
Moderators on the link-sharing and discussion site Reddit deleted dozens of links and comments about immigrant gang violence and sexual assault in Cologne, Germany in an apparent attempt to clamp down on “vileness.” Moderators on /r/worldnews, a subreddit with over 9.5million
by Allum Bokhari6 Jan 2016, 2:13 PM PST0

China recently implemented legal sanctions for spreading false information about terrorist threats (or, really, disagreeing with the official narrative about terrorism in any way.)
by John Hayward29 Dec 2015, 8:52 PM PST0
The Chinese government passed an “antiterrorism” law right after they announced they will not renew press credentials for French journalist Ursula Gauthier after she criticized their treatment of the Muslim Uighur minority.
by Mary Chastain27 Dec 2015, 12:30 PM PST0

Jim Edwards, the founding editor of Business Insider UK, has been forced to delete a tweet after Bank of America claimed he violated their copyright. In a post on Business Insider, Edwards said the bank sent him an email informing him
by Allum Bokhari23 Dec 2015, 1:21 PM PST0

Mixed-martial artist Jeff Monson, who sports a hammer-and-sickle tattoo on his calf, received a Russian passport and will participate in a fight on Christmas Day.
by Mary Chastain23 Dec 2015, 1:00 AM PST0

China is considering tough new restrictions on its state-run media operations, using a new anti-terrorism law that could be in effect by New Year’s Day.
by John Hayward22 Dec 2015, 8:40 PM PST0

The New York Post has already called for the banning of “Gone with the Wind” and “Sixteen Candles,” no less than America’s greatest novel, “Huckleberry Finn,” is under attack in academia, and now, based on an anti-science (and outright dishonest)
by John Nolte21 Dec 2015, 6:39 AM PST0

In efforts to turn their campuses into over-sanitised and politically correct “safe spaces”, British universities deny the “intellectual challenge of debating conflicting views” leading academics have warned. Professor Richard Dawkins recently told students who cannot handle hearing anti-transgender views to “leave, go home, hug
by Sarkis Zeronian19 Dec 2015, 7:10 AM PST0

Political bias at Twitter appears to be getting worse, not better. Yesterday, actor and political firebrand Adam Baldwin had his account locked over a tweet that did not appear to break any of Twitter’s terms of service.
by Allum Bokhari17 Dec 2015, 12:13 PM PST0

A Sao Paulo judge has ordered that Brazil will lose access to social media platform WhatsApp for 48 hours, starting at 9pm EST. But that’s only the beginning.
by Nate Church17 Dec 2015, 11:09 AM PST0

The President of China, Xi Jinping, just gave a speech stressing the importance of free expression on the web. Yes, really.
by Allum Bokhari16 Dec 2015, 1:26 PM PST0

A leading European art museum has expunged politically incorrect words such as “Negro”, “Indian”, “dwarf” and “Mohammedan” from its entire historical collection. The cultural cleansing has occurred as the Rijksmuseum, in Amsterdam, and is endorsed by the International Council of
by Liam Deacon14 Dec 2015, 7:12 AM PST0

Former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone hails the Republican frontrunner’s proposal for a temporary ban on Muslim immigration as “one of the most extraordinary” and “brilliant” moves by Donald Trump.
by John Hayward10 Dec 2015, 7:11 AM PST0

Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman of Google, has backed a “hate-speech spell-checker” that would nudge ordinary web users away from unwelcome forms of expression on social media.
by Allum Bokhari8 Dec 2015, 2:22 PM PST0

According to the NYT, Democrat proposals include the creation of an “ISIS czar,” which sounds like something that would come out of a satirical parody of Democrat national-security deliberations. I know – let’s create some new slots in the bureaucracy! That always fixes things! We already have a position to handle ISIS, kids. It’s called “The President of the United States.” The problem is the occupant of the office, not its job description.
by John Hayward8 Dec 2015, 2:01 PM PST0

In the wake of the Paris and San Bernardino terrorist attacks, there has been increased pressure on social media companies to take down Islamist material to interfere with their recruiting efforts, but the companies are also worried about allegations of censorship.
by John Hayward8 Dec 2015, 7:06 AM PST0

The heated battle over cultural insensitivity at Yale University has a new victim: Science.
by Ferenstein Wire4 Dec 2015, 6:47 PM PST0

Google has censored hundreds of thousands of links to comply with European “right to be forgotten” regulations. A new transparency report reveals that the search giant has complied with 348,508 of the 1,235,473 URLs that users have requested be removed from search results.
by Ferenstein Wire26 Nov 2015, 6:14 PM PST0

I recently reported on Freedom of Tweets, a campaign to support the legal fund of Toronto artist Gregory Alan Elliott, currently on trial for criminal harassment for disagreeing with feminists on Twitter. No, I’m not making that up. Tomorrow, at 9am
by Milo Yiannopoulos20 Nov 2015, 9:38 AM PST0

The owner of a famous comedy club alleges that a “prominent” Hillary Clinton campaign staffer threatened to run his club out of business after the club posted a video showing five comedians mocking the Democratic presidential frontrunner.
by Kipp Jones19 Nov 2015, 5:09 PM PST0

On Tuesday, at a hearing of the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) inquired if the Federal Communications Commission has the power to shut down websites used by the Islamic State and other terrorist groups.
by John Hayward17 Nov 2015, 8:35 PM PST0

British comedian Jason Manford was temporarily suspended from Facebook after he went on a passionate, explitive-filled condemnation of the jihadist terrorists who recently killed 129 people in Paris. Facebook’s reason for suspending him remain unclear.
by Allum Bokhari16 Nov 2015, 1:31 PM PST0

Recently, Breitbart Tech reported on a reddit board’s censorship of a Rubin Report video about campus censorship. Following our story, the Reddit board that removed the video has clarified their rules and created a new subreddit dedicated solely to political videos. In a public announcement, moderators
by Allum Bokhari16 Nov 2015, 8:38 AM PST0

A video from The Rubin Report discussing the growing culture of censorship on U.S. campuses was recently censored by a moderator on Reddit, despite its popularity among users.
by Allum Bokhari14 Nov 2015, 12:44 PM PST0

Music streaming service Spotify has implemented political censorship on its platform, marking another step in the transition of neutral online platforms to moral censors. It has begun with an easy target, white nationalist bands. Who could object to the censorship of white nationalists?
by Allum Bokhari13 Nov 2015, 1:30 PM PST0