Utah Bans 28th Book for All Public School Students
LOOKING FOR ALASKA becomes the 28th book banned from all Utah public schools statewide and the ninth this year alone.
https://bookriot.com/utah-bans-28th-book/
censorship
Personally I expect the #FCC to sooner or later ban #journalism aka. anyone who isn't praising #Trump 24/7 and banning #journalists as well as #media from overseas as a whole.
So I'd hope that @dw_innovation / #DWnews improves upon their work re: access, not just for people from heavily censored locations like #Russia ¹ but generally.
Please do make a presence in the #Fediverse beyond merely watching out but also more prominently advertise your #OnionService on @torproject / #Tor: https://dwnewsgngmhlplxy6o2twtfgjnrnjxbegbwqx6wnotdhkzt562tszfid.onion
For those curious, there's a checker tool to see if #Roskomnadzor blocked a #domain...
https://www.dw.com/en/youtube-whatsapp-blocked-in-russia/a-75940102
#InternetCensorship #Censorship #MediaFreedom #PressFreedom #InformationWarfare #Disinformation #Propaganda #Oppression #Germany
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#FCC #PriorRestraint #censorship #propaganda
"Several politicians and media figures have criticized Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Brendan Carr for issuing a statement on Saturday in which he attacked the media over its coverage of the Iran War and threatened to pull licenses if they do not 'operate in the public interest.'
Carr, in a lengthy post on X, accused broadcasters of'running hoaxes and news distortions' and warned they must 'correct course before their license renewals come up.'
'It is very important to bring trust back into media, which has earned itself the label of fake news,' he wrote. 'Time for change!'
Carr's post follows President Donald Trump's criticism of American news media earlier on Saturday, in which he accused news organizations of publishing 'intentionally misleading' headlines about the war.
The president has struggled with messaging about the conflict, which has continued for two weeks and appears to have no clear end in sight, even as the president insists the U.S. has 'beaten and completely decimated Iran, both militarily, economically, and in every other way.'
Iran effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, through which some 20 percent of the global oil supply transits, to which the U.S. responded by bombing military facilities on Kharg Island, where Iran processes roughly 90 percent of its crude oil before shipping it."
https://www.newsweek.com/critics-donald-trump-fcc-brendan-carr-threats-iran-war-coverage-11678870
More censorship from mastodon-social?
This time the Iran hashtag is disabled.
@staff have been notified of multiple instances over the last few days - and always the hashtags are related to resistance against colonialism and genocide.
original post https://mastodon.social/@charlesdelavalleepoussin/116221439578958104
#signalapp #SignalProxy #IRanASignalProxy #signal #censorship
Contact me for a Signal Proxy
The Senate Commerce Committee just announced a hearing on Section 230 in tandem with its 30th anniversary. The hearing will involve discussing how Section 230 affects the regulation of online expression and conduct and the limits on congressional policy making imposed by the First Amendment.
Senator Cruz, the Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, does seem aware of the risk to free speech that an outright repeal of Section 230 would have. However, he seems open to discussion on alterations/reformations of Section 230.
Whether it's an alteration or repeal, both carry massive consequences to speech/expression on the internet.
As for the called upon witnesses' stance on Section 230 (based on quick research):
Daphne Keller (Stanford Law School): Pro-Section 230. Rightfully argues that laws like FOSTA-SESTA are unconstitutional censorship.
Ms. Nadine Farid Johnson (Knight First Amendment Institute): Unclear. Her firm is against an outright repeal of Section 230 but for specific limited reforms.
Mr. Matthew Bergman (Social Media Victims Law Center): The most critical of Section 230 of the three currently listed witnesses. Argues that courts and social media companies have stretched Section 230 far beyond its original intent. Argues that Social Media platforms should be regulated like consumer products.
#FreeSpeech #Censorship #Privacy #DigitalRights #Internet #SocialMedia #Section230 #US #UnitedStates
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Citizen historians, preserving records before they are censored (shades of 1984) #EconTwitter #censorship #history
http://marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2026/03/citizen-historians-preserving-records.html
Everyone rightfully mocks pearl clutching freaks that argue that video games make you violent because 99% of us are sane enough to make that separation between fantasy and reality.
However, the instant sexuality gets involved, a lot of seemingly rational people act identical to those pearl clutching freaks. They start making baseless claims that people are barely contained sex fiends just chomping at the bit to live out the most fucked up sexual fantasies.
This is despite the fact that almost everyone has some kind of fucked up secret fantasy that they'd need to be waterboarded to admit and would never act on in a million years.
#FreeSpeech #FreeExpression #Censorship #Internet #SocialMedia
#Satellite companies restrict access to #MiddleEast imagery amid #Iran #war
2 leading spatial #intelligence companies say they are restricting access to satellite images of the Middle East in response to the #US - #Israel war with Iran.
#PlanetLabs & #Vantor, which are based in the #UnitedStates & have #federal contracts, say they were not “ordered” by any #government to restrict image #access.
#law #information #censorship #Trump #geopolitics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/11/satellite-images-middle-east-iran/
> Kentucky House passes bill to keep minors off social media without parental consent https://fox56news.com/news/kentucky/kentucky-house-passes-bill-to-keep-minors-off-social-media-without-parental-consent/
Because when someone elsewhere does something #stupid KY will move to copy it and do it too.
