The Web Apple Elon Musk says free speech-hating Apple has stopped advertising on Twitter, threatened to remove app from its store The world's richest person versus the world's most valuable company By Rob Thubron , November 29, 2022, 5:17 AM 109 comments
Industry The Web Kanye West to buy "free-speech" platform Parler West recently had his Instagram and Twitter accounts restricted over antisemitic posts By Rob Thubron , October 17, 2022, 6:49 AM 55 comments
Google The Web Google Translate has been shuttered in China over alleged low usage Are 53.5 million visits per month low? By Rob Thubron , October 3, 2022, 9:09 AM
The Web Indonesian law MR5 bans access to many online services, including Steam, Epic Games, and PayPal The EFF calls the legislation "draconian" and "invasive" By Cal Jeffrey , August 1, 2022, 2:53 PM 17 comments
Tech Culture Science China develops porn-detection helmet that reads brain waves for censorship purposes Pornography has been illegal in China for over 70 years By Rob Thubron , July 15, 2022, 10:48 AM 30 comments
The Web Microsoft Report says Microsoft is censoring politically sensitive Chinese names in the US, Canada It blames "human error," again By Rob Thubron , May 20, 2022, 5:15 AM 18 comments
The Web Elon Musk reveals his plans for Twitter Less tweet moderation, naturally By Rob Thubron , April 15, 2022, 5:19 AM 70 comments
Gaming Tech Culture China grants its first video game license since July The longest approval freeze in its history By Rob Thubron , April 11, 2022, 8:55 AM 16 comments
Industry Tech Culture Planned Amazon internal chat app reportedly banned words such as "restrooms," "vaccine," and "slave labor" Union-related terms were also on the blacklist By Rob Thubron , April 5, 2022, 5:19 AM 8 comments
The Web Tech Culture China set to hammer its $30 billion livestreaming industry with new restrictions Content creators could see their incomes drastically reduced By Rob Thubron , March 30, 2022, 8:08 AM 15 comments
The Web Singapore politician envisions internet kill switch that stops minors accessing unsuitable material Content grading would be crowdsourced "like Wikipedia, for accuracy" By Rob Thubron , October 27, 2021, 7:37 AM 10 comments
Mobile Security Lithuania's Defense Ministry advises consumers to toss out their Chinese phones Due to censorship fears By Cohen Coberly , September 24, 2021, 1:23 PM
Mobile WeChat's video platform bans underwear on head, eating socks, and hip shaking The list of prohibited content is as bizarre as it is extensive By Rob Thubron , June 4, 2021, 7:16 AM 12 comments
The Web Tech Culture Instagram pivots to include more news content in feeds after backlash over Palestinian censorship When in doubt? Give the people what they want By Emma Garofalo , June 2, 2021, 11:36 AM 13 comments
Mobile Tech Culture Utah may introduce bill requiring porn-blocking filters on all new phones The state declared pornography a public health crisis in 2016 By Rob Thubron , March 17, 2021, 8:59 AM 24 comments
Apple Mobile Apple purges 46,000 apps from its Chinese App Store More than 39,000 were pay-to-play games By Cal Jeffrey , December 31, 2020, 12:41 PM 46 comments
Science Tech Culture Virtual profanity filter bans the word "Bone" at a paleontology conference Putting the steam back in "Stream" By Pete Flint , October 16, 2020, 10:39 AM 16 comments
Tech Culture China jails University of Minnesota student over tweets mocking President Xi Jinping Six months in prison for some tweets! By Rob Thubron , January 24, 2020, 7:57 AM 64 comments
Gaming League of Legends says banning the word "Uyghur" was an error And nothing to do with China, apparently By Rob Thubron , October 22, 2019, 6:57 AM
Apple Mobile Apple removes Hong Kong protest app, Quartz news app following Chinese criticism China is an important market for Apple By Rob Thubron , October 10, 2019, 10:57 AM 10 comments
The Web Tech Culture Documents reveal TikTok censored numerous videos for the Chinese Government TikTok's owners claim their policies have changed since the guidelines were enforced By William Gayde , September 26, 2019, 5:32 AM
The Web Tech Culture Proposed White House executive order targets social media 'censorship' The FCC may be about to get more powerful By James Miller , August 10, 2019, 2:03 PM 33 comments
Google Democratic dark horse Tulsi Gabbard files censorship lawsuit against Google Campaign ads were pulled following 'unusual account activity' By Cal Jeffrey , July 25, 2019, 4:04 PM 14 comments
Google Controversial search engine Project Dragonfly 'terminated' Google VP tells Congress Rumors of continued work lain to rest by sworn testimony By Cal Jeffrey , July 17, 2019, 1:23 PM
The Web Tech Culture USPTO grants Facebook patent for automated shadow-banning system Algorithms could filter out banned speech without the user knowing By Cal Jeffrey , July 16, 2019, 1:32 PM