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Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proposes putting sensors on all citizens
Some of people’s biggest fears about coronavirus-sanctioned overreach are coming true.
Canada’s Pension Plan revealed to be major shareholder in Chinese company Tencent, disclosures show
Tencent has long been accused of censorship and surveillance on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party, leading to “innocent people’s arrest and torture.”
China’s Animal Crossing Players use code words and middlemen to circumvent CCP censorship
The CCP banned Animal Crossing New Horizons in China after some players used in-game features to criticize the Chinese government.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai: “There is a shared sense of what is objectively right”
Google is confident that it’s right, and operates as such.
Congressman Paul Gosar asks AG Barr to investigate censorship of Laura Loomer and Paul Joseph Watson
Facebook has previously argued that its decision to brand Loomer dangerous is a “protected statement of opinion.”
Classic MTV shows from 1980s requested to be removed from Internet Archive on copyright grounds
Their time on the platform was short lived.
UN Secretary-General wages war on “contemptible memes”
Antonio Guterres may not know what memes are but he’s not a fan.
YouTube CEO: Users don’t like “authoritative” mainstream media channels but we boost them anyway
Susan Wojcicki confirms your suspicions.
Twitter cracks down hard on “misinformation,” unless it comes from China
Twitter is pushing back against the State Department.
Behind the scenes of China’s “content surveillance”
China’s WeChat censors messages containing blacklisted words, keeping citizens in the dark about major issues.
Free Speech Alliance calls for an end to Facebook’s “Supreme Court” of speech authority
Groups are pushing back at the way Facebooks Oversight Board has been set up.
YouTube strips human rights activist Jennifer Zeng of income
Suggesting the origin of the coronavirus was China seems to be problematic for Google.