Tag: censorship

Russia Unblocks Reddit After Dustup over Shroom Post
On Wednesday afternoon, Russia added reddit to its registry of blocked sites. And as of early...
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Apple Is Censoring Dr. Dre (and Everything Else) on Beats 1 Radio
Today, Apple launched Apple Music to the world. And Apple's always on, "progressive" radio station Beats 1 is currently censoring the music it plays worldwide. Apple, who gave D...
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Reddit Unveils New Anti-Harassment Policy, But What Does It Actually Do?
Reddit, a site that's basically run by volunteer moderators with minimal tinkering from the higher-ups, says it's going to get more serious about dealing with harassment. "We h...
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Facebook Smartly Adds Warnings to Graphic Videos
When it comes to dealing with violent and/or potentially offensive content, Facebook has made a lot of missteps. Now, the biggest social network in the world is looking to find a s...
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Is The Right To Be Forgotten Dangerous?
Google has released its latest Transparency Report, which as of earlier this year, now looks at URL removal requests from the highly-publicized Right to be Forgotten ruling in Euro...
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Google Slams MPAA For Trying To Resurrect SOPA, Censor The Internet
Google says it's "deeply concerned" about reports that the MPAA has been secretly leading a campaign to revive SOPA (the Stop O...
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‘Right To Be Forgotten’ Dangerous, According To Web’s Inventor
A lot of people (especially those not trying to hide information about themselves) agree that the Right to Be Forgotten...
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Amy Schumer Makes “Pussy” Okay On Comedy Central
It is now okay to say “pussy” on Comedy Central. All thanks to Amy Schumer, of Inside Amy Schum...
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Regarding James Foley, Should Twitter Decide What You See?
Twitter is absolutely, one-hundred percent, within its right to remove whatever content they deem to be in violation of its rules and terms of service. Twitter can do this, and you...
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Telegraph, Like Wikipedia, Keeps List Of Articles ‘Forgotten’ By Google
The "right to be forgotten" mess continues to get even messier. At least one newspaper i...
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Google On Complexity Of ‘Right To Be Forgotten’
As previously reported, Google (as well as Microsoft and Yahoo) attended a...
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Google Announces ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ Tour 2014
Google has released a schedule for presentations from "experts" on the "right to be forgotten," which will take place throughout the fall. Consider it Google's Right to be Forgott...
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EU To Hold Meeting On ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ Next Week
It doesn't seem like the whole mess that is the "right to be forgotten" is going to be t...
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Google Acknowledges What A Mess This Is
The whole "right to be forgotten" thing is an absolute mess, and Google knows it. Google always knew it would be, which is why it always opposed the concept, but now it has no choi...
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As Google Begins to Forget, Do You Really Have a ‘Right to Be Forgotten’?
The internet doesn't forget. Ask anyone who's been punished by the brutal truth of the web. The internet doesn't care that you didn't really mean what you said in that twe...
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