The US state of Texas has made it illegal for social media platforms to ban users “based on their political viewpoints”. Prominent Republican politicians have accused Facebook, Twitter and others of censoring conservative views. Former […]
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the country’s block on accessing Wikipedia is unconstitutional. The court said the ban violated rights concerning freedom of expression, and ordered it be lifted. The Turkish government barred the […]
The Internet Archive has been hit with 550 “false” demands to remove “terrorist propaganda” from its servers in less than a week. The demands came via the Europol net monitoring unit and gave the site only […]
Pornographic videos that used new software to replace the original face of an actress with that of a celebrity are being deleted by a service that hosted much of the content. San Francisco-based Gfycat has […]
A coalition of 70+ human rights groups have sent a letter to the corporate website of Facebook asking for clarity on the social media website’s “policy on removing video and other content, especially human rights […]
Civil rights organizations wants Facebook (FB) to clarify its position on removing videos and other content that document human rights issues. Mark Zuckerberg, FB’s CEO, has been asked to clarify his company’s position on protecting […]
A UN report has found that governments worldwide are applying censorship. David Kaye, the UN Special Rapporteur on the freedom of opinion and expression, said in a the report to be presented to the UN […]
TORONTO: A judge decided the Cleveland Indians will not be banned from use of their full team name and logo during playoff games with the Toronto Blue Jays. The ruling comes after lawyers requested a court to ban the use […]
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