reinstate the page, and is now appealing.
Google Abruptly Removes Ethereum Dapp Browser MetaMask From Google Play Store
Google is on a crypto purge this week.
Facebook Fact Checks and Censors Die Hard Memes, Labels Them as “False Information”
Die Hard gets the Facebook “fact check” treatment.
YouTube Issues Confusing Response to Crypto Purge as More Videos Are Removed and Popular Channels Go Private
Many of the top crypto channels now have no public videos and fear that they could be scrubbed from the platform completely.
Minnesota Court Says Revenge Porn Is Free Speech, Now It May Go to the Supreme Court for Final Say
Courts can’t agree so it’s likely the Supreme Court will have to weigh in.
Journalist Sentenced to Two Years in Jail Over Tweet in Thailand
Human Rights Watch say it was as a result of a SLAPP lawsuit.
Iran Censors the Internet in Anticipation of More Protests
More protests are expected from December 26th.
Facebook Says Blocking Homeland Security Ads as “Political” Was a “Mistake”
Facebook apologized for the error.
YouTube Deals a Massive Blow to Cryptocurrency Community, Calls It “Harmful or Dangerous”, Mass Deletes Videos
YouTube made no announcement that this was coming and quietly dealt the blow as people were wound down for Christmas.
YouTube at Risk of Being Blocked in Russia Over Copyright Issues
A court has threatened YouTube with being blocked by ISPs unless it takes down and keeps down copyrighted content.
