censorship Substack fires editor in "retaliation" for working with high-profile writer who switched to rival Ghost Thom Dunn
censorship Libertarian social media site Parler asks government to force private businesses to do commerce with them Thom Dunn
censorship Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton, and others are trying to censor a Netflix film they haven't seen Thom Dunn
white supremacists Noted white nationalist and guy who got punched in the face Richard Spencer is "financially crippled" from lawsuit Thom Dunn
youtube Banned from Youtube, Chinese propagandists are using Pornhub to publish anti-Hong Kong videos Cory Doctorow
science fiction Join me today at 12PM Pacific/3PM Eastern for a New York Times/Periscope livestream about my "op-ed from the future" Cory Doctorow
law European legal official OKs orders that force Facebook to globally remove insults to politicians like "oaf" and "fascist" (as well as synonyms) Cory Doctorow
twitter TOSsed out: EFF catalogs the perverse ways that platform moderation policies hurt the people they're supposed to protect Cory Doctorow
Games Apple removed a teen's award-winning anti-Trump game "Bad Hombre" because they can't tell the difference between apps that criticize racism and racist apps Cory Doctorow
censorship Alex Stamos on the security problems of the platforms' content moderation, and what to do about them Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Every NSFWpocalypse sends users to small, indie platforms, who are threatened by the same factors that make no-platforming practical Cory Doctorow
Copyfight Want the platforms to police bad speech and fake news? The copyright wars want a word with you. Cory Doctorow
twitter Brazilian court orders block on Twitter after it refuses to appoint a legal agent there Rob Beschizza