Apple continues to face backlash for removing ICE-tracking apps like ICEBlock from the App Store, a drastic step that seemed […]
Category: censorship
It’s OK to tell ICE their actions will haunt them, judge rules in speech fight
Man wins fight to block ICE threat over off-the-cuff angry email. Feds threatened to prosecute David Streever for sending a […]
Judge: Trump can’t deport researchers just for working in content moderation
This week, the Coalition for Independent Technology Research (CITR) won a key battle in its fight to reverse a visa-restriction […]
DOJ sues states that rejected ICE requests for undercover license plates
DOJ keeps accusing ICE monitoring sites of doxing, but evidence remains scarce. The Trump administration continues to claim in lawsuits […]
Platforms bend over backward to help DHS censor ICE critics, advocates say
Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem sued for coercing platforms into censoring ICE posts. Credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images Credit: […]
TikTok users “absolutely justified” for fearing MAGA makeover, experts say
Spectacular coincidence or obvious censorship? TikTok’s tech issues abound as censorship fears drive users to delete app. Credit: Aurich Lawson […]
DHS keeps trying and failing to unmask anonymous ICE critics online
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has backed down from a fight to unmask the owners of Instagram and Facebook […]
Lawsuit: DHS wants “unlimited subpoena authority” to unmask ICE critics
Defending online anonymity DHS is weirdly using import/export rules to expand its authority to identify online critics. A Border Patrol […]
Hegseth wants to integrate Musk’s Grok AI into military networks this month
On Monday, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he plans to integrate Elon Musk’s AI tool, Grok, into Pentagon networks […]
The science of how (and when) we decide to speak out—or self-censor
Skip to content The study’s main takeaway: “Be bold. It is the thing that slows down authoritarian creep.” Freedom of […]