Yesterday we witnessed one of the greatest Facebook account and page purges since its formation over a decade ago. In total, 559 pages and 251 personal accounts were instantly removed from the platform, for having “consistently broken our rules against spam and coordinated inauthentic behavior” according to Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook’s Head of Cybersecurity and former White House Read More…
Tag: Censorship
Israeli Ambassador To France Slammed For Attempt To Censor News
Israeli Ambassador to France Aliza bin Noun is under fire for attempts to censor a news report on the situation in the Gaza Strip. The report aired on France 2, despite her demands that it never be aired. The report, titled “Gaza’s disabled teens,” was an investigative story on Palestinian teens who had been crippled Read More…
YouTube Down Site Wide, A Blessing In Plain View – List Of Alternatives
As YouTube is currently down site-wide (doing God knows what), yet will no doubt be up and running again in no time, it is a perfect opportunity for everyone to take a moment and consider what social media would be like without such an all-consuming government-infiltrated monopolistic platform overshadowing all others, and dictating who and Read More…
Self-Censorship: Where The Real Damage Is Being Done
I was going to write another article today about a different topic, but I backed down because I didn’t think I could deliver the kind of fiery, forceful, unmitigated argument it would need to be without risking getting banned from social media and blogging platforms. The article I was planning on writing, which you’ll just Read More…
No More Dissident Voices: Succumb To Facebook & Twitter’s Demands Or Get Banned (Or Both)
A recent purge by Facebook and Twitter of a host of independent media sites has pushed thousands of people out of work and has killed one of the most effective forms of expressing political dissent. On Thursday last week, Facebook purged more than 800 pages and accounts, accusing them of engaging in “inauthentic behaviour” and violating Read More…
Internet Censorship Just Took An Unprecedented Leap Forward, And Hardly Anyone Noticed
While most indie media was focused on debating the way people talk about Kanye West and the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, an unprecedented escalation in internet censorship took place which threatens everything we all care about. It received frighteningly little attention. After a massive purge of hundreds of politically oriented pages and personal accounts for Read More…