Moderation will always, by necessity, be subjective.
Babylon Bee banned
Last week, you may have heard that some Big Tech sites are explicitly allowing users to not only call for the deaths of Russian troops and politicians, but to praise actual violent neo-nazis as long as they’re fighting against Russia. Bear in mind: you can totally oppose Putin, his invasion, and the actions of Russia, […]
Social media flooded with fake accounts
Posts on Covid-19
Discrimination is happening all the time
On Thursday April 15th this year, Dr. Darina Flanagan of NPHET gave evidence to the High Court, in a case which challenged the legitimacy of Mandatory Hotel Quarantine. Her evidence was reported by the Irish Times under the headline: “Constitutional rights of women in mandatory quarantine breached, court told”
Social media platforms hold enormous potential to liberate ideas and information from the grips of national governments and media conglomerates. After all, ideas and arguments may now be publicised by just about anyone who is computer literate enough to open a Twitter, Facebook, or YouTube account. But the heavy-handed regulation of social media content by […]
Journalist, Eoghan Harris, is the most recent high profile personality to be punished for posting offensive comments on social media, on twitter to be precise. His offence was greatly exacerbated by his use of an anonymous handle. ‘Barbara J. Pym’ was a flag of convenience that allowed Harris to post the kind of comments in […]
Contreras, who is deputy leader of Vox and a professor of legal philosophy, said the decision to suspend him was “fascist biology”.
Labour leader Alan Kelly called the situation “embarrassing”.
Twitter has blocked a Catholic Bishop from posting after he wrote a tweet opposing Assisted Suicide, but he says he believes the ban will be lifted. The issue of Assisted Suicide has come to public prominence since the People Before Profit TD, Gino Kenny, introduced a bill, currently before the Oireachtas Justice Committee, which seeks […]