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@petersuber@fediscience.org · 1d ago

Excellent statement by Yale epidemiologist @gregggonsalves@med-mastodon.com on why scientists should speak up about the defunding, censorship, deterioration, and ideological distortion of US science -- or at least take notes: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/americas-compact-between-science-and-politics-is-broken/ Scientists now have the responsibility of "bearing witness and putting evidence on the table. It may not be persuasive to Russell Vought or Marco Rubio, but it is for the dossier, for the truth and reconciliation commission, for the Nuremberg trials that come after. Keep the receipts. Write down what you see. Tell them what they did. We’re very good at documenting how X leads to Y." #Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

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@gamliel@linuxrocks.online · 2d ago

@PoliceStateUK@mastodon.me.uk So, the United Kingdom is now similar to China, Russia and Northern Korea. #censorship #internetCensorship #totalitarism

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@privacysafe@privacysafe.social · 1d ago

🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters “Pavel Durov | Communication Technology and the Struggle for Freedom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yq_5aDdJ24 #BigGovt #BigTech #censorship #freedom #totalitarianism” https://americanbuddhist.net/2026/06/16/pavel-durov-communication-technology-and-the-struggle-for-freedom/ 🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

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@remixtures@tldr.nettime.org · 3d ago

""Every failed attempt to make children safer online is followed by more surveillance and censorship," he said. "Children have rights too and these policies will harm their free expression and privacy rights, and push them into less regulated spaces. Meanwhile the business models driving harms are untouched." Others questioned whether the measures can realistically be enforced. Mark Jones, an online harms specialist and partner at law firm Payne Hicks Beach, noted that the consultation closed only weeks ago and warned that determined teenagers have a habit of finding ways around restrictions. "A social media ban only helps if it is genuinely enforceable," Jones said. "If large numbers of young people simply circumvent the restrictions, parents will just lose visibility into where their children are actually spending time online rather than reclaiming any control." The political case for the crackdown appears relatively straightforward, but the practical one is less so. The government now has to persuade social media companies to enforce the rules and teenagers not to find ways around them." https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/06/15/britain-plots-digital-bedtime-after-kicking-under-16s-off-social-media/5255341 #UK #AgeVerification #NannyState #Surveillance #Oligopolies #Censorship #BigBrother #BigTech #Privacy #Anonymity

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@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · 2d ago

“Soon it will be virtually impossible to be online in the UK without handing over identity documents or biometric data to unregulated companies.” The social media ban means EVERY user has to prove they're over 16. This puts millions at risk of their personal data being hacked. 🗣️ ORG's @JamesBaker@social.openrightsgroup.org. https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366644294/Big-tech-must-introduce-age-checks-to-support-UKs-under-16s-social-media-ban #stopKillingInternet #StopKillingTheInternet #socialmediaban #socialmedia #ageverification #onlinesafety #privacy #censorship #ukpolitics #ukpol

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@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · 3d ago

Social media bans don't work. Yet it's happening globally as leaders try to grab headlines with creeping digital ID checks. This doesn't take on how platforms are designed to capture users' attention with harmful content through data-driven algorithms so they can sell ads. ORG's @JamesBaker@social.openrightsgroup.org explains ➡️ https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/w/bBTjPwubE92HMVGtt9dN2Z #stopKillingInternet #socialmediaban #socialmedia #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #privacy #censorship #ukpolitics #ukpol #kierstarmer

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@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · 3d ago

A global movement to #stopKillingInternet is coming. Bans will wall off the open Internet. Kids locked out and adults pushed through digital ID checks. Connection and access to information is being swept away for a policy that leaves platforms free to continue promoting harmful content for profit. Find out more ➡️ https://www.stopkillingtheinternet.com/ #socialmediaban #socialmedia #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #privacy #censorship #ukpolitics #ukpol #kierstarmer

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@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · 3d ago

A social media ban won't fix online harms. That's because the business model creating them is left untouched. It just makes every user do an ID check to prove they’re over 16. Instead we should tackle the attention capture economy of targeted ads and personalised algorithms. Sign our petition ⬇️ https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/break-big-tech #socialmediaban #onlinesafety #socialmedia #stopKillingInternet #ukpol #ukpolitics #privacy #censorship #bigtech

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Open Rights Group

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · 3d ago

The fight for the open Internet is on – support our work 🦾 We're facing a social media ban, digital ID checkpoints and powers to scan our devices. Our privacy and free expression rights could lie in tatters if we don't resist. Donate now to power our grassroots movement ⬇️ https://action.openrightsgroup.org/build-our-grassroots-power-defend-open-internet #StopKillingInternet #grassroots #crowdfunder #socialmediaban #digitalrights #privacy #freeexpression #censorship #digitalid #ukpolitics #ukpol

