China says its digital currency will offer “controllable anonymity”
The push around the world to introduce digital versions of cash – Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) – is most often promoted as a way to allow more people to …
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Instagram bans pro-life group
Instagram permanently suspended Auburn Students for Life’s account after it promoted March for Life, an event that happens annually to call for the banning of abortion. The pro-life students’ organization …
Pressure groups target top Twitter advertisers, encouraging them to put pressure on Elon Musk to censor
Responding to Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter, 40 pressure and media groups have sent a letter to major advertisers on the social network, pressuring them to force Musk to adhere …
Senator Dick Durbin says free speech doesn’t protect “misinformation” that downplays political violence
“Free speech does not include spreading misinformation to downplay political violence,” Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), who also is chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, tweeted – referencing an …
Rumble says it won’t move its policy goalposts to appease France’s censorship demands
Growing video platform Rumble, based in the US, has refused to cave to France’s demands to censor Russian news sources such as RT France and Sputnik. Rumble has instead chosen …
Japan and Turkey are testing digital currencies combined with digital ID
The Japan Credit Bureau, in collaboration with fintech company Soft Space and payment card provider Idemia, launched a pilot program to test CBDC acceptance. The companies said they want to …
Manchester Mayor calls for jail time for those that spread “offensive lies and conspiracies”
The Mayor of the English city of Manchester, Andy Burnham, has called for a new law to prosecute those who spread “offensive lies and conspiracies.” Mayor Burnam’s comments followed a …
Dutch finance minister proposes increased financial surveillance
Dutch minister of finance Sigrid Kaag is pushing for the introduction of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the Netherlands and the passing of a law requiring banks to …
Revealed: documents show how the DHS plots to police online “misinformation”
A trove of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) documents and communications, which were obtained via leaks, Freedom of Information (FOIA) requests, public reports, and the ongoing Biden-Big Tech censorship collusion …
UK PM Rishi Sunak vows to end arrests over social media posts
New UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak condemned “woke” policing and arresting people over social media posts. He said police should be “fighting actual crime in people’s neighborhoods, and not policing …