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Carl Benjamin’s Akkad Daily YouTube channel demonetized for “harassment”
Benjamin said that the channel had no prior strikes.
Streamer WingsOfRedemption encourages fans to mass flag player for “toxicity”
Viewers are suggesting this WingsOfRedemption could have violated Twitch rules.
Egypt’s grand mufti, Islamic cleric Ali Jumaa, issues fatwa on Facebook Group that exposes cheating husbands
The Facebook group is apparently “causing harm to families.”
Twitter to let users turn off replies to tweets and control who’s allowed to respond
The move could increase the echo chambers that exist on the platform.
Instagram now lets users shadowban other users
Instagram thinks the advantage that this tool offers over the other options, is that the person you restricted won’t know what is happening, acting as what is commonly referred to as a shadowban.
Twitch users say they’re being suspended for criticizing Alinity cat-throwing situation
Many users have criticized Twitch’s lack of action against Alinity and see it as yet another example of Twitch’s double standard when it comes to enforcing its policies against male and female streamers.
YouTube bows to the mob after Vox host Carlos Maza attempts to get competitor Steven Crowder silenced
Maza claimed that Crowder’s jokes were harassment.
Sheriff’s deputy is being sued after arresting a man because of a Facebook post
The man was arrested for a Facebook post in which he criticized the deputy. The ACLA argues that it’s within the man’s First Amendment rights.
Microsoft will now police Xbox players’ language. Stick to approved “trash talk” only – or else
Tech companies striving to police language is the new nightmare.
Instagram wants to tackle “bullying” by “stopping harassment before it even starts”
“The platform would notice” that its user is “about to leave a negative comment”.