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Granite City School District fires assistant coach without hearing over Black Lives Matter Facebook comments
Another case of people getting fired for their opinion.
Bill Mitchell, YourVoice America host, permanently suspended from Twitter
Mitchell had over 590,000 followers.
Twitter starts blocking links to Alex Jones’ video platform Banned.video
Twitter has been ramping up its domain-level censorship.
Texas man arrested over police parody Facebook Page
The Page was highlighting cops’ lack of action against crimes against minors.
Stockton student who was reprimanded for Facebook post has 5 of 6 charges dropped
One more charge left to drop.
High school counselor who was fired for criticizing students that skipped class to protest loses appeal
Like with many other cases, local backlash in response to what she posted online led to the firing.
TikTok owner ByteDance caught censoring anti-China content
Just as TikTok has been caught doing in the past.
Epic Games files antitrust lawsuit against Apple and Google, calls for app store payment choice
The Fortnite developer is accusing both companies of engaging in “anti-competitive” and “monopolistic” practices via their mobile app stores.
Twitter surveys users on their ethnicity when it warns them for wrongthink
An invasive line of questioning.
Rumors of Apple’s virtual fitness classes competing with 3rd parties raises scrutiny of the 30% App Store tax
The tax gives Apple’s own services a margin advantage against competing apps that are forced to pay this 30% fee.
Mayor of Lansing Andy Schor faces calls to resign after using the term “they”
Apparently, it’s a racist “dog whistle.”