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Facebook threatens The Hodgetwins with deletion
“Your Page is at risk of being unpublished…”
Bridgefy is considered to be a private app for protesters but is a privacy nightmare
The app has been leaking identities.
Fediverse apps promise a future free of censorship and Big Tech, but Google is threatening them
Google gives developers the impossible task of ensuring users don’t come across anything that could be deemed “hateful.”
YouTube’s bogus monetization system continues to harm creators
And YouTube’s support on the issue is Kafkaesque at best.
In Facebook’s virtual world, Horizon, your actions are recorded in case you break the rules
Censorship in virtual worlds.
Researchers develop algorithm to scan for “misogynistic” tweets
Apparently, the world needs a little more speech control.
SC mayor faces calls for resignation after Facebook post saying Black Lives Matter is a terror organization
“Why do we stand by and allow BLM to lawlessly destroy great American cities and threaten their citizens on a daily basis?” the mayor wrote in a now-deleted Facebook post.
Tools behind Belarus internet censorship potentially revealed
Bloomberg alleges a US-based company provided the censorship tool.
NPR affiliate suggests people shouldn’t use the term “riot” as it’s rooted in racism
Another word you’re not supposed to use.
South Africa’s Internet Censorship Bill will deal a massive blow to free speech
The new proposals seek to regulate “harmful content.”
Instagram starts hiding hashtag results for QAnon
The topic has now been purged from most of the major social media platforms.
Facebook announces new deep learning system that automatically detects “misinformation”
The system could lead to even more automated censorship on the platform.