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Twitter censors Trump statement for saying anarchists would be met with “serious force”
Twitter is now censoring and editorializing the President’s statements on a weekly basis.
YouTube bans Gavin McInnes after 15 years on the platform
McInnes has been scrubbed from all the Big Tech platforms in recent years.
Google starts fact-checking images in search results
Another Big Tech company adds fact-checks that editorialize its search results.
YouTube CEO calls for US to offer guidance on hate speech, cites Europe’s “much stricter hate laws”
The US Supreme Court has already ruled that “hate speech” is protected under the First Amendment.
YouTube CEO: We’ll remove “hate speech” from elected officials but media outlets are allowed to reupload it with their own “context”
The original statement, as it happened, from a politician, not being allowed to exist on the platform without news media interpretation will be worrying for those concerned about media bias.
New lawsuit says YouTube’s algorithm is racially profiling
Another lawsuit we don’t expect to go anywhere.
MembersHow the term “misinformation” has been weaponized as an online censorship tool amid the coronavirus pandemic
As the mainstream media increased its use of this term, Big Tech companies expanded their aggressive “coronavirus misinformation” policies.
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.
YouTube removed 100,000 videos under its controversial “hate speech” and “harassment” rules last quarter
These rules have decimated commentary, comedy, criticism and many other popular YouTube genres.
YouTube says indie creators are 20x less likely to top corona search results than “high authority channels”
YouTube has previously admitted that users don’t like “authoritative” sources yet it continues propping them up in search.
YouTube simultaneously bans videos about flouting social distancing rules, yet boosts protest videos
YouTube has given an update on the impact of its controversial new rules.
YouTube demonetizes commentary channel Tipster for “harassment”
Another commentary channel has its income wiped out as a result of YouTube’s controversial harassment rules.