First it's the trans folks, then it's all the other queers. And if anyone around here didn't see it coming, hie you to a library and learn something about history before they try to burn all of those down.

pbs.org/newshour/nation/trump-…

#lgbtqia #lgbtq #history #censorship #pride

Trump administration takes down rainbow flag at Stonewall National Monument

Activists see the change as a symbolic swipe at the country’s first national monument to LGBTQ+ history.

^{PBS News}

It is not going to end well. Orwell (sorry but he was on the ball so to speak) got it right.

theguardian.com/sport/2026/feb…

If a US administration figure is booed at the Olympics, or a World Cup match, will American domestic broadcasts simply mute or avoid mentioning the crowd audio? If so, what happens when the world feed, or a foreign broadcaster, shows something else entirely? What happens when 40,000 phones in the stadium upload their own version in real time?

#USPol #Censorship #Trump

The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US

The real risk for American broadcasters is not that dissent will be visible. It is that audiences will start assuming anything they do not show is being hidden

^{Bryan Armen Graham (The Guardian)}

TikTok blocks Epstein mentions and anti-Trump videos, users claim

Alleged censorship comes after investors loyal to Trump take over social media platform

the-independent.com/tech/tikto…

#Republicans #MAGA #GOP #Trump #politics #TikTok #censorship #Epstein #press

TikTok blocks ‘Epstein’ mentions and anti-Trump videos, users claim

^{Anthony Cuthbertson (The Independent)}

Israeli intelligence police stormed the Yabous Cultural Centre and prevented the screening of the film, which the venue said was "part of a systematic policy to suppress Palestinian cultural presence in Jerusalem"

#Israel #Censorship #Palestine #Jerusalem #Oscar #Movies #Palestine36 #Censorship

@palestine

#Snowflake should trend on the #Fediverse now I think.

Is there only little discussion and support going on or am I not seeing it?

→ snowflake.torproject.org

EN: eff.org/deeplinks/2022/10/snow… by @eff

DE: nextpit.de/news/proteste-in-ir…

#Iran #IranProtests #Internet #Starlink #Tor #TorProject #censorship

Snowflake: Diese Browser-Erweiterung kann Leben retten!

Eine kleine Browser-Erweiterung bringt Euch in die Lage, den Menschen in Iran zu helfen. Wir verraten, wie es geht.

^{Carsten Drees (nextpit Deutschland)}