In Historic Opinion, Third Circuit Protects Public School Students’ Off-Campus Social Media Speech
By Sophia Cope The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued an historic opinion in B.L. v. Mahanoy Area School District, upholding the…
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Judge Says Facebook’s $550M Settlement for Facial Recognition Case Is Not Nearly Enough
By B.N. Frank There’s a saying – “I don’t ask for permission, I ask for forgiveness.” Facebook likes collecting user data even when users aren’t…
Social Credit Scores Are Already Here
By Derrick Broze, The Last American Vagabond People around the world are already being judged and denied access to financial services because of their social…
Rutherford Institute Warns Tech Giants: Attempts to Censor Unpopular Viewpoints Online Run Afoul of First Amendment
By The Rutherford Institute The Rutherford Institute’s letter to Facebook MENLO PARK, Calif. — Denouncing attempts by big tech companies and social media platforms to…
SILENCED: We Live in a Time When Our “Opinions Qualify as Crimes”
Op-Ed by Daisy Luther Currently, we’re living in an upside-down and backward world where the minority of people hold all the microphones, successfully shouting over…
Victory! French High Court Rules That Most of Hate Speech Bill Would Undermine Free Expression
Paris, France—In a victory for the free speech rights of French citizens, France’s highest court today struck down core provisions of a bill meant to…
New Hasty Attempt to Tackle Fake News in Brazil Heavily Strikes Privacy and Free Expression
By Veridiana Alimonti The Brazilian Senate rushes to approve a draft bill that seriously undermines privacy and free expression. Named as the “Fake News Law,” …
Decentralized Social Media with Chris Kramer of Somee
By Girl Gone Crypto Hi Friends! Many of you know that I’m a huge proponent of decentralized and alternative social media sites that utilize blockchain…
The Executive Order Targeting Social Media Gets the FTC, Its Job, and the Law Wrong
By Corynne McSherry This is one of a series of blog posts about President Trump’s May 28 Executive Order. Other posts are here, here, and…
Trump’s Executive Order On Social Media Opens the Door To Bigger Government Regulation Tyranny
By Aaron Kesel U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order weaponizes Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act against social media companies, the provision that is…
Censorship-Free Social Network “Explodes” After Adding 200,000+ New Users In Just A Few Days
By John Vibes The censorship-free alternative media platform Minds went down temporarily on Thursday, but came back online shortly after. When the site came back…
Man Arrested For Violating Quarantine In Hawaii After Posting Photos To Instagram
By John Vibes A man from New York was arrested in Hawaii last week for violating the state’s mandatory two-week quarantine that tourists were expected…
Narrative Managers Argue China-Like Internet Censorship Is Needed
By Caitlin Johnstone Neoconservative publication The Atlantic has published an article authored by two university professors titled “Internet Speech Will Never Go Back to Normal”, subtitled “In…
“What’s Next… A Train To Dachau?” – Snitching On Social-Distance-Deniers Sparks Outrage Across America
By Tyler Durden Public shaming is nothing new, and neither is shaming others on social media. Now people have taken it to an entirely new…