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TikTok pledges to promote black creators after accusations of censorship

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In May, TikTok users started changing their profile pictures to the black power symbol to protest the censorship of black creators. Users could still use the tags, but their videos would not show up when searching for the tags. In December, TikTok admitted that it suppressed videos by disabled, queer, and fat creators.

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It's the Autonomy, Stupid!

Phil Windley

We talk a lot about censorship resistance. Of course, the reason we worry about censorship resistance is because we don't want any third party to be able to deprive a person or organization of their ability to use Sovrin. Photo Credit: Handcuffs from pxhere (CC0) Tags: sovrin decentralization blockchain.

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Facebook's Nipplegate hits the front page

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Join the group if you don't like this kind of censorship! censorship facebook jewellery victoriabuckley. Tags: Social media Web 2.0 The Australian Federal Police has said the site's woeful relationship with law enforcement bodies was hampering police investigations and putting lives at risk.

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Launch of Newspaper Extinction Timeline for every country in the world

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Censorship and obstruction. Tags: Future of media. Degree of urbanization. Increase in literacy. Government. Degree of regulation. Government financial support for media. Consumer behaviors. Media channel preferences. Willingness to pay for news. Relative interest in local and global news.

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Recent Revisions to the Sovrin Governance Framework

Phil Windley

Being compliant with regulation of all sorts, while being true to the principles of Sovrin (PDF) and protecting against censorship, is a fine line. Tags: sovrin identity governance gdpr privacy i4a. These institutions will avoid using any system that is perceived as rogue or otherwise non-compliant.

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Web3: Self-Sovereign Authority and Self-Certifying Protocols

Phil Windley

The goals of Web3 include self-sovereignty (autonomy and independence) and censorship resistance. Tags: web3 ssi identity keri decentralized+identifiers. Decentralization is a good way to achieve these things, but I can imagine decentralized services (in the technical sense) that don’t achieve either of these.

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The Ukrainian War, PKI, and Censorship

Phil Windley

One of the plot points involves using certificate authorities (CA) for censorship. First, from a censorship perspective, it means that Russia can effectively turn off web sites by revoking their certificates, allowing the state to censor web sites for any reason they see fit. They put web sites at risk of censorship.

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