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Obama Says He’s Close to a “First Amendment Absolutist,” Then Adds a “but,” Criticizes “Certain Kinds of Speech”
Obama weighs in on ideas surrounding free speech.
UN Agency Unveils Action Plan to Regulate Speech on Social Media Platforms
More meddling from UNESCO.
VP Kamala Harris Suggests “AI-Enabled Mis- And Disinformation” Is an “Existential” Threat to Democracy
Using the censorship buzzword as an excuse to control and restrict AI.
Canadian Lawmakers Want to Punish Online Platforms for Allowing “Misinformation” Spread
Following in the EU’s authoritarian steps.
Adobe Jumps on the Anti-“Disinformation” Bandwagon
The software company has filed a new patent.
WHO Director-General Complains “the Spread of Misinformation” Undermines “Faith in Our Institutions”
It’s never the fault of the institutions in the eyes of those that run the institutions.
TikTok Outlines Plans to Curb “Misinformation” After EU Pressure
The Chinese-owned platform is committing to more moderation on the platform as trouble in the Middle East brews.
Adobe Releases Tool, Developed With the BBC, to Combat “Misinformation” in Images
The rise of the meme stamp.
WHO Treaty Negotiators Call for Governments and Big Tech to Tackle “Infodemics,” and “Misinformation”
The idea of a pandemic was just recently seared into everybody’s minds (rightly so, given the level of disruption caused by the reaction to Covid at personal/business/national level) – and now, building on that state of fear – we have a neologism to contend with. “Infodemic.” It’s when saying s
DHS Is Still Withholding Information in Its Efforts to Censor “Misinformation, Disinformation, and Malinformation”
Using an exemption that protects “techniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions” to withhold content.
WHO Pandemic Treaty Negotiator Wants to Combat Online “Misinformation,” Calls It a “Serious Health Threat”
The WHO itself is increasingly making comments about online speech.
The World Economic Forum Calls for Regulators and Tech Firms to Use Its Definitions of “Hate Speech,” “Misinformation,” and More
The WEF continues to insert itself into online speech control.