Leading politicians have taken aim at comments from X chief executive Elon Musk, with one labelling him an “egotistical billionaire” as they criticised graphic content circulating on social media platforms. The federal government and opposition have backed efforts for graphic content – including of a stabbing massacre at a Sydney shopping centre – to be […]
Elon Musk has been branded an “egotistical billionaire” as he faces a bipartisan push to get his social media platform to take down graphic content. The federal government and opposition have backed efforts for graphic content – including of a stabbing massacre at a Sydney shopping centre – to be taken down from X, formerly […]
In her photography studio in the capital of Kyrgyzstan, Aku Sharsheeva, tried unsuccessfully to connect to TikTok this week. Nothing loads. There are no videos, the 22-year old told AFP, showing an error message displayed on the app's home page.The Central Asian country this week blocked the video-sharing platform after its security services expressed concern over the influence on children.Sharsheeva had used TikTok, which has more than one billion monthly users worldwide and is owned by...
Now more than ever, the internet is an informational battleground. What should be a thriving marketplace for speech is being tainted constantly by threats of censorship from bureaucrats with their own agenda. One key ideal of many Republican supporters is the belief that the government has no business interfering with our First Amendment rights to […]
Big Tech censorship is nothing new. Truth-tellers around the world have come to expect it and have even developed new ways to navigate around the censorship. But a new factor has been added to the equation: government as the driving force behind much of the censorship. While it is not surprising to learn that the Chinese Communist Party controls all media inside of China, it is surprising to learn about government-driven coercion of media in the West. Brazil is the most recent exposure to come...
The Smithsonian Institution has been drawn into the conservative-led “debate” around whether drag and LGBTQ+-themed events are appropriate for children following Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III’s appearance before the […]
Australia's Federal Court orders X to temporarily hide posts showing video of an attack a week earlier, in which a teenager was charged with terrorism for knifing an Assyrian priest and others
Elon Musk lashed out at Australia's prime minister on Tuesday after a court ordered his social media company X to take down footage of an alleged terrorist attack in Sydney, and said the ruling meant any country could control "the entire internet". At a hearing overnight, Australia's Federal Court ordered X, formerly called Twitter, to temporarily hide posts showing video of the incident a week earlier, in which a teenager was charged with terrorism for knifing an Assyrian priest and others. X...
Outcry over cancellation of Antonio Scurati’s Rai talkshow appearance as note says move was taken ‘for editorial reasons’A high-profile Italian author has accused Rai of censorship after his antifascist monologue was abruptly stopped from being aired, in what he called the “definitive demonstration” of alleged attempts by Giorgia Meloni’s government to wield its power over the state broadcaster.Antonio Scurati was due to read the monologue marking the 25 April national holiday, which celebrates...
The leftist “free expression” group PEN America collided with a brick wall of radicals who don’t like anyone who expresses a sympathetic view of Israel Read More
New Delhi, April 23, 2024—Indian authorities should safeguard press freedom and stop using visa regulations to prevent foreign journalists covering sensitive subjects, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. Avani Dias, South Asia bureau chief for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), left India on April 19, the first day of India’s election, after being told
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Tech billionaire Elon Musk accused Australia of censorship after an Australian judge ruled that his social media platform X must block users worldwide from accessing video of a bishop being stabbed in a Sydney church. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese responded Tuesday by describing Musk as an