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May 13, 2024
An Australian federal judge has swooped in to defend free speech by siding with Elon Musk in the tech billionaire’s latest spat with Australia’s Ministry of Truth.
On May 13, Federal Court Justice Geoffrey Kennett blocked the application for the…
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April 23, 2024
Elon Musk has been targeted by yet another authoritarian government for his company X’s reluctance to censor political content.
In an April 23 interview with Sky News, Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie appeared to threaten Elon Musk over his…
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February 16, 2024
Australia’s Communications Minister threatened that X (formerly Twitter) will be in “big trouble” if it does not comply with the country’s proposed new censorship laws.
The Australian Financial Review reported February 12 that Australian…
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May 24, 2022
Australian eSafety commissioner Julie Inman Grant called for a “recalibration” of “freedom of speech” online during the World Economic Forum conference in Davos, Switzerland on Monday. BusinessWorld contributing editor Pranjal Sharma also claimed…
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February 24, 2021
Facebook has come to an agreement with the Australian government in order to bring back Australian news to its platform.
In retaliation to a proposed law in Australia that would require tech giants like Facebook and Google to pay for news content…
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February 18, 2021
A proposed law from the Land Down Under did not go over well with Facebook.
Facebook has decided to block all news in and from Australian users in response to a proposed law that would require the platform to pay news publishers for stories that…
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February 3, 2021
Yet another major European power has joined the growing alliance of nations against censorship by American Big Tech companies.
Hungary is joining Poland as one of the premier European powers taking on Big Tech. “After consulting with the…
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November 24, 2020
It appears that Facebook is willing to do whatever it can to get on former Vice President Joe Biden’s good side.
Facebook is reportedly planning to promote the COVID-19 vaccine and the Paris climate agreement in order to “charm” Biden, the…
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September 23, 2020
Just days after YouTube told the Financial Times it would rely less on automated systems and more on humans to moderate content, the platform made policy changes that do the exact opposite.
Changes to the platform’s age-restriction policy…
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September 8, 2020
CBS Sunday Morning exploited the coronavirus to whine about income inequality and how terrible capitalism is. It also speculated whether the virus itself was presenting an opportunity to change the economic system.
The program, hosted by New York…