Censorship
Labor unions sue US over monitoring social media of visa holders
[WASHINGTON] Labour unions filed a lawsuit against the US government on Thursday, alleging that the Trump administration violated the First Amendment rights of people who are legally in the United Sta...
YouTube to reinstate creators banned over misinformation
YOUTUBE is set to reinstate creators previously banned for promoting Covid-19 misinformation and false election-related content, according to a letter sent on Tuesday by parent company Alphabet to a R...
Rise in ‘harmful content’ since Meta policy rollbacks: survey
[WASHINGTON] Harmful content including hate speech has surged across Meta’s platforms since the company ended third-party fact-checking in the United States and eased moderation policies, a survey sho...
US to ban foreign officials over ‘flagrant censorship’ on social media
[WASHINGTON] The US will impose visa bans on foreign nationals it deems to be censoring Americans, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday, and he suggested the new policy could target offici...
Author of explosive Meta memoir stars at US Senate hearing, details Zuckerberg working with China
[SAN FRANCISCO] The former Facebook employee behind a scathing book about parent company Meta on Wednesday alleged that the social networking giant collaborated with the Chinese government on artifici...
Judge orders White House to lift restrictions on AP access
[WASHINGTON] A US federal judge ordered the White House on Tuesday to restore the Associated Press’s access to President Donald Trump’s official events, saying it had no right to bar media for their “...
Elon Musk’s free speech absolutism is supremely flawed
The billionaire’s arguments turn the liberal ideal of a “free market in ideas” on its head
Luxury influencers vanish from Chinese social media in wealth crackdown
CHINESE social media censors have blocked multiple influencers known for showing off their lavish lifestyles after an official campaign to curb displays of ostentatious wealth online was announced.
Vietnam says TikTok’s content censorship isn’t effective: media
VIETNAM’S communications ministry accused TikTok of failing to effectively block content that violates the law after the authority conducted inspections of the platform’s operations in the country, Vi...
Biden administration tells US Supreme Court to review social media laws
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden’s administration urged the US Supreme Court to take up a dispute over Republican-backed laws in Texas and Florida that would undercut efforts by social media companies to curb c...
