The lawsuit’s broad premise is that Twitter is a monopolistic public platform where “viewpoint-based exclusion” is unconstitutional, so it shouldn’t be allowed to ban Brittain or other conservative Twitter users. Brittain is basing this claim partly on a May ruling about Trump’s policy of blocking Twitter users who criticized him. That ruling found that Trump had established a public forum with his Twitter account, and as a government official, he could not ban users from that forum based on ideology. … [Read more...] about Former revenge porn mogul Craig Brittain sues Twitter in absurdist censorship complaint
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Here’s why more US employees self-censor social media posts
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Texas agency censors scientific report to remove references to reality
After the Houston Chronicle picked up the story, word of the problems spread among the authors, and every single scientist on the report has now asked that their names be removed from it. In response to queries about deleting basic facts (sea levels have risen) from the report, a TCEQ spokesperson was quoted as saying, "Information was included in a report that we disagree with." … [Read more...] about Texas agency censors scientific report to remove references to reality
