Hacker News<p>How Each Pillar of the First Amendment Is Under Attack</p><p><a href="https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/03/how-each-pillar-of-the-1st-amendment-is-under-attack/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">krebsonsecurity.com/2025/03/ho</span><span class="invisible">w-each-pillar-of-the-1st-amendment-is-under-attack/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreedomOfSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FreedomOfSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CivilLiberties" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CivilLiberties</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PressFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PressFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FreeExpression</span></a></p>
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N-gated Hacker News<p>📚🔒 Oh joy, another deep dive into why <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Amazon</span></a> might not sell your favorite banned book. This opus, penned by a small army of authors, promises to save us from the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dystopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dystopia</span></a> of unregulated free expression by reminding us that you can always buy your subversive <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>literature</span></a> at the other massive online retailer. 🛒💡<br /><a href="https://citizenlab.ca/2024/11/analysis-of-censorship-on-amazon-com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">citizenlab.ca/2024/11/analysis</span><span class="invisible">-of-censorship-on-amazon-com/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BannedBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BannedBooks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FreeExpression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ngated</span></a></p>
Jens Mittelbach<p>Blacklisted for a private opinion? A French scientist was denied entry to the U.S. after officials searched his phone and found messages critical of Trump’s research policy. Is expressing a personal view now grounds for expulsion?<br><a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/FreeExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeExpression</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a></p><p><a href="https://boingboing.net/2025/03/20/french-scientist-denied-entry-to-us-after-a-search-of-his-phone-revealed-messages-critical-of-trump.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">boingboing.net/2025/03/20/fren</span><span class="invisible">ch-scientist-denied-entry-to-us-after-a-search-of-his-phone-revealed-messages-critical-of-trump.html</span></a></p>
malomoray<p>I have two more Shows coming up on the EMBRACE TOUR 2025! Come fly away with me next week:<br />Wed, 26.3. @c.keller_weimar <br />Fri, 28.3. @holeoffamedresden <br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br /><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/experimentalmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>experimentalmusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ambient" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ambient</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fieldrecording" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fieldrecording</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fieldrecordings" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fieldrecordings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/experimentalart" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>experimentalart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tape" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tape</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/darkambient" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>darkambient</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/noisemusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>noisemusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freeexpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>freeexpression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cassette" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cassette</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/krautrock" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>krautrock</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/strings" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>strings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ambientmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ambientmusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/darkambientmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>darkambientmusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ambientbass" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ambientbass</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ambience" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ambience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/noisemusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>noisemusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/noisemusician" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>noisemusician</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ambientrecording" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ambientrecording</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychedelicmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>psychedelicmusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/4tracktape" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>4tracktape</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/drones" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>drones</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lofiaesthetic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lofiaesthetic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dronemusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dronemusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tapeloop" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tapeloop</span></a></p>
malomoray<p>It’s been three years since @bethroberts.music @_ben_osborn_ and I have been in the same space at once. This week, we’re locking ourselves up in my studio, with no plan besides the unconditional wish to capture some beauty together… ✨🌞🥲<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br /><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/experimentalmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>experimentalmusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ambient" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ambient</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fieldrecording" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fieldrecording</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fieldrecordings" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fieldrecordings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/experimentalart" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>experimentalart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tape" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tape</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/darkambient" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>darkambient</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/noisemusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>noisemusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freeexpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>freeexpression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cassette" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cassette</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/krautrock" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>krautrock</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/strings" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>strings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ambientmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ambientmusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/darkambientmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>darkambientmusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ambientbass" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ambientbass</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ambience" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ambience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/noisemusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>noisemusic</span></a></p>
malomoray<p>Happy Monday!<br />Happy Monday!<br />A week full of collaborative discoveries awaits me<br />✨🔥🤗<br /><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/experimentalmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>experimentalmusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ambient" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ambient</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fieldrecording" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fieldrecording</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fieldrecordings" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fieldrecordings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/experimentalart" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>experimentalart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tape" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tape</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/darkambient" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>darkambient</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/noisemusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>noisemusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freeexpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>freeexpression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cassette" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cassette</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/krautrock" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>krautrock</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/strings" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>strings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ambientmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ambientmusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/darkambientmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>darkambientmusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ambientbass" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ambientbass</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ambience" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ambience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/noisemusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>noisemusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/noisemusician" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>noisemusician</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ambientrecording" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ambientrecording</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychedelicmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>psychedelicmusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/4tracktape" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>4tracktape</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/drones" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>drones</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lofiaesthetic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lofiaesthetic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dronemusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dronemusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tapeloop" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tapeloop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tapeloops" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tapeloops</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freeimprov" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>freeimprov</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/newclassical" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>newclassical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freeimprovisationmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>freeimprovisationmusic</span></a></p>