#GOP #PartyOfStupid #censorship #privacy #CivilRights #SocialMedia #tech #KentuckyProud
The state of the internet is a bunch of people who are on record for being child molesters (or are at least actively covering for said child molesters) telling you that artistic expression is immoral.
"We need mass censorship and surveillance to protect the children, the same children that there are millions of pages of criminal report documents saying we brutally abused." -Lawmakers, Corporate Executives, Celebrities, Conservative Think Tanks, etc. unironically
#Privacy #FreeSpeech #Censorship #DigitalRights #Internet #SocialMedia #AgeVerification #ClientSideScanning #DigitalID
#mentalhealth #health we need to talk more about how toxic and abusive personal local circumstances of #isolation, misinformation, large-scale manipulation and deception, set up in #cult-like fashion, possibly motivated by #religion or #profession or other toxic in-person social networks for abusive/coercive malicious goals, can be reduced/negated with open #socialmedia due to #freedom and #resistance to #censorship.
Social media isn't the problem. People are.
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The state of the internet is a bunch of people who are on record for being child molesters (or are at least actively covering for said child molesters) telling you that artistic expression is immoral.
"We need mass censorship and surveillance to protect the children, the same children that there are millions of pages of criminal report documents saying we brutally abused." -Lawmakers, Corporate Executives, Celebrities, Conservative Think Tanks, etc. unironically
#FreeSpeech #Privacy #Censorship #DigitalRights #SocialMedia #Internet #AgeVerification #ClientSideScanning
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The German mastodon-social censoring again.
( @staff previously said they don't understand it, which no-one who understands technology should believe)
has happened multiple times and always against hashtags that genocide-apologists don't like
original post: https://mastodon.social/@charlesdelavalleepoussin/116207025210688318
You Are Being Lied to About #Algorithms
#TaylorLorenz #BigTech #SocialMdia #Censorship #ShadowBanning #FreeSpeech
You Are Being Lied to About #Algorithms
#TaylorLorenz #BigTech #SocialMdia #Censorship #ShadowBanning #FreeSpeech
#library #censorship
https://www.abf.asso.fr/1/22/1169/ABF/-communique-la-censure-na-toujours-pas-sa-place-en-bibliotheque-?fbclid=IwY2xjawQb02dleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFFMDhZSnFndldJbUFMc3dqc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHvPnbHn8K2RsRNd2hTIMEH5PTAm2qevjIU5XysFmcx-1o9VBjd0DDPNy4_FR_aem_eJ7b5bWl-jAKVmrmf3JMcA
#histoiredulivre #censure #bookshitory #censorship #FarRight
Jean-Yves Mollier : “Cette censure a entraîné une déformation complète de mon entretien” https://actualitte.com/a/DWTekBaT via @actualitte
How to run your own tor node to fight censorship !
https://youtu.be/q4dPU_yPZ40?si=oCif7xM2OiNoaWXq
#tor #censorship #linux #surveillance #privacy #opensource #hacking
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Indonesia to Ban YouTube, TikTok, Other Social Media Apps for Children Under 16
🇪🇺 🚨Final negotiations on Chat Control 2.0 just started between the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the Council of the EU.
What is good:
✅ Encryption will not be broken
What is bad:
❌ Commission & Council want #IDchecks
Lots of journalists, whistleblowers, activists and dissidents choose Tuta to protect their identity. We hope the European Parliament will stick to their decision to oppose mass #surveillance and #censorship.
More on Chat Control: https://tuta.com/blog/chat-control-criticism
Well, the markup is officially on the House E&C Committee schedule. Looks like they chose the following bills:
-Children and Teen's Online Privacy Protection Act (aka COPPA 2.0)
-App Store Accountability Act
-Sammy's Law
-KIDS Act (an amalgam of various bills [specific bills detailed below])
The KIDS Act is an amalgam of the following bills:
-SCREEN Act
-Kids Online Safety Act
-Safe Messaging for Kids Act
-SPY Kids Act
-Safer GAMING Act
-SAFE BOTs Act
-Safe Social Media Act
-No Fentanyl on Social Media Act
-Assessing Safety Tools for Parents and Minors Act
-Promoting a Safe Internet for Minors Act
-AI Warnings And Resources for Education Act (AWARE Act)
-Kids Internet Safety Partnership Act
Other notes about the KIDS Act:
-Bill number is "H.R.7757"
-The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is the court that would handle challenges
-Challenges to the KIDS Act as a whole must be made within 90 days of enactment (60 days for specific acts/findings/determinations/etc. made under the bill)
-The House seems to be going through with their version of KOSA (which will no doubt cause conflict with the Senate, who want their version)
-Explicitly forbids doing the following in the bill's name:
A: Censorship of 1st amendment protected speech
B: Weakening/Restricting of COPPA
C: Prevention of the moderation of spam, criminal activity, and security risks.
D: Weakening/Altering of Section 230
E: Breaking/Circumvention of encryption
F: Precluding the use of any form of encryption (including end-to-end encryption)
G: Requiring indefinite retention of user data
H: Requiring the affirmative collection of any
personal information with respect to age that is not
collected already in the normal course of business.
Please call your Senators and Representatives ASAP!
#Privacy #FreeSpeech #Censorship #DigitalRights #Internet #SocialMedia #AgeVerification #KOSA #KidsOnlineSafetyAct #US #UnitedStates
RE: https://sharkey.world/notes/ajdd0d377qm503lz
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