War and Conflict
The UK’s shadowy “counter-disinformation unit” has shifted from Covid to war
Actively getting select speech removed from social media platforms.
Google, Twitter, Meta, TikTok and more just signed the EU’s “anti-disinformation” code
A new commitment to curb online speech.
YouTube has deleted over 70,000 Ukraine war videos
And banned 9,000 channels.
Twitter introduces new policy, will black-hole some speech containing “misinformation”
Twitter users will not be able to like, respond to, or forward any tweet that receives a warning label, essentially putting a tweet into a black hole on the platform.
YouTube boasts removal of 8,000 channels, 60,000 Ukraine war videos
YouTube has announced the extent of its purges.
PayPal purges independent media outlets that documented Ukraine war censorship
Many accounts shut down.
GitHub is banning accounts of Russians who used to work at sanctioned companies
Even if they no longer work there.
Russia arrests another journalist, Mikhail Afanasyev, for content that criticizes Ukraine invasion
New censorship laws in Russia are being used increasingly.
Facebook backtracks after censoring anti-war socialist video
The video was deleted within days of its upload.
Russia censors two more independent news outlets
Escalating censorship.