#Librarians are still out there fighting the good fight! 💪📚
censorship
This, in a nutshell, is why it is dangerous that all liberal media is now setting up shop on Bluesky.
We have a critical midterm coming up and these important voices are willfully submitting to a censorship regime run by crypto VC tech bros.
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Earlier: "I entered this profession just as the storm clouds of the current book-banning push were starting to gather, but I enrolled in a librarian certification program hoping it would pass over me as if lamb’s blood were painted on my doorframe." https://www.texasobserver.org/abilene-isd-librarian-book-ban/
USENET IS NOT DEAD !!!!! USENET IS STILL FREE FREE FREE!
Usenet is an ever-living, Casper the friendly ghost of discussion networks.
Just a friendly reminder that Usenet still exists and access to text newsgroups is still FREE. Access is provided by volunteer sysops around the world. See links below.
Back in its glory days it seems that just about every academic institution had its own Usenet hierarchy of newsgroups.
Linux was revealed to the world via Usenet.
Open source philosophy gained its steam via Usenet.
Usenet is the original free speech network.
Usenet is the original 'social network'.
Simple and free access to text-only Usenet Newsgroups
https://eternal-september.org/
#Usenet #BBS #NetworkNews #EternalSeptember #usenet #nntp #decentralized #censorship #retro #freespeech
Usenet is an ever-living, Casper the friendly ghost of discussion networks.
Just a friendly reminder that Usenet still exists and access to text newsgroups is still FREE. Access is provided by volunteer sysops around the world. See links below.
Back in its glory days it seems that just about every academic institution had its own Usenet hierarchy of newsgroups.
Linux was revealed to the world via Usenet.
Open source philosophy gained its steam via Usenet.
Usenet is the original free speech network.
Usenet is the original 'social network'.
Simple and free access to text-only Usenet Newsgroups
https://eternal-september.org/
#Usenet #BBS #NetworkNews #EternalSeptember #usenet #nntp #decentralized #censorship #retro #freespeech
‼️ #Russia has blocked Telegram, one of the most widely used messaging platforms in the country
https://explorer.ooni.org/findings/96225549500
OONI data suggests that many ISPs in Russia began blocking access to Telegram on 20 March 2026.
This follows blocks of other major services, including WhatsApp, Signal, Instagram, and numerous independent news outlets.
#ooni #opensource #telegram #censorship
This feels like book publishing selling out to MAGA
"Clean Young Adult Books", implying all the others ar dirty?
#MAGA #Censorship #HarperCollins #Blink
@harpercollins
@bookstodon
Nice
A new #ABC campaign urges viewers to push back against #FCC pressure
The #federal regulator is “investigating” the #Disney-owned television company on two fronts, with “#TheView” & ABC’s #local stations targeted [Ostensibly for airing #JimmyKimmel].
#law #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreePress #FourthEstate #Trump #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #censorship #propaganda #trumpaganda
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/06/22/new-abc-campaign-urges-viewers-push-back-against-fcc-pressure/
"What happens when publishers begin avoiding LGBTQ+ stories before a book is ever challenged? This article explores how years of censorship efforts are creating a chilling effect across the publishing industry, making it harder for queer voices & stories to reach readers"--Freedom to Ready Project (in Bluesky)
#FreedomToRead #BookBans #Censorship #Bigotry #Writing @bookstodon
“LGBTQ+ teens in particular may rely on social media for crucial information, exploration and support.
The ban will also impact how children access and share information that is important for their participation in democracy, as well as for their health and wellbeing."
🗣️ ORG for Queer AF.
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/youth-social-media-bans-should-raise-privacy-concerns-for-everyone/
#socialmediaban #lgbt #lgbtqia #freeexpression #censorship #ukpolitics #ukpol
"Last week, the Justice Department began systematically removing material from its web sites regarding the many indictments and convictions related to the #January6th attack on the U.S. Capitol. At Lawfare, we have restored the vast bulk of what was deleted":
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-justice-department-erases-history--lawfare-restores-it
copy: @renewedresistance #politics #censorship #history
Reminder that Mark Zuckerberg really really really wants you not to read Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams.
