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YouTube CEO: We’ll remove “hate speech” from elected officials but media outlets are allowed to reupload it with their own “context”
The original statement, as it happened, from a politician, not being allowed to exist on the platform without news media interpretation will be worrying for those concerned about media bias.
Zero Hedge banned by PayPal
Zero Hedge’s recent PayPal ban comes at a time when the news outlet is looking to diversify its income after a Google ads ban.
Facebook Gaming repeatedly rejected from Apple’s App store
Apple’s App Store could be the first antitrust target.
New lawsuit says YouTube’s algorithm is racially profiling
Another lawsuit we don’t expect to go anywhere.
An army of keyboard warriors is being recruited to mass report anti-vaccine social media posts
The group of self-described moderators will take it upon themselves to flag anti-vaccine posts to platforms like Facebook and Twitter.
Victory for free speech as France’s supreme court crushes authoritarian “hate speech” laws
Even in a speech-restricted Europe, the law was considered to be unconstitutional.
China creates new online censorship law to target literature
Subjects that the Chinese Communist Party disapprove of will get censored.
Celebrity chef José Andrés runs up against false Twitter DMCA notices
Andrés doesn’t have the best opinion of the DMCA.
MembersWhat US law says about being fired for what you post online
? Legal protections exist but determining whether they apply can be complicated.
Count Dankula considers taking wrongful conviction after “offensive joke” to European Court of Human Rights
Dankula’s audience wants him to give it a try.
Geeks and Gamers’ Jeremy suspended on Twitter after posting The Last of Us 2 memes
Twitter continues to allow Sony to abuse the DMCA system.