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Facebook’s Oversight Board upholds President Trump ban
Facebook’s censorship powers have been affirmed in the silencing of an elected President.
Facebook censors iconic image of 1970 Kent State shooting on its anniversary
The Pulitzer Prize winning image is covered over with a sensitive content warning.
Facebook’s Oversight Board overturns Facebook’s censorship in India
But Facebook refused to say if the government had asked Facebook to censor.
Facebook bans page of New Zealand political party Advance NZ
Deleted under its recidivism policy.
Facebook bans Russia Today’s Berlin-based news outlet Redfish
Russia Today’s editor-in-chief says she will campaign to get Facebook banned in Russia if it doesn’t reinstate the page.
Instagram censors Dr. Christiane Northrup after complaint from senators
Reports have suggested Northrup is a vaccine skeptic.
Facebook bans alternative accounts of Australian lawmaker Craig Kelly, creating a complete ban
The elected lawmaker is allowed no political presence on Facebook.
Facebook says it was a “mistake” to censor criticism of India’s government
It didn’t say how the censorship happened or why.
MeWe grew by 36% in Q1 2021
The platform is particularly growing internationally as people turn on Facebook.
Sen. Jon Ossoff blasts Big Tech for being “arbiters of legitimate speech”
Ossoff took aim at the way tech gatekeepers control the ideas that people see.
WhatsApp hands out cash to oppose vaccine skepticism
Reuters received the biggest grant.