RT Krystal Wasser, MA, STL (@WasserKrystal)“We’ve achieved HUGE wins in just 7 months in the Trump admin., cutting hundreds of millions of $ out of the NGO’s and pressure cookers in the private sector that were pushing the Tech companies to censor ppl.” ...

Content Moderation & Automation - Meta incorrectly applied a sensitive content warning to a post due to automation [1] - The warning stated the post "may contain images that some people find upsetting" [1] - Meta has since removed the warning [1] - Meta is actively investigating why the post was flagged [1] Content Policy - Meta's content policy protects refugees, migrants, immigrants, and asylum seekers from the most severe attacks [1] - Commentary on and criticism of immigration policies is allowed [1]

RT Christopher Landau (@DeputySecState)This great news reinforces the point I made yesterday: the Administration of @POTUS @realDonaldTrump will neither facilitate nor tolerate surveillance or censorship by foreign governments on American soil. There is no “foreign government request” exception to the First Amendment. 🗽🇺🇸 ...

RT Reclaim The Net (@ReclaimTheNetHQ)Despite 83% public opposition, the Irish government is moving ahead with its National Counter Disinformation Strategy, a censorship blueprint cloaked in concern for truth.There was a consultation. The people responded: drop it. Four out of five said it threatens civil liberties. But the government didn’t care. They published the plan anyway, with no internal analysis of how it might impact free speech. ...

I grew up in Toronto and I remember when I was about 10 years old, my class went on a field trip to the Art Gallery of Ontario. The big exhibit at the time was King Tut and the history of ancient Egypt. At the time, it was literally the coolest thing I had ever seen. My mind was blown. And to this day, I will never forget that. And I'm sure many of you, your children, your grandchildren have had similarly amazing experiences at a museum. For everyday people like us, especially young kids, museums are the mo ...

So, I don't have one specific book for today's meeting of the Veland Book Club, but I've got a story. It wasn't written by an author, but some authors played a big role in it. The story is non-fiction and very American, at least very contemporary American.It's a story that affects millions of children and their families and their communities. It's a story of perseverance, of tactic, of bravery, and it's a story with a happy ending. And it starts like this.In May of 2023, Florida expanded upon its notorious ...

An artist on the run, an exhibition censored: How China tried to silence a Thai art show https://t.co/ScsJWA0rYS ...

President Trump seeking to abuse government power to shape culture and censor free speech. The White House says it will do a review of Smithsonian museum exhibits so that they align with Trump's vision. They're admitting partisan abuse of a hallowed institution that is supposed to provide accurate history, beautiful art, and truth, but not switch every four years based on politics. Renowned painter Amy Cherald actually pulled out of a Smithsonian exhibit to show by walking away that she was not going to put ...

[Applause] I'm here today to tell you, to convince you that books are dangerous. That may not be what you expect to hear from someone with a library science degree, but it's true. Books are dangerous.It's part of the reason that libraries have been destroyed throughout history. Even before there were books, as we know them, things like tablets and scrolls and other objects of information were destroyed in ancient libraries like Nineveh, Alexandria, Babylon, Assyria, China, just to name a few. We saw it agai ...

RT Global Government Affairs (@GlobalAffairs)The EU Digital Services Act’s "trusted flaggers" and "codes of conduct" are not truly voluntary: they coerce platforms into censoring legal content as “misinformation” on a global scale, according to the House Judiciary Committee's report. This undermines fundamental US principles, where satire, memes, and political criticism are protected. European regulations should not silence American voices. ...