"Hate Speech"
MembersBig Tech’s Shift to Preemptive Censorship
? Vague predictions about when users might break the rules are increasingly driving social media censorship.
Facebook’s New Terms Give It More Discretion to Censor Whatever It Wants
The new terms allow it to ban users and censor content to avoid “legal or regulatory impacts”
Fediverse Apps Promise a Future Free of Censorship and Big Tech, but Google Is Threatening Them
Google gives developers the impossible task of ensuring users don’t come across anything that could be deemed “hateful.”
Reddit Has Banned Over 7,000 Communities for “Hateful Content” in Just Two Months
Reddit has wiped out what were some of the most popular subreddits on its site under new rules.
Sheryl Sandberg Confirms Facebook Isn’t Afraid to Delete the President’s Statements
Sandberg described the run up to the election as being a “big task” for Facebook.
Survey: Most Americans Believe Social Media Platforms Censor Political Opinions
People have been paying attention.
Millie Weaver’s Shadowgate Documentary Deleted by Facebook and YouTube
The documentary had millions of views before it was taken down.
Twitter Starts Blocking Links to Alex Jones’ Video Platform Banned.Video
Twitter has been ramping up its domain-level censorship.
Twitter Surveys Users on Their Ethnicity When It Warns Them for Wrongthink
An invasive line of questioning.
Facebook Deletes 22.5M User Posts for “Hate Speech” in Just Three Months
Facebook hands over the numbers.
20 State Attorneys General Call on Facebook to Censor More
Don’t expect Facebook censorship to slow down.