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Reddit CEO wishes he’d quarantined The Donald sooner, says he’s fine with it being in a “near-dead” state
Reddit has intentionally killed one of its most popular communities.
Japan’s new piracy law to crackdown on manga pirates and more
The bill has been changed several times and it’s about to become law.
Slack deletes article showing how police departments use the tool, as anti-police sentiment rises
Slack is just one company that is being encouraged to distance their brand from police.
Indian dairy company locked out of Twitter after posting image about avoiding Chinese products
The company has been on Twitter for 9 years and was only temporarily locked out of their account after posting the image.
Employees call on bosses to shut down Blue Lives Matter website
Some employees aren’t happy that one of the more successful websites in the portfolio supports police.
Alex Berenson’s lockdown skeptic book rockets to top of Kindle charts after Amazon’s censorship backlash
While the book was set to do well, it was likely also helped along by the Streisand effect.
Twitter says “traditional dichotomy” of platform vs publisher doesn’t really work any more
Twitter was questioned by British lawmakers this week.
Facebook suspends account of film maker documenting peaceful protest highlights
Jason Layhue doesn’t know what policy he’s supposed to have violated.
President Trump’s ‘Healing, not Hatred’ campaign video removed by copyright complaint
It isn’t the first time the President has been hit with DMCA notices.
Developers needing documentation for Microsoft’s Webpack found it was temporarily deleted, replaced with Black Lives Matter page instead
And when they complained, they were censored.
Kaitlin Bennett’s Liberty Hangout requests DMCA subpoena for info on Philip DeFranco, Young Turks, and others
Liberty Hangout previously filed a DMCA takedown notice in an attempt to get several YouTube videos criticizing Bennett removed.
In Australia, users who leave one-star reviews on businesses are increasingly being sued for defamation
Several cases are popping up each year.