Maier Amsden<p>Representation is so important. Having difficult but honest conversations with "the opposition" is so important. Keep pushing those righteous truths!<br /><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TransRights</span></a><br /><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FreeExpression</span></a><br /><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MontanaLegislature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MontanaLegislature</span></a><br /><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Leadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Leadership</span></a></p><p><a href="https://substack.com/@thatstormygeek/note/c-98643876?r=9gey7" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">substack.com/@thatstormygeek/n</span><span class="invisible">ote/c-98643876?r=9gey7</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> </p><p>11. Disdain for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Intellectuals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Intellectuals</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arts</span></a><br> "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascist</span></a> nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a>. It is not uncommon for professors and other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academics</span></a> to be censored or even arrested. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeExpression</span></a> in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts."</p><p>Fascism, Anyone? by Lawrence W. Britt published in 2003 by Free Inquiry magazine. </p><p><a href="https://voxpopulisphere.com/2017/08/23/lawrence-britt-14-characteristics-of-fascism/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">voxpopulisphere.com/2017/08/23</span><span class="invisible">/lawrence-britt-14-characteristics-of-fascism/</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DepartmentOfEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfEducation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DumbingUsDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DumbingUsDown</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p>The Senate Passed The TAKE IT DOWN Act, Threatening <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FreeExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeExpression</span></a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DueProcess</span></a></p><p>The bill is meant to speed up the removal of non-consensual intimate imagery, or NCII, including videos that imitate real people, a technology sometimes called “deepfakes.”</p><p>Protecting victims of these heinous <a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> invasions is a legitimate goal. But good intentions alone are not enough to make good policy. <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/deepfake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deepfake</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/senate-passed-take-it-down-act-threatening-free-expression-and-due-process" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/sena</span><span class="invisible">te-passed-take-it-down-act-threatening-free-expression-and-due-process</span></a></p>
Squads<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://partyon.xyz/@nando161" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nando161</span></a></span> <br>Art has a way of revealing uncomfortable truths. Do you think social media platforms should have the power to decide what gets banned? (Just curious)<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/FreeExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeExpression</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a></p>
INTENTIONALLY blank<p>Friendly reminder...</p><p>You can report censorship and attacks on your local library by right wing trolls here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ala.org/tools/challengesupport" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ala.org/tools/challengesupport</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Here is a list of organizations that may also be able to help you/your community save programs and materials from the chopping block:</p><p>Freedom to Read Foundation <br>Little Free Library <br>Comic Book Legal Defense Fund<br>EveryLibrary Institute <br>PEN America<br>American Booksellers for Free Expression <br>The National Coalition Against Censorship</p><p>..........</p><p>Contact orgs that want to help. Archive media and information you enjoy or care about whenever you can.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Freedom</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FreeThought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeThought</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FreeExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeExpression</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Save" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Save</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Archive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archive</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FreedomtoRead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomtoRead</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Fight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fight</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/erasure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>erasure</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/revision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>revision</span></a>.</p>
Tlap<p>Well it depends on us!<br />That is why i have choosen Mastodon</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mastodon</span></a><br /><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freeexpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>freeexpression</span></a><br /><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/streetart" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>streetart</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>From Lawrence W. Britt: 14 Characteristics of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> (2003)</p><p>11. Disdain for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Intellectuals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Intellectuals</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arts</span></a><br> "Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a>. It is not uncommon for professors and other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academics</span></a> to be censored or even arrested. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeExpression</span></a> in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts."</p><p>House Republicans mull taxes on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/scholarships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scholarships</span></a> and changes to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StudentLoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StudentLoan</span></a> programs</p><p>February 8, 2025</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-administration-education-college-loans-532d52c2ccac8b4be459f7797fb63a73" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-admin</span><span class="invisible">istration-education-college-loans-532d52c2ccac8b4be459f7797fb63a73</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SignsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SignsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResistFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a></p>
Jonathan Emmesedi<p>So much for the USA as a bastion of free and fearless journalism!</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/business/media/paramount-trump-cbs-news-settlement.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/01/30/busines</span><span class="invisible">s/media/paramount-trump-cbs-news-settlement.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/USJournalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USJournalism</span></a> #<a href="https://c.im/tags/USMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USMedia</span></a> <br><a href="https://c.im/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Paramount" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paramount</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/60Minutes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>60Minutes</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/FreeExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeExpression</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ABCSettlement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ABCSettlement</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/MetaSettlement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetaSettlement</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“the recent <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/erasure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>erasure</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/submerging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>submerging</span></a> of abortion-related content, so soon after Donald Trump’s return to <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a>, has caused fear among some abortion rights supporters that a bigger crackdown could be on the horizon – and concerns that the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> founder <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MarkZuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarkZuckerberg</span></a>’s promise to protect “<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/FreeExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeExpression</span></a>” may not apply to all speech.”</p><p>🚨 <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TechWeenie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechWeenie</span></a> Alert </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/oligarch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarch</span></a> <<a href="https://theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/29/abortion-pills-instagram-shadow-banning" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2025/jan</span><span class="invisible">/29/abortion-pills-instagram-shadow-banning</span></a>></p>
