24 March 2017: The Weekly Takedown
by Jillian C. York | Mar 24 2017
- PRIDE: YouTube has responded to accusations from the LGBT+ community that videos containing same-sex content were placed behind the company’s new restricted mode.
- USER NOT FOUND: Twitter’s new transparency report shows that the company has suspended more than 600,000 accounts for terrorism-related activities since 2015.
- SPEECH!: The UK’s Solicitor General said Google should face prosecution under the Terrorism Act unless it removes content containing hate speech.
- CENSORED: An official from Fatah, the Palestinian Authority’s ruling party, claims that the US Embassy assisted in restoring the party’s page after it was removed for incitement.
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.
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