Topic: BuzzFeed
BuzzFeed has faced scrutiny for its role in promoting censorship and influencing content moderation on platforms like YouTube and Facebook. The company’s financial struggles and internal conflicts highlight the challenges faced by media organizations in a environment increasingly hostile to free expression. As BuzzFeed manages these pressures, the implications for privacy and individual liberties remain significant, particularly in how it engages with Big Tech’s censorship practices.
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YouTube hides criticism of Meghan Markle
Downranked.
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The media is already demanding the metaverse be censored for “misinformation”
In the offline world, there’s no Big Tech giant listening to your every word, ready to police your conversations. The…
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The media have a strained relationship with Facebook but they still want it to police the internet
? The love-hate relationship continues.
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Buzzfeed to cut staff wages by up to 25% as a response to coronavirus
The idea is to avoid layoffs.
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Buzzfeed UK financial difficulty rumors spread as company receives register strike-off notice
Buzzfeed failed to file its accounts on time.
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Facebook to fund two new BuzzFeed shows
After cutting the reach on everyone’s Facebook Pages, the company now seems to want to stick to more conventional methods…
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Patreon suspends Soph’s account one day after YouTube deleted her channel
Soph online accounts have been sanctioned multiple times since BuzzFeed published a hit piece about her in May.
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A Buzzfeed walkout is imminent, new report says
Buzzfeed’s Union is going to attempt to do what Vox did to keep its staff highly paid at a time…
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Journalists used to champion free speech. Now they try to suppress it
Journalists are fast becoming the number one group censoring speech online.
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YouTube censors 14-year-old creator Soph after BuzzFeed hit piece
YouTube has removed two of Soph’s videos, issued three strikes against her channel (which could lead to it being terminated),…
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Amazon’s desire to fund Buzzfeed and The New York Times raises ethics questions
News media relying on big tech to survive may be a bad idea.