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Social media platforms often censor CBD and hemp products, despite being legal
Businesses often fear their posts being deleted and their accounts shut down.
US Surgeon General says there’s “not nearly enough” social media censorship
Demands more scrubbing of “misinformation.”
Facebook names government-funded CBC’s Radio-Canada as “fact-checker” for Canadian election
Critics are sounding the alarm and noting that CBC sued the opposition party during the last election.
Facebook suspends Canadian political candidate Marc Emery during campaign season
For criticizing what he says is the “the evil Covid dictatorship.”
Facebook suppressed report showing vaccinated doctor death was most viewed story in Q1
Facebook wanted to avoid bad publicity it knew it would receive from media and politicians.
Biden administration demands Facebook hands over data on “misinformation” and vaccine skeptics
The White House wants it as a “good will gesture.”
FTC issues revised complaint against Facebook
The new complaint is much more extensive.
Facebook rejects “disinformation dozen” narrative (censors them anyway)
Facebook has said that the common trope that 12 individuals are responsible for most vaccine “misinformation” online is in itself misinformation.
Washington Post faces criticism for praising Taliban’s “sophisticated” social media use, saying that’s why they’re not banned like Trump
“Trump’s posts for years challenged platform rules against hate speech and inciting violence. Today’s Taliban, by and large, does not.”
Courts can’t decide if embedding photo and video tweets could constitute copyright infringement
Not all courts are going with the “server test.”
Instagram blocks critical comments of Biden through it’s “disrespectful” content filter
The censorship is taking place as President Biden faces tough criticism for the botched Afghanistan evacuation.