Your Smartphone, Their Rules: App Stores Enable Corporate-Government Censorship
https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/app-store-oligopoly
#HackerNews #Smartphone #Censorship #AppStores #CorporateGovernance #FreeSpeech #ACLU
pvergain (framapiaf)
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"State Department erases 15 pages of nuclear history — with no warning."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2025/11/13/state-department-deleted-records-about-risk-inadvertent-nuclear-war/
"It is easier to delete digital records than to destroy books. This January, the State Department did just that when it republished on its website a volume [of the Foreign Relations of the United States series] about the Reagan administration — without 15 pages on the risk of inadvertent nuclear war sparked by a 1983 NATO exercise."
#Censorship #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
"State Department erases 15 pages of nuclear history — with no warning."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2025/11/13/state-department-deleted-records-about-risk-inadvertent-nuclear-war/
"It is easier to delete digital records than to destroy books. This January, the State Department did just that when it republished on its website a volume [of the Foreign Relations of the United States series] about the Reagan administration — without 15 pages on the risk of inadvertent nuclear war sparked by a 1983 NATO exercise."
#Censorship #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
Heretic: Automatic censorship removal for language models
https://github.com/p-e-w/heretic
#HackerNews #Heretic #Automatic #Censorship #LanguageModels #AI #Ethics
"Federal judge sides with #UCalifornia employees in free speech lawsuit against Trump administration."
https://www.dailycal.org/news/uc/federal-judge-sides-with-uc-employees-in-free-speech-lawsuit-against-trump-administration/article_e3b28762-0801-49c7-ae1e-4f50c56d76a6.html
"In her ruling, U.S. District Judge Rita F. Lin ordered the federal government to cease threats of withholding federal funding, as well as to 'address Plaintiffs’ irreparable harm and to restore the status quo.' "
#Academia #AcademicMastodon #AAUP #Censorship #DefendResearch #FirstAmendment #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics #Universities
Update. Here's the announcement from the American Association of University Professors ( #AAUP), a co-plaintiff in the case.
https://www.aaup.org/news/win-aaup-v-trump-court-blocks-attacks-university-california-system
"Friday’s decision orders a stop to the Trump administration’s illegal weaponization of civil rights laws and federal funding to restrict free speech on UC campuses. During the hearing on the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction, the court noted the overwhelming evidence plaintiffs provided, which included numerous declarations from UC faculty and staff describing how the administration’s actions have chilled their rights of speech and association."
#Academia #AcademicMastodon #Censorship #DefendResearch #FirstAmendment #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics #UCalifornia #Universities
"Federal judge sides with #UCalifornia employees in free speech lawsuit against Trump administration."
https://www.dailycal.org/news/uc/federal-judge-sides-with-uc-employees-in-free-speech-lawsuit-against-trump-administration/article_e3b28762-0801-49c7-ae1e-4f50c56d76a6.html
"In her ruling, U.S. District Judge Rita F. Lin ordered the federal government to cease threats of withholding federal funding, as well as to 'address Plaintiffs’ irreparable harm and to restore the status quo.' "
#Academia #AcademicMastodon #AAUP #Censorship #DefendResearch #FirstAmendment #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics #Universities
Her resumé includes several years at the Israeli embassy in Washington DC, where she worked in public affairs and as its chief of staff, as well as a stint as a campaign adviser for the Likud party in 2009 and nearly five years as an advisor to prime minister Benyamin Netanyahu. #Facebook #Meta #JordanaCutler #Censorship #Genocide #Palestine
Meta’s Director of Public Policy for Israel and the Jewish Diaspora, Jordana Cutler, has also intervened to investigate pro-Palestine content. Cutler is a former senior Israeli government official and advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Cutler actively instructed employees of the company to search for and review content mentioning Ghassan Kanafani, an Arab novelist considered to be a pioneer of Palestinian literature.
