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The French Council of the Muslim Faith is suing Facebook and YouTube for not taking down the NZ shooting video fast enough
Many groups including the Islamic Association of New Zealand support the lawsuit.
Microsoft embraces censorship, wants a “joint virtual command center” for censoring content
Microsoft has joined those calling for tougher censorship of online content by tech companies in the wake of the New Zealand mosque massacre earlier this month. Even though the contentious sharing of the video of the shooting wasn’t exactly taking place on LinkedIn, the social network owned by
Top Hats and Champagne Bar YouTube channel shut down for unspecified “hate speech” violations
This comes days after YouTube shut down two other channels for violating its “hate speech” policies without providing any examples of their supposed violations.
New Zealand citizens can now spend up to 14 years in jail for downloading the Christchurch shooter’s manifesto
The manifesto was classified as “objectionable material” by New Zealand’s Chief Censor and knowingly possessing it can result in up to 14 years in jail.
Facebook says more AI based censorship will be coming to the platform in the future
Facebook suggested it will start using applied experimental audio-based technology and proactive detection technology to take down content.
Australia joins New Zealand in eroding the digital civil liberties of its people in the wake of the recent terror attack
Australia internet providers have blocked Voat, ZeroHedge, Archive.is, LiveLeak and others, thus directly contravening civil liberties.
New Zealand shooting censorship: The aftermath of the Christchurch shooting reveals the country takes a tyrannical approach to digital freedoms
Discussing the video or the event, however, should be not seen in the same light that the event itself was. It should not be treated similarly, or even remotely the same.
YouTube has disabled some of its search filtering tools following New Zealand mass shootings
YouTube confirmed on Reddit that some of the search sorting features have been temporarily disabled as part of its efforts to better respond to, review, and remove graphic content from YouTube.