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Declassified Biden-Era Domestic Terror Strategy Reveals Broad Surveillance, Tech Partnerships, and Global Speech Regulation Agenda
The real battlefield isn’t the street; it’s your screen, your feed, and your inbox.
Censorship and Transparency Issues in “Anti-Terror” Tech Alliance
Critics claim GIFCT’s opacity leaves questions about censorship, accountability, and the influence of Big Tech unchecked.
Google Jigsaw, GIFCT, and Tech Against Terrorism Develop Altitude: A Controversial Tool to Monitor “Potential” Extremist Content, Raising Censorship Concerns
Concerns mount over the expansive reach and potential overreach of global censorship.
Update: Big Tech Alliance Targets Covid-19 “Misinformation,” Links It to “Extremism,” Calls for Content Censorship
More censorship overreach demands.
UK Government to Use Plymouth Shooting to Push for Online “Incitement and Extremism” Legislation
Another proposal to regulate and surveil the internet.
YouTube CEO Calls for Censorship of “Legal but Potentially Harmful Speech”
She claims free speech and pro-censorship policies can “coexist.”
Tech Giants to Target the “Far-Right”, Shifting Focus Away From Islamic Terror
Up until now their counterterrorism focus has mostly just targeted the Taliban, Al Qaeda, and Islamic State.
YouTube CEO Calls for Global Coalitions to Address Content That’s “Legal but Could Be Harmful”
A push for unelected corporations to set the global content moderation standards for legal content.
Facebook, Spotify, and Vimeo Continue the QAnon Crackdown
QAnon has quickly become one of the most censored movements on Big Tech platforms.
GIFCT Is the Big Tech Alliance That Censors Online Content Without Oversight
The transparency in how it operates is almost zero.
Amazon, LinkedIn, and WhatsApp Join Big Tech Anti-Terror Coalition for Fighting “Extremist” Content Online
The announcement follows warnings from the EFF that innocent users will be hurt the most when attempting to crush “extremist” speech online.
Microsoft Embraces Censorship, Wants a “Joint Virtual Command Center” for Censoring Content
Microsoft has joined those calling for tougher censorship of online content by tech companies in the wake of the New Zealand mosque massacre earlier this month. Even though the contentious sharing of the video of the shooting wasn’t exactly taking place on LinkedIn, the social network owned by
