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Elon #Musk pressured #Reddit’s CEO on content #moderation


source: theverge.com/command-line-news…

It's all about free speech, isnt it Elon? (But only the way you want it ...)

#censorship #freespeech #freedom #usa #politics #doge #news #internet


“Don’t believe your eyes.” – Turkish state TV

Imagine the people who work there; imagine your whole sorry existence being the peddling of lies.

theguardian.com/world/2025/mar…

#turkey #türkiye #erdoğan #insanHakları #demokrasi #humanRights #democracy #sansür #censorship


Musk suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest. Surely there's no way anyone could have seen that coming.

politico.eu/article/musks-x-su…

#Musk #Censorship


Back in 2020, Reporters without Borders teamed up with Minecraft to build an in-game library of censored books. They call it The Uncensored Library.

My friend @SrRochardBunson just reminded me about it. I forgot all about it, and didn’t even know it was still rolling.

uncensoredlibrary.com/en

#Censorship #Library #Libraries #Minecraft #Journalism #Guerrilla


Major #web services go dark in #Russia amid reported #Cloudflare #block


source: therecord.media/russia-website…

According to data from several internet monitoring websites, the outages were observed Thursday across multiple Russian regions, particularly in the #Urals and #Siberia, affecting platforms such as #TikTok, #Steam, #Twitch, #EpicGames, #Duolingo and major Russian #mobile operators.


#online #www #internet #fail #problem #censorship #politics #test #news


This is just straight-up North Korean shit.

Imagine the aneurysms we’d be seeing from the press if DHS did this to critics of a Dem POTUS. I mean, you can’t. You’re not that imaginative.
#fascism #trump #censorship #tourism

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m…


In film: @josephinelee writes that these librarians are risking their safety and livelihood to speak up for First Amendment rights, intellectual freedom, and, most of all, for the students who tell them “books have saved them.” texasobserver.org/librarians-m…

#documentary #library #books #bookstodon #politics #USpol #censorship #film


Acc/to another informed source of #AFP, "hate & conspiracy messages" were blamed on the French researcher by #US authorities. An #FBI investigation into him was announced, for which "the charges have been abandoned," continues this source.

…This incident comes as… #Trump has increased his shocking announcements targeting the #scientific community (brutal #BudgetCuts, #censorship of certain subjects in subsidized research...).

#law #geopolitics #USpol #authoritarianism #science #ThoughtPolice


A Reddit moderation tool is flagging ‘Luigi’ as potentially violent content

A moderator says content mentioning “Luigi,” even in a Nintendo context, is being flagged as potential “violence.”

theverge.com/news/626139/reddi…

#luigi #luigimangione #reddit #censorship


Some #Republicans have accused #VOA & other publicly-funded #media outlets of being biased against *conservatives* [liars, criminals & extremists]. Last month, billionaire #ElonMusk, who is spearheading #Trump's government *downsizing* [destruction] effort, called for VOA & #RadioFreeEurope / #RadioLiberty to be shut down in a post to social media.

#FourthEstate #law #FreePress #journalism #VoiceOfAmerica #USpol #censorship #propaganda #trumpaganda


The Paris-based #ReportersWithoutBorders also blasted the move, w/its director general, Thibaut Bruttin, saying that it "threatens press freedom worldwide & negates 80 years of American history in supporting a free flow of #information."

#FourthEstate #law #FreePress #journalism #VOA #VoiceOfAmerica #USpol #Trump #censorship #propaganda #trumpaganda


The president of the #NationalPressClub in Washington, Mike Balsamo, released a statement on social media objecting to the moves at #VOA.

"For decades, #VoiceOfAmerica has delivered fact-based, independent #journalism to audiences worldwide, often in places where press freedom does not exist," Balsamo said.

The decision, he said, "undermines America's commitment to a free & independent press."

#FourthEstate #law #FreePress #USpol #Trump #censorship #propaganda #trumpaganda


On its website, #RadioFreeEurope / #RadioLiberty notes that it has been declared an "undesirable organization" by the Russian govt & warns readers in #Russia & Russia-occupied #Ukraine that they could "face fines or imprisonment for sharing, liking, commenting on, or saving our content, or for contacting us."

#FourthEstate #law #FreePress #journalism #VOA #VoiceOfAmerica #USpol #Trump #censorship #propaganda #trumpaganda


Multiple workers at #VoiceOfAmerica, an international #media broadcaster that operates in >40 languages, shared w/Reuters an email that placed them on administrative leave w/full pay & benefits "until otherwise notified."

The emails, sent by a HR executive at the #US Agency for Global Media, the #VOA's parent agency, instructed them not to enter their work premises or access internal systems.

#FourthEstate #law #FreePress #journalism #USpol #Trump #censorship #propaganda #trumpaganda


Employees at #VoiceOfAmerica were placed on paid leave on Saturday & funding for 2 US #news services that broadcast to #authoritarian regimes was slashed, one day after #Trump signed an #ExecutiveOrder gutting the govt-funded #media outlets' parent & 6 other #FederalAgencies.

#VOA #FourthEstate #FreePress #journalism #censorship #propaganda #trumpaganda
reuters.com/business/media-tel…


A Florida Cinema Showed a Documentary About Palestine. Now, The Mayor Could Shut It Down

motherjones.com/politics/2025/…
#Palestine #Israel #Gaza #Politics #Censorship #Florida #MiamiBeach #Discrimination


The US is in such deep, deep shit.

"So far, America’s leading universities have remained virtually silent in the face of this authoritarian assault on institutions of higher education.

"Autocrats — both left-wing and right-wing — always attack universities."

#Trump #Education #Censorship #University #Universities #USPol
thecrimson.com/article/2025/3/…


#Trump Promises To #Abuse Take It Down Act For #Censorship, Just As We Warned


source: techdirt.com/2025/03/06/trump-…

During his address to Congress this week, Donald Trump endorsed the Take It Down Act while openly declaring his plans to abuse it: “And I’m going to use that bill for myself too, if you don’t mind, because nobody gets treated worse than I do online, nobody.”


#news #usa #problem #law #justice #president #government #whitehouse


#Military to Remove 'Enola #Gay' #Photos for Violating #DEI Rules


source: newsweek.com/military-remove-e…

The removal effort has sparked confusion, as some images appear to have been marked for deletion because their filenames contain the word "gay," including those of service members with that last name and the #EnolaGay, the #Boeing B-29 aircraft that dropped the first atomic bomb in combat during World #War II.


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#censorship #history #problem #trump #politics #news #ww2 #usa


NeoDB, is that a Chinese floss ActivityPub "product"?

I hope this doesn't sound racist. Nothing wrong with being Chinese or speaking Chinese, we all live on the same planet.

Heck, I might learn Chinese some day or any language for that matter.

Anyway gonna use this for a while now...just to see if I can find stuff blocked there that aren't on NeoDB...

chinafirewalltest.com/

#censorship #FLOSS #Chinese #NeoDB #ChinaFirewall #ChinaFirewallTest