Russia blocks SoundCloud
Music sharing and streaming website SoundCloud was blocked in Russia on October 1 by the media regulator Roskomnadzor at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office. Roskomnadzor said that the …
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Canada’s RCMP extends its use of facial recognition
In 2020, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) admitted that it used Clearview AI, claiming it used it in 15 cases and some divisions were trialing the technology to “determine …
Ambassadors’ links to Xinjiang abuses get censored on Chinese social media
The US and Canadian embassies in China said that Chinese censors removed its posts about a UN report on human rights abuses against Uyghurs in Xinjiang province. On Twitter, the …
An Alabama college is challenged after punishing history instructor for Facebook posts
Wallace State Community College in Alabama placed a history instructor Leigh Ann Courington on administrative leave pending an investigation into Facebook posts that were deemed offensive. On September 26, Courington …
PayPal to expand its speech restriction rules in November
On the heels of its censorship spree in the UK – that received backlash so great it got the attention of lawmakers – PayPal is rolling out a new agreement …
French Ministry of Economy wanted to access real-time banking transaction data of all French citizens
In September 2021, France’s Ministry of Economics and Finance requested access to the account balances and number of monthly transactions for all individual and business bank accounts in France. Not …
Advertisers leave Twitter over child abuse problem
More than 30 advertisers, including big brands like Coca-Cola, Disney, and Forbes, have suspended marketing campaigns on Twitter because of ads appearing next to tweets promoting child sexual abuse. A …
Twitter blocks article criticizing Brazil’s Supreme Court
US tech giant Twitter censored a popular article that was critical of Brazil’s Supreme Court just a few days before the 2022 Brazilian general election this Sunday. The article, “Brazil: …
Apple executive Tony Blevins is fired after movie joke he made went viral on TikTok
Apple fired its vice president of procurement Tony Blevins over a joke he made in a TikTok video that went viral. Earlier this month, Blevins was interviewed by creator Daniel …
California is sued after getting caught flagging YouTube videos for censorship
Judicial Watch has filed a lawsuit against California’s Secretary of State for making YouTube censor a video on election integrity posted weeks before the November 2020 election. On September 22, …