Tag: internet censorship
Meta Platforms
Big Tech Risks Huge Fines for Shadow Banning Users in Poland
The proposed law in Poland on banning censorship on social media will also block "shadow banning" (a technique of blocking the user, by not...
Meta Platforms
US ISP Blocks Facebook and Twitter After Americans Complain About Being Censored by Social Media
An Internet service provider (ISP) in northern Idaho and Spokane, Washington, has decided to block Facebook and Twitter for its customers after several people...
Google
Google Insiders Say “Platforms Influencing You In Ways You Didn’t Sign Up For”
Undercover journalists working for Project Veritas released a couple of videos where Google insiders say that social platforms (like YouTube, Google and Facebook) are...
Meta Platforms
Facebook Vows to Censor Users If US Election Gets “Extremely Chaotic Or Violent”
According to a company executive on Tuesday, Facebook will take aggressive measures to restrict the circulation of content in the eventuality that November's presidential...
Covid-19
Trump Campaign Official Account Blocked by Twitter Over Covid-19 Misinformation
President Donald Trump's official campaign account was briefly suspended by Twitter on Wednesday. According to a statement from Twitter Inc., @teamtrump was violating the...