Apple and Google forced to delete Russian opposition app ahead of election
An app created by Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been removed from the Apple and Google apps stores after they were threatened by the government.
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Facebook reportedly has special rules for VIP users
A report by the Wall Street Journal claims social media giant Facebook has a special programme that shields millions of VIP users from the company’s normal enforcement process.
AWS reportedly planning to increase platform censorship
Dominant public cloud platform AWS is reportedly forming a censorship team that will help it remove more content that violates its policies.
Afghan debacle once more exposes the incoherence of social media censorship
Social media companies have come under pressure to censor accounts linked to the Taliban, but there seem to be no clear guidelines or public policy.
Apple defends new device-scanning tech as criticisms grow
Apple has launched a defence of its controversial new system to scan users’ devices for child sexual material after over 5,000 people and organizations signed an open letter against it.
US Senators bid to amend Section 230 to censor social media
A couple of Democrat Senators want to make social media companies liable for public health ‘misinformation’ on their platforms.
UK government ties itself in knots over social media censorship
The UK government wants to protect us from online horridness but seems confused about how best to go about it while also protecting freedom of speech.
UK government bid to censor the internet faces growing resistance
A proposed set of new UK laws would appoint Ofcom as censor of all digital communications in the country. Not everyone thinks that’s such a great idea.
As US lawmakers attack its competitors, Microsoft warns of state over-reach
There is a mounting battle of wills in the US between its tech giants and its state apparatus over who gets to exploit its population more.
Ofcom plunders Amazon Alexa for CTO hire
UK communications regulator Ofcom has moved to beef up its digital economy expertise with the appointment of Amazon veteran Sachin Jogia as Chief Technology Officer.
Facebook doubles down on ‘good’ censorship
Social media giant Facebook has announced it will be shadow-banning accounts that repeatedly share stuff it doesn’t approve of.
The fight back against digital censorship gathers momentum
There are signs that bulk censorship and state surveillance may have reached their high-water mark, at least in the West.
Indian Covid crisis prompts surge in state social media censorship
The Indian government seems to be trying to silence public speculation that the recent surge in Covid cases was caused by political gatherings.
US inches towards regulating social media platforms as utilities
American Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has publicly questioned the contradictions presented by the current legal status of social media platforms.
Amazon escalates hostilities between big tech and politicians – good
US politicians are increasingly grandstanding in opposition to technology giants and it looks like they’ve decided it’s time to fight back.
Facebook shows its hand on Section 230 reform
Ahead of yet another US political grilling, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is proposing that Section 230 protections should be restricted to those sites with comment screening systems.
Ofcom lowers the bar for online video censorship
UK telecoms regulator is adapting quickly to its new role as chief digital censor and wants there to be less horridness allowed on video sharing platforms.
Deutsche Telekom tiptoes towards censorship
German operator group DT keeps banging on about how committed it is to combatting online hate speech, but what does that mean in practice?
Altice USA CEO pushes back on calls for provider-level censorship
Asked about the pressure from two US politicians on cable providers not to offer right-wing TV news channels, Dexter Goei said he’ll let the market decide.
FCC Democrats silent on calls for US cable providers to censor right wing news
Two Democrat US Representatives have written to a bunch of cable and streaming providers calling on them to do something about claimed misinformation on TV news.
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