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Facebook uses Norway’s state media to censor Seymour Hersh over Nord Stream attack story
“Fact-checking” on social media is far from impartial.
YouTube demonetizes political commentator Matt Walsh
Walsh is refusing to meet YouTube’s demands.
London police are condemned for using anti-terror laws to detain publisher who protested Macron
The publisher refused to unlock his phone.
Russia deploys facial recognition tech to track down draft-dodgers
Rounding up dissenters using surveillance.
Senator Rand Paul criticizes DHS for social media censorship, says the greatest purveyor of “disinformation” was government
Using third parties as “a clearing house for information to avoid the appearance of government propaganda.”
The EARN IT Act, an attack on encrypted communications, to be reintroduced next week
The continued threat to privacy.
Netflix’s Beef actor David Choe uses copyright strikes in an attempt to kill criticism
The DMCA is sometimes abused as a censorship tool.
SEC commissioner Hester Peirce says proposed Exchange Act changes threaten free speech
Ambiguous definitions.
Texas State University is sued over speech restrictions
Publicly funded universities are bound by The First Amendment.
Canada’s Liberals shut down debate over online censorship plans
Plowing ahead and ignoring censorship concerns.
Private messaging apps push back against UK snooping proposals
The British Government wants to end private messaging.