For seekers of a right-leaning free-speech utopia, “Parler may turn out to be, in the end, a false refuge,” warns Marc Ambinder at MSNBC: First — sorry, folks — Parler does censor. It removes users, regularly. It does not actually seem to tolerate hate speech, and because it’s a much smaller platform, it might even be more efficient in finding and…
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Body Found In Canada Identified As Neo-Nazi Spam King
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Krebs On Security: The body of a man found shot inside a burned out vehicle in Canada three years ago has been identified as that of Davis Wolfgang Hawke, a prolific spammer and neo-Nazi who led a failed anti-government march on Washington, D.C. in 1999, according to news reports. Homicide detectives said they originally…
Political Protests Are Now Happening in Videogames
Business Insider reports that some players are adapting their avatars in the game world of Animal Crossing: New Horizons to show their support for the Black Lives Matter movement in the real world:
In “Animal Crossing: New Horizons,” players are creating customized signs and clothing for their game characters that say “BLM” and depict symbols of “No justice, no peace….” Anyone with…
YouTube’s Moderation Questioned After Banning Accounts For Too Many Emojis
“YouTube has a huge problem right now,” argues videogame streamer Markiplier. “People’s accounts are being suspended without reason, without provocation, and their appeals to get it back are being denied without explanation.” Engadget revisits “YouTube’s occasionally questionable moderation” — in this case, people being banned simply for using too many emojis (or “emotes”) in their comments to videogame-streamer Markiplier during a…