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The Supreme Court will hear arguments surrounding states’ social media anti-censorship laws
A case that could change free speech online.
New Russian decree enables new online censorship powers
Russia has given itself new powers to block websites.
$1.7 trillion spending bill requires platforms to verify ID of those earning $5,000 revenue per year
And collect sellers’ other sensitive data including bank account details and tax ID.
63% of voters want FBI investigated for social media censorship push
After docs show FBI was flagging tweets of US citizens.
Seattle “Workforce Equity Manager” banned employees from displaying religious holiday symbols in virtual workspaces
A restriction for the Christmas and Hanukkah season.
Twitter lawyer Jim Baker wanted to know why Trump wasn’t censored for tweet saying “don’t fear Covid”
Twitter execs had to explain why optimism isn’t a violation of the rules.
Trump tech advisor reportedly urged Twitter, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft to “combat misinformation”
Internal Twitter documents claim the Trump admin wanted tech companies to combat “misinformation that could stoke panic buying and behaviors.”
Biden admin was “very angry” Twitter wouldn’t censor more aggressively – Twitter Files
“The Biden team was not satisfied with Twitter’s enforcement approach as they wanted Twitter to do more and to de-platform several accounts.”
NYC Mayor Eric Adams: “Big Brother is protecting you”
Supporting surveillance.
DNC staffer fumed to Twitter, “These rules need revision,” after it declined to censor Biden video
More political pressure to censor revealed.
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is helping to fund the salaries of dozens of Biden officials
Some of these officials have been placed with the goal of focusing on AI and clean energy — two areas where Schmidt has investments.