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Facebook’s Oversight Board Overturns Facebook’s Censorship in India
But Facebook refused to say if the government had asked Facebook to censor.
Facebook Says It Was a “Mistake” to Censor Criticism of India’s Government
It didn’t say how the censorship happened or why.
Twitter Censors on Behalf of the Indian Government
Twitter deleted criticism.
India Is Using Facial Recognition to Identify Vaccination Recipients
The move is part of the controversial national ID scheme.
Facebook Inserts Itself Into India’s Elections
Facebook is playing speech police.
Co-Author of Activist Toolkit Arrested in India After It Was Accidentally Revealed by Greta Thunberg
Thunberg wasn’t supposed to share that she was using the toolkit.
Twitter Accused of Hypocrisy After Contesting Censorship in India
Twitter censors but doesn’t like it when government tells it to censor.
Amazon Show “Tandav” Faces Demands to Be Censored in India
Politicians are even calling the police on Amazon.
Twitter Bans Sci-Hub
Publishers filed a lawsuit asking service providers to block Sci-Hub, a portal that provides free access to academic papers.
2020 Year in Review: An Unprecedented Year of Big Tech Censorship and Surveillance
The coronavirus and the US presidential election were some of the many events that ushered in a never-before-seen wave of social media censorship and surveillance.
