Censorship

Business News

Twitter Adds 'Manipulated Media' Label to White House Biden Video

Dan Scavino, Director of Social Media at the White House, tweeted a video of Joe Biden saying 'we can only re-elect Donald Trump.' But the video cut off what Biden said next, which significantly changed its meaning.

Business News

Court Rules YouTube Does Not Illegally Censor Conservative Content

Circuit Judge Margaret McKeown said that despite YouTube's ubiquity as a platform, it was still a private forum, not a 'state actor' that could be regulated by the First Amendment.

Business News

The U.K. Is Trying to Regulate the Internet: Here's What It Means

The Online Harms White Paper could be a litmus test for tech regulation in the U.S., as the U.K. government attempts to balance oversight with modern web freedoms.

Business News

Poland Challenges EU's New Copyright Law Over Censorship Fears

It says the content filtering requirement is a step backward.

Business News

China Blocks Microsoft's Bing, Despite Offering Censored Search

'We've confirmed that Bing is currently inaccessible in China and are engaged to determine next steps,' a Microsoft spokesperson said.

Business News

Google CEO Sundar Pichai Confirms Censored China Search Engine

He said its development is going very well.

Cryptocurrency / Blockchain

Blockchain Is How We Can Protect Our Privacy in a World of Ubiquitous Surveillance

Decentralized information sets give citizens greater privacy, freedom of speech and protection of wealth.

Business News

Jack Dorsey Is Finally Realizing Twitter Is a Terrible Place

He's exploring reforms that could minimize social bubbles and label bots.

Business News

Google Employees Push Back on Censored China Search Engine

They're demanding more transparency and ethics reviews.

Business News

Google Reportedly Working on Censored Search for China

It looks as though Google's desire to access the hundreds of millions of internet users in China has won and it is willing to accept government censorship to operate there. How is Google going to explain its thinking if (when?) it does launch?

Technology

Will Blockchain Technology Revolutionize Global Payments System?

"Blockchain technology continues to redefine not only how the exchange sector operates, but the global financial economy as a whole."

Business News

Internet Companies Boost Anti-Terrorism Collaboration

Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and YouTube will work more closely together and with counter-terrorism officials to filter out extremist content from their websites.

Social Media

Reddit CEO Was Wrong to Prank Critics but Reddit Is Right to Ban Toxic Minority

Influential websites have a responsibility to act against online intimidation and fake news, even if Steve Huffman was wrong to change a few critical posts as a joke.

Business News

U.S. Concerned Over Russia Blocking Access to LinkedIn

Internet services analysts say other tech firms, including Facebook and Twitter, could also find access blocked unless they move data onto Russian-based servers.

Business News

Facebook Executives Feel the Heat of Content Controversies

The company's reticence to explain censorship decisions has drawn criticism in many countries around the globe.