ACT OUT TEES<p>Act Out Tees is where creativity meets self-expression<br />www.actouttees.com<br /><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>felon47</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/POD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>POD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>freedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bannedbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bannedbooks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>literacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freeexpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>freeexpression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/knowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>knowledge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/intellectualfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>intellectualfreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/readers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>readers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/booklover" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>booklover</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>resistance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>truth</span></a></p>
Michael Vera<p><a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/epartheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>epartheid</span></a>: Social engineering under the guise of curating discourse.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decentralization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/onlinefreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>onlinefreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/techethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techethics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/internetgovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>internetgovernance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/digitalrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalrights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/platformbias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>platformbias</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/algorithmicbias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algorithmicbias</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/freeexpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freeexpression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/independentmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independentmedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/echochamber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>echochamber</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/onlinecommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>onlinecommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/techaccountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techaccountability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/contentmoderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contentmoderation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/communitygovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>communitygovernance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/digitalexclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalexclusion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/isolationchamber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>isolationchamber</span></a></p>
Michael Vera<p><a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/epartheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>epartheid</span></a>: The illusion of inclusion, the reality of exclusion.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decentralization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/onlinefreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>onlinefreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/techethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techethics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/internetgovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>internetgovernance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/digitalrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalrights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/platformbias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>platformbias</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/algorithmicbias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algorithmicbias</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/freeexpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freeexpression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/independentmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independentmedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/echochamber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>echochamber</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/onlinecommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>onlinecommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/techaccountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techaccountability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/contentmoderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contentmoderation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/communitygovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>communitygovernance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/digitalexclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalexclusion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/isolationchamber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>isolationchamber</span></a></p>
Michael Vera<p><a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/epartheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>epartheid</span></a>: Echo Chambers labeled as "Safe Spaces."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decentralization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/onlinefreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>onlinefreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/techethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techethics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/internetgovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>internetgovernance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/digitalrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalrights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/platformbias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>platformbias</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/algorithmicbias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algorithmicbias</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/freeexpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freeexpression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/independentmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independentmedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/echochamber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>echochamber</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/onlinecommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>onlinecommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/techaccountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techaccountability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/contentmoderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contentmoderation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/communitygovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>communitygovernance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/digitalexclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalexclusion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/isolationchamber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>isolationchamber</span></a></p>
Michael Vera<p><a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/epartheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>epartheid</span></a>: Moderation policies designed to silence dissent.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decentralization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/onlinefreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>onlinefreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/techethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techethics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/internetgovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>internetgovernance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/digitalrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalrights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/platformbias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>platformbias</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/algorithmicbias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algorithmicbias</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/freeexpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freeexpression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/independentmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independentmedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/echochamber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>echochamber</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/onlinecommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>onlinecommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/techaccountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techaccountability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/contentmoderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contentmoderation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/communitygovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>communitygovernance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/digitalexclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalexclusion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.michaelvera.org/tags/isolationchamber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>isolationchamber</span></a></p>
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