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Chinese Communist Party takes aim at social media influencers for targeted censorship
Leaked emails show the extent of the censorship.
YouTuber faces blacklisting after Sandbox Strategies PR rep complains about his game review
Ethics: The season of cancel mobs continues and blacklisting tactics could cause reviewers to self-censor if reviewers are publicly called a “piece of shit” and a “mother*er” by PR agency reps for critiquing aspects of a game.
YouTube mass purges popular channels after announcing crackdown on “harmful conspiracy theories”
Another arbitrary rule change.
MembersThe extent of (or lack of) free speech in the UK
? The UK is more aligned with Europe when it comes to free speech – which isn’t good.
Facial recognition is coming for hospital patients
Privacy implications are inevitable.
Facebook deletes page of lockdown-skeptic NZ political party days before election
Another brazen move from FB.
Florida likely to be first state to get digital driving licenses, raising privacy concerns
Other states will likely follow.
Sony to start listening to private PlayStation chat recordings for “safety and moderation”
Players could have their accounts and PlayStation systems suspended based on these recordings.
Amazon criticized for rejecting Michael Brown documentary that doesn’t offer “politically correct narrative”
The documentary coveres both sides of the argument in a more nuanced way that is offered in the mainstream, the creators say.
Twitter now removing Hunter Biden memes and tweets criticizing its censorship of NY Post Joe Biden exposé
The censorship of one of the election cycle’s top stories continues.
French museum censors after China’s demands
And it involves the Mongol population – who China keeps under 24-hour surveillance.