YouTube removed an interview with former President Donald Trump for election “misinformation.” Fortune magazine reported on Friday that Trump sat down with the NELK channel to discuss golf, Ukraine, and the 2020 election.
Free Speech
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March 13, 2022
Researcher Lara Putnam alleged that Facebook has a problem with “child predation.”
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March 12, 2022
YouTube blocked all Russian media outlets globally.
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March 12, 2022
One America News Network filed a lawsuit against DirecTV and AT&T.
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March 11, 2022
Browsing app and search engine DuckDuckGo, formerly a go-to for free speech advocates sick of Big Tech censorship, is now going to downrank sites it deems connected to “Russian disinformation.”
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March 11, 2022
Facebook has reportedly changed its rules to allow open calls for violence against Russian soldiers. However, Facebook infamously censored then-President Donald Trump as he called for peace amid the Jan. 6 riot.
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March 11, 2022
A new bill introduced by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) could drive censorship online. Klobuchar said the NUDGE Act would help address so-called “misinformation.”
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March 11, 2022
Advocacy groups have warned the Biden administration against cutting off the internet in Russia. In recent weeks, Microsoft, PlayStation, Cash App, and more have disabled their services in Russia to boycott the war. Internet service providers…
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March 11, 2022
NewsGuard co-CEO Steven Brill claimed that NewsGuard’s goal is “not to block anything,” but “just [to] give people straight information.” However, in a recent interview, he revealed NewsGuard’s real game of demonetizing anything the “credibility…
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March 10, 2022
YouTube censored the “Ukraine on Fire” (2016) documentary showing the purported history of U.S. involvement in Ukraine.
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March 9, 2022
President Joe Biden signed an executive order to ensure government oversight of cryptocurrency and to ensure that it is “equitable” for groups categorized as historically marginalized.
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March 9, 2022
Does biased NewsGuard automatically favor state-affiliated media? The liberal online “credibility” arbiter gave seven traditionally non-autocratic state-affiliated media outlets around the world an average score of 98.6/100.
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March 9, 2022
It’s Episode 28 of CensorTrack with TR. This week we talked about how YouTube censored The Hill for reporting on the news, and censored Media Research Center for posting about the shift of national COVID-19 conversation.
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March 8, 2022
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas called upon his fellow justices to rethink how a 1996 law protects Big Tech companies from liability on their platforms. Thomas may have opened Pandora’s Box for Big Tech CEOs by calling to take a fresh…
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March 8, 2022
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten said she’s happy that NewsGuard highly rates some news outlets that have been critical of her. And her group’s new partner was right by her side.
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March 8, 2022
Live-streaming platform Twitch is reportedly instituting stricter bans on “misinformation,” including supposed COVID-19 “misinformation.”
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March 7, 2022
TikTok is suspending new videos and livestreams from Russia, citing the Russian government’s new “fake news” laws.
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March 6, 2022
Snapchat launched a show aimed at challenging media that is “hostile” to transgender identity. The platform partnered with Pink News, a popular UK-based site for LGBT+ news, to host “Pure Trans Joy.”
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March 5, 2022
Visa and Mastercard have both suspended operations in Russia as tensions escalated in the war with Ukraine. The effort was aims to crack down on Russia and encourage an end to the war.
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March 5, 2022
Russia reportedly banned the BBC to stop the spread of so-called “misinformation” regarding its war against Ukraine. According to Reuters, Putin has complained that western media organizations have unfairly covered the conflict. Russia's…
