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Slavoj Zizek discusses cancel culture and censorship on Tara Reade’s RT podcast

Many are living in a state of ‘unfreedom’, Zizek said Slavoj Zizek, the “most dangerous philosopher in the West,” joined Tara Reade on her RT podcast ‘The Politics of Survival’ to discuss the censorship that is currently growing and happening on both sides of the political aisle. New forms of “de facto censorship” are appearing […]

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Biden calls for tighter censorship of Covid-19 content

President urges social media platforms and news outlets to “deal with misinformation and disinformation” US President Joe Biden’s latest “surge response” to fight the spread of Covid-19 includes an appeal for Big Tech and media companies to block allegedly false pandemic-related claims. “I make a special appeal to social media companies and media outlets,” Biden […]

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YouTube hammered for ‘pervasive and institutionalized’ censorship after booting anti-vaxxers off platform

Tech giant YouTube has been fiercely criticized and accused of running a “pervasive” censorship regime, after tightening up its ban on anti-vaccine content and booting prominent vaccine skeptics off its platform. YouTube unveiled new rules on Wednesday banning all “harmful vaccine content” from its platform, not just content about Covid-19 shots. The new rules prohibit […]

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YouTube bans ALL anti-vax videos, ramping up Covid-era censorship campaign

YouTube will ban all “harmful vaccine content” from its platform, including claims that vaccines are ineffective at reducing disease transmission. The ban comes after a year of escalating censorship by the Google-owned company. “We’ve steadily seen false claims about the coronavirus vaccines spill over into misinformation about vaccines in general, and we’re now at a […]

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RT’s digital content project Redfish laments ‘censorship’ after Facebook blocks it on Instagram without proper explanation

The popular Instagram account of the RT-affiliated Redfish digital-content project has been apparently deactivated, with Facebook, which owns the platform, so far being reluctant to explain its reasoning for the harsh move. Users who have tried to access Redfish on Instagram Thursday have been met with a short notification that reads “Sorry, this page isn’t […]