hate speech
Justin Trudeau Makes Tackling Online “Hate Speech” a Major Election Policy
“We believe that when social media platforms are used to spread these harmful views, the platforms themselves must also be held accountable,” the party said.
Instagram Censors Artist Yuumei Over #FreeHongKong Art, Calls It “Hate Speech”
Yuumei believes that this is a direct attack by the Chinese government who have taken advantage of the social network content blocking systems.
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.
Congress Drafts Bill to Create “National Commission” for Online Content Removal
The bill calls for a “federal social media task force to coordinate the government’s response to such issues.”
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Says “Sorry for the Frustration” We Caused After Announcing Mass Verification Purge
Yesterday creators who have been uploading to the site for over 14 years, creators with million subscribers, and creators who have been featured in YouTube’s promotional posts were told that they would be losing their verification in late October.
Twitch Streamer Greekgodx Suspended by Twitch for Gender Joke
As of now, the length of Antonatos’ ban hasn’t been confirmed.
PewDiePie Backtracks on ADL Donation, Says He Was “Advised” to Do It, Fans Could Tell “Something Was Off”
“I also didn’t know a lot of things that surfaced throughout this whole thing about the charity…I understand why people had concerns about it and these are things that I would have known myself I had just taken my time,” PewDiePie said.
Buzzword “Hate Speech” Is Spawning New Industries Intent on Profiting From Curbing Online Speech
Such is the power of the concept of hate speech today that an industry is springing up around it, to serve mostly tech giants under fire from politicians and the media.
PewDiePie Says He Will Donate $50,000 to the Anti-Defamation League
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has a history of pressuring YouTube to more strictly moderate its creators.
YouTube’s “Hate Speech” Rules Claim More Casualties, This Time Modeling and Tabletop Game Communities
YouTube’s “hate speech” rules have led to many innocuous videos being demonetized and deleted.
YouTube Is Now Removing Over 100,000 Videos per Quarter for “Hate Speech”
Yet another example of YouTube moving towards so-called “authoritative sources” while neglecting independent creators.
Chinese-Style Social Media Censorship Is Increasingly Influencing Western Platforms
Chinese-style social media censorship – coming to a Western democracy near you.