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@Nonilex@masto.ai · 5d ago

Judge orders #Trump admin to restore #NationalPark changes at sites that 'disparaged' #US A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump admin to restore sites changed under an executive order calling for the nation’s #museums, #parks & #landmarks to not display elements that “inappropriately disparage Americans past or living.” #law #censorship #RevisionistHistory #whitewashing #UShistory https://apnews.com/article/trump-national-parks-lawsuit-c39eee6f77c2e782fc494e2167bf5a39

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@ceascape.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · 5d ago

WTAF?? I had no idea this was going on. And in #Canada too?? Wow - #censorship is never good - #education and #freedomofchoice #books #reading #pride #PLFAG #LGBTQ Librarian fired after refusing to censor 2SLGBTQ+ books wins $700K US settlement www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha... Librarian fired after refusing...

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@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · Jun 10, 2026

Image scanning for nudes 🤝 digital ID checks This will affect everyone. All adults will have to hand over their ID to turn off the blocks on their phone. But the scanning software will hang around. Something that could end up being used to censor much more. We can't allow this trojan horse tech. ORG's @JamesBaker@social.openrightsgroup.org spoke to TalkTV about the UK government's plans. https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/w/6dYE596iFv5viV5QHemnR8 #censorship #ageverification #digitalID #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol

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@dbattistella@mstdn.ca · Jun 06, 2026

"It really has come to this in America. Censorship is real. America needs to stand up. Scientists, stand up. Physicians, stand up." - Aaron Kelly, PhD Members of the American Diabetes Association, one of them a past president of the organization, were shoved, harassed and escorted by police out of a New Orleans convention centre, during the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association (#ADA2026), on Friday, as they were handing out copies of an editorial criticizing Trump administration changes to US biomedical research. The group were threatened to be arrested for handing out the editorial. https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/121619 #Research #Science #Diabetes #Censorship #Medicine

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@rzeta0@mastodon.ie · Jun 01, 2026

The UK has banned US citizens journalist and commentator Cenk and Hasan from entering the UK to speak in London and Oxford. Because they told the truth about Israel's influence on the USA. Not even the UK. That tells you a lot about how sovereign the UK really is. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/left-wing-commentators-hasan-piker-and-cenk-uygur-banned-from-uk/ar-AA24zBBA #zionism #ukpol #freespeech #censorship #cenkuygur #HasanPiker

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@luciedigitalni@aus.social · May 31, 2026

Reminder that Mark Zuckerberg really really really wants you not to read Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams. So, obviously, whatever you do, don't read it or little Mark will get upset. #Censorship https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/31/meta-legal-action-forces-facebook-whistleblower-to-stay-silent-at-hay-festival

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@petersuber@fediscience.org · May 31, 2026

"The Justice Department Erases History; Lawfare Restores It." https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-justice-department-erases-history--lawfare-restores-it "Last week, the Justice Department deleted thousands of press releases related to the Jan. 6 insurrection and other matters. Here they are…We have restored the vast bulk of what was deleted. We have also started to preemptively archive a raft of material that has not yet been deleted but probably will be, given its thematic relationship to the material that was 86ed." #Censorship #DefendResearch #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

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Open Rights Group

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · May 19, 2026

UK Ofcom's push for image scanning tech online is open to abuse. LBGTQ+ communities could be targeted by malicious reports, leading to content being wrongly censored. We raised this risk on the consultation and Ofcom recognise it in their rights assessment. We need to monitor its impact and provide redress when content is taken down incorrectly. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/18/tech-firms-uk-rules-intimate-image-abuse #ofcom #censorship #lgbt #ukpolitics #ukpol

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@aral@mastodon.ar.al · May 08, 2026

RE: https://veganism.social/@Geri/116537676967800066 Folks, just a quick warning: If you’re against Israel’s genocide in Gaza, avoid mastodon.online. They deleted two of Geri’s posts. Geri is a wonderful activist and an inspiration from the UK who has braved arrest to shine a light on Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people. Do give her a follow on her new account as she lost quite a few followers during the migration. Also, to our friends in Gaza, please don’t create accounts on this server. #mastodon #fediverse #moderation #censorship #mastodonOnline #israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #Gaza #GazaVerified #StopIsrael #FreePalestine

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@privacysafe@privacysafe.social · May 07, 2026

🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters “#AI #BigTech #censorship #CommunicationErrors #propaganda #supremacy #totalitarianism” https://americanbuddhist.net/2026/05/06/112056/ 🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

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Saorsa

@Saorsa@neondystopia.world · May 06, 2026

Practicing comedy can get you arrested in the United Kingdom, just let that sink in. #ukpol, #censorship, #authoritarianism, #Labour, #Tories, #freespeech, #freedomofspeech.

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