Censorship

Game Critics Reviewer Calls for Deplatforming of Indie Adventure Game ‘Beat Cop’ Due To Subject Matter

April 1, 2019

Censorship, Video Game Culture, Video Games

A video game journalist has indicated their intent to deplatform an indie title due to their own personal grievances regarding the game’s subject matter. Two years after it’s original release on Steam in Mar...

Twitter Suspends Pro-Life Film Unplanned’s Account

John F. Trent

March 30, 2019

Censorship, Movies

Earlier today, Twitter suspended the newly released pro-life film Unplanned's twitter account. However, after a number of users notified Twitter and its CEO Jack Dorsey the account's status was restored....

Nick Rekieta Suspended From Twitter Twice in 24 Hours – He Believes He Was Mass Reported Because of His Support for Vic Mignogna

Spencer Baculi

March 14, 2019

Anime, Censorship

Lawyer and popular legal YouTuber Nick Rekieta was subject to back-to-back Twitter suspensions last week which Rekieta alleges were due to him being targeted by supporters of the #KickVic movement surrounding v...

Twitter Admits Mistakes in Handling of The ‘Learn to Code’ Controversy as Suspensions For Using the Phrase Continue

Spencer Baculi

March 13, 2019

Censorship

Earlier this year, in response to layoffs at online news outlets such as Buzzfeed and The Huffington Post, Twitter users began to parrot the phrase “learn to code” as a response to the announcements. The phrase...

Gender-Politics Blogger Sues Twitter After Being Banned for Criticizing Transgender People

John F. Trent

February 12, 2019

Censorship, Comic Culture

Canadian gender-politics blogger Meghan Murphy filed a lawsuit against Twitter on Monday after she was banned from the platform for criticizing transgender people. Murphy, who founded Feminist Current, took ...

Twitter Declares The Phrase ‘Learn to Code’ is Abusive Behavior After Numerous Journalists Get Laid Off

Spencer Baculi

January 29, 2019

Censorship, Comic Culture

Last week, the internet was rocked with the announcements that popular online news outlets Buzzfeed and The Huffington Post would be laying off members of their respective teams. While some believe the layoffs ...

Twitter Suspends Elite Dangerous Player Over Poem

Jorge Arenas

October 11, 2018

Censorship, Video Game Culture

Twitter suspended Tim Wellens after he wrote a poem about killing a fictional alien species, the Thargoids, which appear as antagonists in the Elite Dangerous game. Wellens was suspended following his poem i...

Twitter Suspends Brutas Artist Donal DeLay

John F. Trent

September 20, 2018

Censorship, Comic Books

Twitter suspended Brutas artist Donald DeLay for a tweet describing DC Comics and Marvel Comics writer Mags Visaggio's behavior as "c****." Donal was suspended on September 18 at 4:57 P.M. And the suspen...