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Alibaba founder Jack Ma “missing” after publicly criticizing the Chinese Communist Party
Ma hasn’t even turned up for filming of his own TV show.
Journalist Julian Assange will NOT be extradited to the US to face trial, UK judge rules
The judge’s ruling was on health grounds, not free speech.
Israel’s coronavirus surveillance is pushing limits
Anti-terror surveillance measures are being used to track people.
#DisruptTexts campaign aims to cancel classic literature in classrooms
Activists are judging texts of the past to the extreme intolerances of today.
Twitter blocks medical journal after it published a positive study on Ivermectin treatment for coronavirus
An entire journal censored.
Facebook shut down fundraising page for Republican Senate runoff candidates in Georgia, says it was an error
Just days before the election.
Turkish government reportedly responsible for removal of German YouTube channel
Censorship under the guise of copyright claims.
2020 year in review: an unprecedented year of Big Tech censorship and surveillance
The coronavirus and the US presidential election were some of the many events that ushered in a never-before-seen wave of social media censorship and surveillance.
UK Police arrest woman who posted video of empty hospital online
The move from police isn’t likely to win over public trust.
After causing Twitter outrage with recent paper, Nature Communications to review papers for “potential harm”
Outraged Twitter users are deciding the future of science publications.
BBC faces outrage mob for acknowledging JK Rowling’s good essay writing
Righteous indignation.