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France Reportedly Prepared To Block TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat After Unrest as 100+ Posts Are Flagged

France's prime minister reportedly asked four telecoms operators to prepare for a temporary social media shutdown ahead of demonstrations, but the measure was never implemented.

International Business Times UK · 4h ago

Anthropic Usage Policy Ban on 'Abusive or Cruel Behavior' Toward Claude AI Draws Backlash

Anthropic will prohibit sustained and needless abusive behaviour towards Claude from 12 November 2026, prompting debate over AI empathy, user control and whether software should be treated like a person.

International Business Times UK · Oct 12

Is Hillary Clinton More MAGA Than Donald Trump? Real Reason Joe Rogan Now Feels 'Betrayed' By POTUS

Joe Rogan has accused Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama of sounding 'more MAGA than MAGA' on immigration, arguing their deportation records outpaced Donald Trump's first year in office.

International Business Times UK · Mar 27

Startling claims made at UFO hearing in Congress, but lack direct evidence

Ex-defense department official said government employees had been injured and US conducted secret UFO retrievals

The Guardian - US · Nov 13, 2024

UFO whistleblowers tell Congress 'we are not alone in the cosmos' (video)

The latest congressional UFO hearing featured testimony from former military personnel who told representatives that excessive government secrecy hides the fact that we are not alone in the cosmos.

Space · Nov 13, 2024

At packed UFO hearing, calls for transparency ring loud - Roll Call

Both Republicans and Democrats are pushing for legislative action on unidentified aerial phenomena, floating a range of proposals.

Roll Call · Nov 13, 2024

Musk Vs. Brazil Supreme Court: Five Things To Know

X owner Elon Musk is under investigation in Brazil after he accused a Supreme Court judge of censoring social networks, calling him a "dictator" and vowing to disobey rulings blocking users found to be spreading disinformation.

International Business Times · Apr 10, 2024

What does a Jordan Peterson conference say about the future of climate change? Apparently we’re headed towards ‘human flourishing’

Attendees of the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship were treated to a grab-bag of cherrypicked talking points from some speakers that ignored the risks of climate change

The Guardian - AU · Nov 8, 2023

Don't let tech company censoring dictate online content and free speech, report warns

Michael Shellenberger has published a new report called Free Speech and Big Tech: The Case for User Control

Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2023

Fight against ‘malinformation’ is censorship by government proxy

Disinformation and misinformation have always been contested categories, defined by subjective judgment. But malinformation is even more clearly in the eye of the beholder.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 22, 2023