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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez supports repeal of FOSTA
AOC is among those who say it has largely been ineffective and actually made it more difficult to prevent sex-trafficking.
News sites encouraged not to display mugshots of arrested suspects as “it reaffirms existing biases”
“We’re better than that,” said one editor.
Patreon and payment processors could be held accountable for censorship under new Californian arbitration law
Platforms such as Patreon have been banning users, severing the ties between creators and customers.
Activision Blizzard tells NVIDIA to not let GeForce Now customers play any of their games
Activision Blizzard is the publisher of many of the most popular games on the platform and customers aren’t happy.
Google pours estimated half a million dollars into The Young Turks, to fund new course
The course will be teaching…journalism tactics and responsibilities.
ResetEra member single-handedly review bombs AI: The Somnium Files on Metacritic, says he “hated” the game
The lone ResetEra member was able to sink the game’s score from 8.2 to 1.9 in a single day.
Porhhub accused of deleting tweets where they admit 15-year-old trafficked girl was a “verified” user
The tweets had already been archived and cached.
YouTube apologizes for demonetizing H3 Podcast interview with John Schnatter for non-existent “slur”
The demonetization is accused of being suspicious.
ProjectMelody is stealing our jobs, camgirls say
Camgirls say it’s not fair that a “cartoon” is getting more attention than them.
YouTuber SidAlpha hit with bogus copyright claim from “Studio71 France” on his own GTA 5 footage
YouTube’s broken copyright system continues hurting creators.
Twitch streamer compares teabagging in Overwatch to “threatening and harassing behavior”
Esport pros strongly disagree with the comparison.
Reddit CTO contradicts censorship, says Reddit is a city – people see both “good and bad”, “nothing is hidden”
The statements seem to contradict Reddit’s recent actions.