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[Link] GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Suspended from Twitter after Posting Bounty on a Critic

Read: 14/11/2021 itsgoingdown.org

A failed candidate for governor of California was suspended from Twitter for making “violent threats” after posting a $2,500 bounty; specifically asking for the name and address of a critic from Twitter.

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[Link] Facebook lets Kazakh govt directly flag harmful content, joint statement says

Read: 4/11/2021 www.reuters.com

ALMATY, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Facebook owner Meta Platforms (FB.O) has granted the Kazakh government access to its content reporting system, after the Central Asian nation threatened to block the social network for millions of local users.

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[Link] Inside the Facebook Group that Sexualises Pregnant Women

Read: 2/11/2021 www.vice.com

The group, whose name in Malay “Koleksi Mak Buyung Malaysia'' translates to “My Collection of Pregnant Women,” attracted at least 5,000 members before it was removed on Monday evening for “violating site policies”.

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[Link] Facebook says Craig Kelly’s content on United Australia Party page OK after banning MP

Read: 19/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

Facebook says the United Australia Party’s page does not violate the social media giant’s community standards despite carrying prominent content from Craig Kelly, whose accounts have been banned for breaching the social media company’s misinformation policy.

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[Link] Museum Starts OnlyFans Account After Its TikTok Is Banned for Posting Nudes

Read: 19/10/2021 www.vice.com

The so-called “Vienna Laid Bare” initiative was launched by Vienna’s tourism board late last week along with its OnlyFans account. As of writing subscribers can receive a complimentary Vienna City Card, or a ticket for one of the museums featured on the account.  

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[Link] Reddit Just Banned One of the Biggest Subreddits for COVID-19 Misinformation

Read: 1/9/2021 www.vice.com

A week after its CEO said that COVID misinformation wasn’t much of a problem on the site, Reddit has reversed course and banned r/NoNewNormal, a subreddit it said was responsible for massive amounts of COVID-19 misinformation on the site.

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[Link] YouTube says it bans accounts believed to be owned by the Taliban

Read: 26/8/2021 www.reuters.com

Aug 17 (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) YouTube said on Tuesday it bans accounts believed to be owned and operated by the Taliban, as U.S. social media companies scrambled to publicly clarify their rules on the group that is in control of Afghanistan. After U.S.

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[Link] Brunswick’s Good Karma Network shuts amid claims of ‘toxic positivity’, racism

Read: 22/8/2021 www.theage.com.au

It began as a place online where you could share excess lemons with your neighbours, pass on clothes your kids had outgrown or lend someone a power tool: a utopian vision of an online community sharing gifts and advice.

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[Link] Reddit Quarantines AntiMask Antivax Subreddit

Read: 13/8/2021 www.vice.com

Wednesday, Reddit quarantined r/NoNewNormal, a subreddit that is generally antimask, antivax, and is also against any government COVID restrictions.

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[Link] Instagram Shuts Down Fake Likes Factory

Read: 9/8/2021 www.vice.com

Instagram recently sent a cease and desist demand to a site that sold fake likes and engagement on the platform, prompting the site to shut down in response, according to a person involved in the site and confirmation from Instagram.

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[Link] Facebook users struggling to reactivate hacked accounts are buying $300 Oculus VR headsets just so they can talk to a customer service rep

Read: 8/8/2021 www.businessinsider.com.au

Facebook users struggling to get back into their hacked accounts are buying the company’s $US300 ($AU405) VR headset and returning them unopened just so they can reactivate their profiles, according to an NPR report.

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