Category: content moderation

America Has Adopted a System of ‘Mass Domestic Censorship’

“The foreign policy establishment has seized jurisdiction over all things domestic,” Mike Benz says. “Whoever controls the Department of Dirty Tricks can remove all opposition on the political, social, and cultural side.” In a recent comprehensive interview on “American Thought Leaders,” host Jan Jekielek spoke with Mike Benz about today’s censorship regime and how tactics…


Twitter Will Need to Add Moderators in Europe, Top EU Official Demands

Twitter has been ordered to increase the number of Twitter moderators in the European Union (EU) if it wants to operate there, said a top EU regulator. The EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which came into force on Nov. 16, will put larger Internet platforms under the bloc’s online content censorship rules. European…


Facebook’s ‘Supreme Court’ Overrules It, Orders Banned Posts Restored

Facebook’s new “Supreme Court” ruled against Facebook 4 out of 5 times in its first batch of content-moderation rulings released to the public. The company’s recently staffed Oversight Board enjoys an independent funding stream and the company cannot fire its members. Facebook has vowed to obey the board’s rulings unless contrary to law. Facebook currently…