USER NOT FOUND: An explicitly anti-terror advocacy group for Chechen independence, with over 600 members, was deleted for what Facebook deemed to be terrorist and criminal activity.

CENSORED: Damon Young, the editor-in-chief of popular blog Very Smart Brothas, was temporarily suspended from Facebook for counterspeech that included the N-word.

PRIDE: YouTube has updated its policies on restricted content and says that LGBTQ+ censorship won’t happen again.

LONG READ: Cambridge student newspaper Varsity takes a deep dive into The Facebook Files published by the Guardian last month.

BONUS READS:

  • Daphne Keller, of Stanford Law School, argued in a New York Times opinion piece last week against privatized enforcement.

  • An Australian Muslim sheikh says that his post paying tribute to a victim of terror was censored.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jillian C. York

Jillian C. York is a writer and activist whose work lies at the intersection of technology and policy. Based in Berlin, she serves of the Director for International Freedom of Expression at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, where she works on issues of free expression, privacy, and digital security.