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Twitter quietly changed its terms of service to allow discussion of “attraction towards minors”
Twitter has been accused of injecting dangerous ideologies into the platform.
Legacy media frames another Trump Twitter meme as “doctored”
Framing memes as “doctored” blurs the lines between light-hearted memes and media that’s manipulated with the intent to deceive.
Germany’s Christian Democratic Union party outlines commitment to open digital standards
Open source is gaining more political support.
Judge rules posting Joker memes and satirical jokes are not enough to invoke Red Flag laws and confiscate guns
The incidences of gun confiscation following the posting of memes are increasing.
Larry Sanger outlines Encyclosphere, a decentralized encyclopedia without the gatekeeping of Wikipedia
Sanger has a solution to the problems with Wikipedia.
Europol: Telegram is doing a better job at tackling Islamic State terrorists than Google and Instagram
Telegram received praise from the agency.
Joy Behar: Facebook’s biggest crime is “spreading hate speech”
Behar agreed with comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s call to censor social media.
Facebook blocks links to website calling for investigation of Amazon Ring surveillance
The blocked website was promoting a new campaign launched by more than a dozen civil liberties groups.
First result of Singapore’s new “fake news” law was political censorship, of course
Who could have guessed?
Twitch streamer Masayoshi receives a DMCA notice for a track he didn’t play
Twitch streamers are being plagued with false DMCA notices.
Tulsi Gabbard and Joe Rogan agree that new laws need to be formed to end big tech censorship
Gabbard is proposing new laws that will protect freedom of speech and access to information online.
Iran considers internet “whitelist” of approved websites, all others will be blocked
The move follows a period of complete internet blackout in the region.