a _ton_ of people have social network censorship. please share if cases like these are ever resolved in favor of the complaint, so that others can use the precedent.
On 10/15/20, grarpamp <[email protected]> wrote: > https://www.wsj.com/articles/senate-to-subpoena-twitter-ceo-over-blocking-of-new-york-post-articles-on-bidens-11602777128 > > The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to issue a subpoena on Tuesday to > Twitter Chief Executive Jack Dorsey after the social-media company > blocked a pair of New York Post articles that made new allegations > about Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, which his campaign > has denied. From a report: The subpoena would require the Twitter > executive to testify on Oct. 23 before the committee, according to the > Republicans who announced the hearing. GOP lawmakers are singling out > Twitter because it prevented users from posting links to the articles, > which the Post said were based on email exchanges with Hunter Biden, > the Democratic candidate's son, provided by allies of President Trump. > Those people in turn said they received them from a computer-repair > person who found them on a laptop, according to the Post. > "This is election interference, and we are 19 days out from an > election," Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas), a committee member who discussed > the subpoena with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham > (R., S.C.), told reporters. "Never before have we seen active > censorship of a major press publication with serious allegations of > corruption of one of the two candidates for president." > > > https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/youtube-bans-qanon-other-conspiracy-content-targets-individuals-n1243525 > > YouTube said Thursday that it would no longer allow content that > targets individuals and groups with conspiracy theories, specifically > QAnon and its antecedent, "pizzagate." From a report: "Today, we are > taking another step in our efforts to curb hate and harassment by > removing more conspiracy theory content used to justify real-world > violence," the company announced on its blog. The new rules, an > expansion of YouTube's existing hate and harassment policies, will > prohibit content that "threatens or harrasses someone by suggesting > they are complicit in one of these harmful conspiracies, such as QAnon > or Pizzagate," the post read. YouTube said it would be enforcing the > updated policy immediately and plans to "ramp up in the weeks to > come." > > > https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-youtube-idUSKBN26Z1VD > > YouTube said this week it would remove videos from YouTube containing > misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, expanding its current rules > against falsehoods and conspiracy theories about the pandemic. From a > report: The video platform said it would now ban any content with > claims about COVID-19 vaccines that contradict consensus from local > health authorities or the World Health Organization. YouTube said in > an email that this would include removing claims that the vaccine will > kill people or cause infertility, or that microchips will be implanted > in people who receive the vaccine. >
