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YouTube says indie creators are 20x less likely to top corona search results than “high authority channels”
YouTube has previously admitted that users don’t like “authoritative” sources yet it continues propping them up in search.
Biden demands Facebook crackdown on “misinformation” in time for November elections
Joe Biden, the presumptive presidential nominee for the Democrats, has penned an open letter to Facebook, urging the social media company to do more to censor “misinformation.” Facebook replied immediately and effectively said they can’t keep being pulled to implement opposing features by Democ
YouTube simultaneously bans videos about flouting social distancing rules, yet boosts protest videos
YouTube has given an update on the impact of its controversial new rules.
Twitter takes down at least some of China’s propaganda artists and bots
Chinese bots have been active on Twitter for at least a year.
New incoming bill will target Big Tech censorship
The bill could be debated as soon as next week.
Google proposes internal changes, remove any gendered language and terms such as “blacklist” from code
The proposals had been made a while back and are this week getting new attention.
Facebook says meme featuring British band The Cure causes “physical harm”, censors it
Facebook took the meme down as part of its coronavirus rules.
Apple censors for China again. This time removing two popular podcasting apps
Apple’s hypocrisy on human rights issues continues.
Facebook deletes accounts of anti-racism activists in widespread algorithmic deplatforming
More casualties of blanket moderation.
It somehow took the George Floyd protests to get Big Tech to pull back on facial recognition tech
IBM, Amazon and Microsoft are rethinking whether they want to offer surveillance tech.
Those Who Were Punished for Voicing Their Opinions on Black Lives Matter Protests or Riots
A non-exhaustive list of some of those who have taken the fall.
Zoom closed account of user who commemorated anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre
Zoom previously came under fire after researchers discovered that some of its encryption keys were being generated in China.