Topic: extremist content
The term ‘extremist content’ often serves as a justification for increased censorship and surveillance by tech companies and governments. Initiatives aimed at monitoring or removing such content can lead to overreach, impacting free speech and privacy rights for all users. The push to regulate online speech under the guise of combating extremism raises significant concerns about who defines extremism and the implications for individual liberty.
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Google Jigsaw, GIFCT, and Tech Against Terrorism Develop Altitude: A Controversial Tool to Monitor “Potential” Extremist Content, Raising Censorship Concerns
Concerns mount over the expansive reach and potential overreach of global censorship.
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Amazon, LinkedIn, and WhatsApp join big tech anti-terror coalition for fighting “extremist” content online
The announcement follows warnings from the EFF that innocent users will be hurt the most when attempting to crush “extremist”…
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EFF warns that frantic push to crush “extremist” speech online will hurt innocent users
Hard questions are being asked about the way content is treated and censored online by some of the world’s most…
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8chan owner Jim Watkins subpoenaed by House Homeland Security Committee
This follows the same committee requested that Watkins testify before Congress earlier this month.
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8chan owner Jim Watkins called to testify before congress
This follows multiple media reports alleging that the El Paso shooter posted a manifesto to 8chan.