Topic: 2020 election
The 2020 election highlighted significant concerns regarding censorship and surveillance, as major tech platforms faced pressure to regulate content labeled as misinformation. Instances of coordinated censorship efforts by companies like Facebook and Twitter, along with government agencies flagging content, raised alarms about the erosion of free speech and the manipulation of public discourse. These actions highlight the ongoing threat to individual liberties and the need for vigilance against censorship, regardless of the political context.
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Global Engagement Center Officially Shuts Down, but Censorship Efforts Likely To Persist Through State Department Offices
Despite its shutdown, the GEC’s legacy of surveillance and censorship casts a long shadow.
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NYT and Washington Post Push YouTube To Censor Election “Misinformation,” Lament Podcast Censorship Challenges
A last-minute election-related censorship push.
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Shadow Games: Questioning America’s Battle Against “Foreign Disinformation” in the Upcoming Election
The escalation of censorship mechanisms that often end up censoring US citizens.
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Bloomberg Complains That Big Tech Companies Are Shunning Their “Arbiter” of Truth Role
More censorship demands.
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DHS’ CISA Agency Flagged Hunter Biden Laptop Story on Day One
A governmental attempt to discredit a truthful story that was soon censored online.
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Twitter had regular meetings with FBI, allowed them to flag tweets
New published chats reveal.
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Elon Musk promises to release internal Twitter censorship files
Behind the scenes of Twitter’s biggest censorship decisions.
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DHS says it scans social media for “misinformation” but not “constitutionally protected speech”
But “misinformation” is constitutionally protected speech.
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Facebook whistleblower claims the company coordinates its censorship efforts with Twitter and Google
Zuckerberg insisted that the coordination only happens for “security-related topics.”
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