Public meetings on YouTube are still struggling By Dan Frieth | Reclaim The Net | September 24, 2021 YouTube deleted videos of an Illinois school board meeting, allegedly over the violation of its strict COVID-19 rules. The Springfield District Board said YouTube removed videos of a June 21 meeting over the violation of “medical misinformation […]
By Dr. Joseph Mercola | September 23, 2021 In a broadcast rife with disinformation, misinformation and outright lies, National Public Radio has embarrassed itself while maligning Dr. Mercola. The broadcast opens with NPR host Robin Young calling Dr. Mercola “the biggest disseminator of COVID lies,” and then proceeding to call America’s Frontline Doctors, an independent […]
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer warns that emails and other documents reported on by The NY Post about Joe Biden’s activities in Ukraine and China may be “Russian disinformation,” Oct. 16, 2020. By Glenn Greenwald | September 22, 2021 A severe escalation of the war on a free internet and free discourse has taken place over the last twelve […]
By Cindy Harper | Reclaim The Net | September 21, 2021 Facebook and its subsidiary Instagram have removed a new video from the undercover reporting operatives Project Veritas under its “misinformation” policy. “We encourage free expression, but we don’t allow false information about COVID-19 that could contribute to physical harm,” the Facebook message shared with […]
By Cindy Harper | Reclaim The Net | September 18, 2021 The Federal Election Commission (FEC) unanimously rejected a complaint by Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz against Twitter, alleging the social media company shadowbanned him in 2018. The complaint accused Twitter of election interference. In 2018, Vice reported that Twitter subjected Republican legislators, including Gaetz, to […]
By Cindy Harper | Reclaim The Net | September 17, 2021 Instagram has blocked the results page for the use of the hashtag #naturalimmunity. When the hashtag is selected, Instagram says, “This hashtag is hidden,” and that “Posts for #naturalimmunity have been limited because the community has reported some content that may not meet Instagram’s […]
By Cindy Harper | Reclaim The Net | September 17, 2021 An episode on author and podcaster Tom Woods’ channel featuring Congressman Thomas Massie was deleted by YouTube. The Google-owned platform claimed that the video violated its community guidelines but did not specify which guidelines were violated other than that the video contained “medical misinformation.” […]
By Christina Maas | Reclaim The Net | September 17, 2021 Australia’s Labor Party wants Google to explain the steps it has taken to ensure its platforms are not “exploited for misinformation” ahead of the next general election. The party says it fears its rivals will use “misinformation” to gain an edge in the upcoming […]
RT | September 17, 2021 No longer content to go just after bots and trolls, Facebook has established a new category of “social harm” posted by genuine users, starting with purging pages and Instagram accounts of a German anti-lockdown group Querdenken. Facebook’s head of security policy Nathaniel Gleicher announced the action on Thursday, saying that […]
By Christina Maas | Reclaim The Net | September 15, 2021 Richard Sharp, BBC Chairman, is likely to back proposals to increase regulation of the world’s largest social networks and platforms to combat “fake news” and “disinformation.” It is pertinent to ask “urgent questions” about these platforms, since platforms have allowed lies, conspiracy theories, and […]
