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Tim Cook accepts position on advisory board of Chinese University amid criticism of Apple kowtowing to China
Tim Cook will be chairman of the board.
8chan is struggling to relaunch as “8kun” in the face of censorship and deplatforming campaign
“This is what happens when you try to support the First Amendment and the freedom of speech in America.”
Riot Games fixes censorship of term Uyghur after backlash from players, says it wasn’t intentional
“Sometimes our system bans really weird words for no good reason.”
According to Netflix documentary by Vox, Reddit, 4chan, Gab and Bodybuilding.com are “cult-like”
But the film doesn’t at all delve any deeper into why or how this may be the case.
Megan Phelps-Roper’s new book Unfollow is an ode to free speech and shows the danger of Twitter censorship
Phelps-Roper’s testimony shows just how important free speech online is.
UK police to start monitoring Twitter for “hate tweet” pre-crimes
The UK is aspiring to be China.
Hollywood is taking over YouTube, at the expense of independent creators
YouTube is bankrolling celebs.
Internet Archive adds web page snapshots and other new features
These new features include the possibility of clicking on the “changes” link at the top of the interface to compare two snapshots of the same page.
Imgur will stop displaying NSFW subsections from Reddit on its site
Imgur says these pages put its business “at risk”.
Crusader Kings 3 may remove all references to phrase “Deus Vult” because of “vile memes”, blog suggests
Something of a crusade against the Crusades is currently underway in the gaming world.
Congress to vote on CASE Act – a law that would enable censorship through copyright claims
Copyright trolls would benefit from the situation.
PewDiePie is censored in China after making fun of Chinese government
“Now if you search for anything PewDiePie related on any Reddit-related forum in China or YouTube related videos it will just be completely blank.”