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Bethesda Responds to Fallout 76 Ban Controversy and Doubles Down Against Testers
In a statement, the company suggested that players who use third-party software to discover and report exploits may still be banned.
YouTube Responds to Claims It Will Delete Channels for Not Making Enough Money
The new terms caused panic among creators who believed that YouTube would be deleting accounts that it believed were no longer commercially viable.
YouTube’s New Message to Creators: We’ll Delete You if You’re “No Longer Commercially Viable”
The new terms are the latest example of YouTube’s increasingly hostile attitude toward its creators.
YouTuber CGP Grey YouTube Account Suspended
“Your access to this Google product has been suspended, because of a perceived violation of either the Google Terms of Service or product-specific Terms of Service.”
Twitch Accused of Double Standards as Employee GeersArt Creates “NSFW” Art on Livestream
An employee of Twitch who streams under the username of GeersArt had recently done a live art stream where he worked on an image depicting a nude woman’s body with her bare breasts being partially displayed.
Hillary Clinton Is Still Blaming Facebook for Helping Trump Spread “Outright Lies About Democrats”
Clinton added that, “even though these posts violate Facebook’s stated terms of service, they’re still up.”
Developer-Focused Email Service Mailgun Bans Gab After Three Years of Business
Mailgun is the latest of many companies to deplatform Gab but despite these obstacles, the free speech social network has almost doubled its traffic this year.
Twitch Users Say They’re Being Suspended for Criticizing Alinity Cat-Throwing Situation
Many users have criticized Twitch’s lack of action against Alinity and see it as yet another example of Twitch’s double standard when it comes to enforcing its policies against male and female streamers.
Larry Sanger, Wikipedia Co-Founder, Calls for a Declaration of Digital Independence
Sanger outlines the problems with the modern web.
Twitch Has Turned Off Live Streaming for New Accounts While It Combats a Large Automated Bot Attack That’s Spreading “Grossly” Inappropriate Content
Twitch hasn’t said when they’ll be turning the feature back on.
Patreon Just Widened Their Terms of Service to Support the Authoritarian Practices They’ve Been Following for Some Time
Patreon’s terms of service on so-called hate speech have been widely criticized as their terms have applied to whatever you do in your life, regardless of whether it’s on the Patreon platform or not.
Twitch Apparently Banned a User for “Hate Speech” for Having the Name “Trump” in His Username
An email explaining the ban D_Trump_Apprentice69 received from Twitch said that the account was suspended indefinitely for picking an inappropriate username.
