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UK Broadcasters Demand New Laws That Regulate “Fake News” and “Disinformation” on Google and Facebook
The mainstream media is often the biggest benefactor of crackdowns on online “misinformation”.
UK “Anti-Hate” Group Sets Its Sights on Medical Misinformation Online
What does an anti-hate group have to do with policing conversations about medical issues online?
Calls to Get Europe to Join in the Facebook Boycott Are Unfounded
The pressure is unrelenting.
Companies Are Boycotting Facebook Ads but Tracking and Profiling You With Facebook Anyway
Companies haven’t removed the Facebook ads tracking pixel from their websites during the boycott.
Chinese Bank Got Two Western Companies to Install Tax Software That Has Secret Backdoor, Researchers Say
China is increasingly accused of spying.
Katie Hopkins Banned From Twitter
Twitter won’t say which tweets caused the ban.
Count Dankula Considers Taking Wrongful Conviction After “Offensive Joke” to European Court of Human Rights
Dankula’s audience wants him to give it a try.
Google Threatens to Strip Revenue From the Federalist After NBC News Complaint
People see this as NBC lobbying Google, which has a monopoly on website advertising, to demonetize its competitors.
YouTube Is Automatically Deleting Any Comments About “Black Lives Matter Violence”
Users who comment about violence at Black Lives Matter protests have their comments automatically put into a black hole.
Team-Xecuter Says Nintendo Lawsuit Is Censorship
Do people not have the right to tinker with the devices they purchased?
Facebook Deletes Accounts of Anti-Racism Activists in Widespread Algorithmic Deplatforming
More casualties of blanket moderation.