Purging Today’s Freedom Activists: Why Big Tech’s Censorship Isn’t Directed S...
There’s been a lot of unrest in the U.S. and just before the presidential election’s electoral vote, Big Tech took action and censored a great number of individuals and even competing social media platforms. Moreover, even after President Biden’s first few days in office, social media apps continued to purge dissent. On January 22, Facebook deleted my social media profile, and a former co-worker’s account as well, for our libertarian views. An Anti-War, Free-Market Libertarian Speaking Out Against Tyranny and Censorship For many years now I’ve been an activist....
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During the last few days, the world has watched the Big Tech and social media crackdown after the incident that took place at Capitol Hill a few days ago. During the last 48 hours, U.S. President Donald Trump, a great number of right-wing supporters, and many other individuals speaking out against the U.S. government has been censored. The extreme Big Tech censorship has driven a great number of social media participants to search for censorship-resistant alternatives. *This post was updated on Jan. 10, 2021, to reflect Amazon, Apple, and Google’s takedown of the social media....
The AKASHA Project hopes to deliver an Internet where privacy and freedom of expression are embedded into the code, using the Ethereum and the Inter-Planetary File System (IPFS). Mihai Alisie, founder and CEO of AKASHA, recently celebrated World Press Freedom Day by inviting people to sign up for its alpha release, according to his blog. Alisie, who also served as co-founder of the Ethereum project in late 2013, noted he has dreamed about how Ethereum could solve what he views as civilization’s biggest problems. In 2015, he realized Ethereum was close to creating the missing puzzle piece....
Centralized communication platforms prove to be an easily identifiable weakness in activist movements. The Russian government has cracked down on foreign social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, banning them for extremist activists. For protestors, activists and local civilians, these actions have resulted in a significant barrier to communication with the outside world. Furthermore, they have also raised the question of just how easy of a target these apps are for state authorities. With citizens unable to access these platforms, they have little choice but to flee....