#Facebook #Meta #JordanaCutler #Censorship
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/leaked-data-israeli-censorship-meta
Dopo essere diventata strumento del genocidio in Birmania ignorando le voci della minoranza Rohingya che su #Facebook era diventata bersaglio di un discorso d’odio che indicava bersagli da perseguitare IRL, ora #Meta ascolta molto bene le voci del suprematismo sionista, e affida il controllo sui contenuti ad una lobbista che si atteggia a baluardo contro l’antisemitismo dopo aver dichiarato di rappresentare gli interessi di Israele collaborando con lo Shin Bet.
https://theintercept.com/2024/10/21/instagram-israel-palestine-censorship-sjp/
Her resumé includes several years at the Israeli embassy in Washington DC, where she worked in public affairs and as its chief of staff, as well as a stint as a campaign adviser for the Likud party in 2009 and nearly five years as an advisor to prime minister Benyamin Netanyahu. #Facebook #Meta #JordanaCutler #Censorship #Genocide #Palestine
Lisa Melton
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#Trump admin to fire worker for TV interview about #SNAP
The employee warned that the #shutdown could have negative impacts on the millions of Americans who rely on the #FederalGovernment to put #food on the table.
#censorship #authoritarianism #dictatorship #law #labor #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/13/usda-worker-snap-benefits-interview/
Internet freedom declined in both the United States and Germany as Western democracies joined authoritarian states in imposing growing restrictions online, an annual survey by Freedom House said Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/13/world/politics/internet-freedom-us-germany/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #internet #germany #propaganda #fakenews #humanrights #censorship
#Trump admin to fire worker for TV interview about #SNAP
The employee warned that the #shutdown could have negative impacts on the millions of Americans who rely on the #FederalGovernment to put #food on the table.
#censorship #authoritarianism #dictatorship #law #labor #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/13/usda-worker-snap-benefits-interview/
Seth of the Fediverse
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Meanwhile on Bluesky... writer Sarah Kendzior was suspended without notice nor explanation.
Charlie Stross
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Private Eye on the ball again (via Bluesky)
Private Eye on the ball again (via Bluesky)
Meanwhile on Bluesky... writer Sarah Kendzior was suspended without notice nor explanation.
Em :official_verified:
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If you've been curious to try #ProtonVPN, then perhaps you'll like this 75% #BlackFriday offer: https://protonvpn.com/l/bf-vpn-offers-2025
I work with the developers and I can tell you first hand that they're cool and working hard to fight #censorship and improve #privacy.
If you've been curious to try #ProtonVPN, then perhaps you'll like this 75% #BlackFriday offer: https://protonvpn.com/l/bf-vpn-offers-2025
I work with the developers and I can tell you first hand that they're cool and working hard to fight #censorship and improve #privacy.
I feared this day would come:
Trump puts human rights organisations on sanctions list and forces YouTube to delete their accounts, thereby erasing 700 videos documenting Israeli war crimes.
As a political commentator on YouTube, this news is profoundly troubling for me. And yes, I clearly need a plan B.
https://theintercept.com/2025/11/04/youtube-google-israel-palestine-human-rights-censorship/
@randahl THIS is actual #censorship. State orders what speech is allowed.
Plan B is digital sovereignty, distributed protocol-based systems, etc.
And we rather should have had wide adoption yesterday.
Sabrina Web :privacypride: 📎
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Report: "Italian journalist fired after asking if Israel should rebuild Gaza"
"You’ve been repeating several times that Russia should pay for the reconstruction of Ukraine,” Nunziati said. “Do you believe that Israel should pay for the reconstruction of Gaza since they have destroyed almost all its civilian infrastructure?”
Nunziati "was informed via email that his collaboration with the outlet would end."
Report: "Italian journalist fired after asking if Israel should rebuild Gaza"
"You’ve been repeating several times that Russia should pay for the reconstruction of Ukraine,” Nunziati said. “Do you believe that Israel should pay for the reconstruction of Gaza since they have destroyed almost all its civilian infrastructure?”
Nunziati "was informed via email that his collaboration with the outlet would end."