Censorship

Google Leak Reveals Multiple ‘Nerd Culture’ Websites Included on Google Now Search Result Blacklist

August 16, 2019

A recent leak of Google documents has revealed a blacklist intended to alter search results featuring various websites, including numerous trading card, action figure and video game news websites. On August ...

Patreon and Bonfire Accounts of ‘Soph’ Shutdown Following YouTube Ban

Spencer Baculi

August 7, 2019

Censorship

Shortly after YouTube banned teenage content creator Soph from their site, crowd-funding platform Patreon and t-shirt-print-on-demand service Bonfire have followed suit and banned the young creator from using t...

Cloudflare Terminates Service for 8chan Following El Paso Terror Attack

Spencer Baculi

August 6, 2019

Censorship

Internet infrastructure and security company Cloudflare, Inc. has terminated their business relationship with the 8chan imageboard, alleging that “8chan has repeatedly proven itself to be a cesspool of hate.” ...

‘Soph’ Banned From YouTube for Violating “Hate Speech” Policy

Spencer Baculi

August 2, 2019

Censorship

The popular and controversial teenage YouTuber known as ‘Soph’ has had her channel banned from YouTube for violating their hate speech policy. The suspension came shortly after Soph uploaded a video entitled...

Conservative News Site LifeSiteNews from Apple News, Claiming Content “Shows Intolerance Towards a Specific Group”

Conservative News Site LifeSiteNews Banned from Apple News, Claiming Content “Shows Intolerance Towards a Specific Group”

Spencer Baculi

August 1, 2019

Censorship

Conservative news website LifeSiteNews has had their news content approved for and subsequently removed from publication on the Apple News platform in the span of a week, with Apple claiming that the channel “d...

Prominent Video Game Culture Commentary Account Mombot Suspended From Twitter

Spencer Baculi

August 1, 2019

Censorship

The popular account of video game fan and culture commentator Mombot has been suspended from Twitter, with the reason for this ban currently unknown. Mombot is best known as the Japanese housewife who regula...

Snopes Fact-Checks and Insinuates Motives For Satirical Article by The Babylon Bee on Rep. Erica Thomas’ Publix Incident

Spencer Baculi

July 30, 2019

Censorship

Internet fact checking website Snopes did not agree with an article published by satire site The Babylon Bee which satirized the recent engagement between Rep. Erica Thomas and Eric Sparkes at a Publix supermar...

Leaked European Union Document Discusses Potential Regulations to Combat “Online Hate” and “Disinformation Campaigns”

Spencer Baculi

July 25, 2019

Censorship

According to an alleged European Union Commission document, the EU is considering the creation of a new law to address issues such as disinformation and online hate speech. The proposed law, referred to with...

Wikipedia Editors Attempt Alleged Politically Motivated Deletions of Conservative Sci-Fi Authors’ Entries

Spencer Baculi

July 25, 2019

Censorship

Wikipedia editors have begun nominating the entries of prominent sci-fi authors for deletion due to their conservative political views. On July 21st, after being incorrectly tagged for “speedy deletion” and ...

Candidate Dedicated to Fighting Against Censorship of Manga, Anime, and Video Games Wins Election to Japanese House of Councillors

Spencer Baculi

July 23, 2019

Anime, Censorship, Manga, Video Games

The anti-censorship campaign stance of Japan House of Councillors candidate Taro Yamada appears to have resonated strongly with his constituents, as it has been reported that Yamada has won his bid for election...