Two top Oxford academics accuse Facebook of censorship for branding their article on whether masks work ‘false information’ Two Oxford scientists reviewed new study on the effectiveness of face masks Danmask-19 study was highly anticipated as it was a randomised controlled trial But Facebook put a warning on the link taking viewers to the 694-word article … Read more
Social media giants are accused of ‘politically motivated censorship’ after they blocked stories alleging corruption involving Donald Trump’s Democratic rival Joe Biden Twitter and Facebook stopped users from linking to Biden corruption stories The sites claimed the article needed fact checking and violated hacking rules New York Post reported Biden’s son allegedly offered to introduce … Read more
Social media giants are accused of ‘politically motivated censorship’ after they blocked stories alleging corruption involving Donald Trump’s Democratic rival Joe Biden Twitter and Facebook stopped users from linking to Biden corruption stories The sites claimed the article needed fact checking and violated hacking rules New York Post reported Biden’s son allegedly offered to introduce … Read more
A curvy model has hit out at TikTok, accusing the video sharing platform of ‘discriminating against her body’ after removing her videos because she’s ‘too sexy’. Neyleen Ashley, 31, from Miami, Florida, claims TikTok – famous for users’ choreographed and intentionally humorous videos – makes a point of removing her clips, even when similar skits … Read more
A curvy model has hit out at TikTok, accusing the video sharing platform of ‘discriminating against her body’ after removing her videos because she’s ‘too sexy’. Neyleen Ashley, 31, from Miami, Florida, claims TikTok – famous for users’ choreographed and intentionally humorous videos – makes a point of removing her clips, even when similar skits … Read more
Many governments around the world have introduced new digital surveillance and data collection tools to combat the coronavirus, but a new report says the technologies are an abuse of power. Freedom House, a human rights watchdog group, released an internet freedom report that shows a decline in free speech and privacy online across 80 countries … Read more
A journalist today accused Twitter of suspending users for failing to toe the government line on Covid after she was locked out of her account for a post condemning the lockdown. Daily Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson was responding to a BBC article about the risk of coronavirus spreading in universities when she tweeted that she ‘wanted’ … Read more
David Hockney has ignited a row about whether smoking could protect people from coronavirus. The artist is currently living in his home in Normandy where he has been painting a series of epic works – including a remarkable animation – depicting the transformation of his garden from winter to spring. But he has become embroiled … Read more
David Hockney has ignited a row about whether smoking could protect people from coronavirus. The artist is currently living in his home in Normandy where he has been painting a series of epic works – including a remarkable animation – depicting the transformation of his garden from winter to spring. But he has become embroiled … Read more
China’s censors deleted critical coronavirus articles and social media posts even if they had been written in Morse code or KLINGON to avoid detection Chinese re-created deleted articles in Morse code to test censorship levels Even those typed out in Klingon from Star Trek films were eventually deleted China faces widespread criticism for supressing how … Read more