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Steve Huffman, CEO of Reddit, today admitted to editing several comments that criticized him on the site. He made the admission on Reddit, where he posts under the username Spez. CNET adds: Huffman got a lot of flak from members of the The_Donald, a su… Continue reading Reddit CEO Admits To Editing User Comments Amid Pizzagate Malarkey
Tool would be offered to third parties to monitor stories that ‘bubble up’ as users share them Continue reading Facebook ‘quietly developing censorship tool’ for China
For the sixth year in a row, Internet freedom is declining. According to the latest Freedom on the Net report, 67 percent of all Internet users now live in countries where online criticism of the government, ruling family or the military is subjected to censorship, and such activity can result in individuals getting arrested. Also, more governments have come to realize the power of social media and messaging apps, and are actively trying to censor … More → Continue reading Internet freedom around the world keeps decreasing
The New York Times is reporting (Warning: may be paywalled, alternate source) that Facebook has created a censorship tool to automatically suppress certain posts in specific geographic areas of China, according to three current and former Facebook empl… Continue reading Facebook Said To Create Censorship Tool To Get Back Into China
An anonymous reader writes:
OnlineCensorship.org just released a new report “to provide an objective, data-driven voice in the conversation around commercial content moderation.” They’re collecting media reports about censorship on Facebook, Twitter, I… Continue reading EFF Report Finds 74% Of Censorship News Stories Are About Facebook
Hollywood is taking strict action against piracy sites — This
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: FS.to pirate website shut down after Ukraine’s National Police Raid
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“President Obama has a political moment to pardon Manning & Snowden,” WikiLeaks tweeted on Friday, adding “If not, he hands a Trump presidency the freedom to take his prize.” And a new online petition is also calling for a pardon of WikiLeaks found… Continue reading WikiLeaks Calls for Pardons From President Obama — Or President Trump
As usual, online censorship seems to have a “Streisand effect” for tools that allow netizens to circumvent blocks. Continue reading Turks Are Flocking to Tor After Government Orders Block of Anti-Censorship Tools
By Agan UzunovicThe official website of WikiLeaks suffered a brief outage whenThis is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: WikiLeaks Releases DNCLeak2; Suffers Massive DDoS Attack Continue reading WikiLeaks Releases DNCLeak2; Suffers Massive DDoS Attack
By Agan UzunovicThe official website of WikiLeaks suffered a brief outage whenThis is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: WikiLeaks Releases DNCLeak2; Suffers Massive DDoS Attack Continue reading WikiLeaks Releases DNCLeak2; Suffers Massive DDoS Attack