Tag: Censorship

Categories USA

‘Hall monitors’ for social media? Twitter launches new ‘Birdwatch’ program, enlisting users to help hunt down ‘misleading’ speech

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Twitter has launched a new feature, called “Birdwatch,” that relies on users of the social media platform to identify content that they deem misleading and post notes to provide “informative context” on the topic. … Read More >‘Hall monitors’ for social media? Twitter launches new ‘Birdwatch’ program, enlisting users to help hunt down ‘misleading’ speech

Categories USA

Twitter PERMANENTLY bans Trump-supporting MyPillow CEO for ‘repeated’ violations of election interference policy

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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has been kicked off Twitter for multiple violations of the platform’s civic integrity policy. The outspoken Trump supporter has been vocal about his belief that the 2020 election results were fraudulent. … Read More >Twitter PERMANENTLY bans Trump-supporting MyPillow CEO for ‘repeated’ violations of election interference policy

Categories Journalism & Mass media

Twitter Latin America coordinator exposed as right-wing operative, amid anti-AMLO social media purge

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While Mexico’s progressive President AMLO challenges the Big Tech corporation’s growing censorship, Twitter Latin America’s public policy head was exposed as a right-wing political operative. … Read More >Twitter Latin America coordinator exposed as right-wing operative, amid anti-AMLO social media purge

Categories World

Australia lashes out at Big Tech threats, says it’s ‘inevitable’ that Facebook & Google will pay for content

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Australia’s treasurer has advised the tech giants to accept that their platforms will have to start paying for content, amid threats from Facebook and Google to limit services in the country if such a policy is enacted. … Read More >Australia lashes out at Big Tech threats, says it’s ‘inevitable’ that Facebook & Google will pay for content

Categories USA

Democrats demand Facebook, Twitter & YouTube change algorithms to stop ‘polluting minds of American people’

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Democrats in the US Congress have urged major social media platforms to eliminate algorithms and recommendations that breed extremism and undermine the sense of “objective reality.” … Read More >Democrats demand Facebook, Twitter & YouTube change algorithms to stop ‘polluting minds of American people’

Categories World

Twitter locks out Chinese embassy to the US after ‘dehumanizing’ Uyghur tweet as if to prove it isn’t JUST anti-Trump

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Twitter has locked the Chinese Embassy to the US out of its account for supposedly violating its policy against dehumanization with a tweet defending its activities in Xinjiang, just weeks after suspending US President Trump. … Read More >Twitter locks out Chinese embassy to the US after ‘dehumanizing’ Uyghur tweet as if to prove it isn’t JUST anti-Trump

Categories Russia

‘Degraded’ US falling short of its own democratic standards & has no right to lecture others, says Russian parliamentary speaker

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Russia’s top MP has warned that Moscow, long talked down to by the West over the state of its political system, must resist following the example of the US in allowing unelected tech tycoons to censor non-mainstream voices. … Read More >‘Degraded’ US falling short of its own democratic standards & has no right to lecture others, says Russian parliamentary speaker

Categories World

Blasting Bill Gates and claiming Covid vaccine contains Satanic microchips gets Mexican cardinal censored by Facebook

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A Mexican cardinal has been censored by Facebook after claiming that the Covid-19 pandemic is part of a “new world order plot” and saying vaccines against the disease contain satanic microchips. … Read More >Blasting Bill Gates and claiming Covid vaccine contains Satanic microchips gets Mexican cardinal censored by Facebook

Categories USA

Alternative tech platform DLive cracks down on users amid media complaints about ‘extremist’ audience after Capitol storming

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DLive, a video streaming service which became popular over the past few years as a free speech alternative to websites like YouTube and Twitch, came under fire from its users after it announced sanctions to combat extremism. … Read More >Alternative tech platform DLive cracks down on users amid media complaints about ‘extremist’ audience after Capitol storming