Posts Tagged: censorship
The Right to be Wrong: Public Opinions, Private Data and Twitter’s Proposed Flagging Policy
Twitter officials recently announced they’ll begin placing a notice over tweets that violate their standards regarding abusive or bullying behavior, but that they still deem to …
Are Corporate Employees Protected by the First Amendment?
As it related to the Google incident, it was first reported that a memo authored by a Google employee, titled “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber”, was being …
Social media giants will have issues banning hate speech
Recently, some major American tech companies operating across the globe have publicly announced their agreement to a code of conduct developed by the European Commission and designed …
Poor management at Facebook leads to allegations of de facto censorship for some conservatives
News that Facebook engaged in suppressing content from conservative groups was first reported by Gizmodo in early May. The online publication reported comments from former Facebook workers …
Threats and Censorship WIPO Style
It is utterly incomprehensible that an agency of the United Nations would threaten a journalist with criminal prosecution and personal civil liability for providing information contained in …