A US judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from detaining CCDH CEO Imran Ahmed, one of the Europeans the US barred on claims of promoting censorship
A bit of real cheer for us all! — 🎅🎄🤶🌲 Norm Eisen / @normeisen : And... TRO granted! — A sweet Christmas present for @imranahmed.bsky.social, @counterhate.com—& for their mission of fighting antis...
US AG Pam Bondi says that Meta complied with the DOJ's request to take down a Facebook Page that the agency said was being used to harass ICE agents in Chicago
and we're ready to push back if something like this happens again.” Secretary Kristi Noem / @sec_noem : Anti-ICE radicals are using social media apps to dox, threaten, and terrorize the brave men and ...
X sues New York, claiming a law requiring social media companies to disclose how they deal with hate speech and disinformation violates the US Constitution
Elon Musk's X sues New York over hate speech and disinformation law — https://www.theguardian.com/ ... X: @globalaffairs : Today, @X filed a First Amendment lawsuit against a New York law, NY S895B....
TMTG and Rumble sue a Brazilian Supreme Court Justice in Florida for allegedly illegally suppressing the US social media activity of conservative Brazilians
- Suit targets a supreme court justice who has clashed with Musk — Brazilian judge has long attacked ‘fake news,’ disinformation
How GOP figures, from Stephen Miller to Elon Musk, use lawsuits to silence groups studying disinformation, like the DFRLab, CCDH, GDI, Graphika, and NewsGuard
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Neil Young brings his music back to Spotify after requesting its removal in January 2022, saying “Apple and Amazon have started serving the same disinformation”
The singer-songwriter previously had his music removed from the platform over what he deemed the spread of vaccine misinformation on the Joe Rogan Experience.
Letter: Thierry Breton warns Elon Musk that X could face penalties under the DSA for hosting “illegal content and disinformation” about the Israel-Hamas war
European officials warned X on Tuesday that the company formerly known as Twitter appears to have been hosting misinformation …
The Supreme Court agrees to hear two cases concerning whether Florida and Texas can restrict social media companies from removing political posts or accounts
I have no guess how this will go. — Both states have had crushing backlash from their political scandals and freedom inhibiting legislation, so wanting to restrict criticism while spreading their ow...
Elon Musk says Twitter handles “engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying ‘parody’ will be permanently suspended” and there will be no more warnings
let's break down what our policies are, and some of the big questions we still need to answer... Elon Musk / @elonmusk : My commitment to free speech extends even to not banning the account following ...
Joe Rogan posts a video to Instagram defending booking contentious guests, apologizes to Spotify for the backlash, and says he may book more “experts”
Lots of audio platform-related news over the past week. Shruti Shekar / Android Central : Spotify's ‘misinformation honeymoon’ is over, the whip has been cracked Tweets: Joe Rogan / @joerogan : My tho...