So, obviously, whatever you do, don't read it or little Mark will get upset.
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#Pentagon bans #journalists from #PressOffice, designating it a classified space [so it’s clearly no longer a #press office]
The change creates a new barrier compared with previous admins, under which the office was an open room where reporters could stop by the desks of #military public affairs officials without escorts.
#Trump #Hegseth #fascism #censorship #journalism #FourthEstate #law #FreePress #democracy #transparency
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/06/01/pentagon-bans-journalists-press-office-designating-it-classified-space/
#YoungTurks founder & his controversial #Twitch streamer cousin both barred from entry to #UK for appearances at #Oxford #SXSW events due to alleged anti #Israel bias
A #LabourParty MP David Taylor took to #MelonHusk branded #socialmedia platform to praise the #UK home secretary office for the decision to block their visas:
"There's no reason to open our doors to those who seek to spread hate and division, especially to those who've supported a proscribed terror group"
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jun/01/us-political-commentators-say-banned-entering-uk-cenk-uygur-hasan-piker
#CenkUygur #HasanPiker #Censorship #Bias
Social media bans don't work. They just make things worse.
In Australia, for those teens who haven't bypassed the restrictions, their access to news has been curtailed.
How does this square with giving votes to 16 year olds in the UK? Children have rights to free expression too.
ORG's @JamesBaker explains.
https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/w/crfbePPnNhcKMPQZts5urk
#socialmediaban #socialmedia #censorship #freeexpression #humanrights #ukpolitics #ukpol
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#ooni #launch #ooniprobe #desktop #censorship
No data on #child #FoodInsecurity
As millions lose #SNAP benefits, the #Trump admin cancellation of a food security survey will make it harder to track rising #hunger.
#law #censorship #USpol
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/trump-cut-food-security-survey-could-make-measuring-us-hunger-harder-2026-07-09/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
The Side That Won the Civil War is Now Banning Books About Why the Civil War Was Fought
Tom Zoellner on the Antebellum Precedent of Trump-Era Censorship
WTAF?? I had no idea this was going on. And in #Canada too?? Wow - #censorship is never good - #education and #freedomofchoice #books #reading #pride #PLFAG #LGBTQLibrarian fired after refusing to censor 2SLGBTQ+ books wins $700K US settlementwww.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
Librarian fired after refusing...
Judge orders #Trump admin to restore #NationalPark changes at sites that 'disparaged' #US
A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump admin to restore sites changed under an executive order calling for the nation’s #museums, #parks & #landmarks to not display elements that “inappropriately disparage Americans past or living.”
#law #censorship #RevisionistHistory #whitewashing #UShistory
https://apnews.com/article/trump-national-parks-lawsuit-c39eee6f77c2e782fc494e2167bf5a39
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Abortion Access Denied: Investigating the Global Censorship of Women on Web
https://ooni.org/post/2026-women-on-web-blocked/
We joined forces with Women on Web to investigate the blocking of their domains around the world based on OONI data.
Our report documents the blocking of Women on Web domains in 7 countries: Iran, Türkiye, the Philippines, South Korea, Spain, Kuwait, and Argentina.
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We're facing a social media ban, digital ID checkpoints and powers to scan our devices.
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""Every failed attempt to make children safer online is followed by more surveillance and censorship," he said. "Children have rights too and these policies will harm their free expression and privacy rights, and push them into less regulated spaces. Meanwhile the business models driving harms are untouched."
Others questioned whether the measures can realistically be enforced. Mark Jones, an online harms specialist and partner at law firm Payne Hicks Beach, noted that the consultation closed only weeks ago and warned that determined teenagers have a habit of finding ways around restrictions.
"A social media ban only helps if it is genuinely enforceable," Jones said. "If large numbers of young people simply circumvent the restrictions, parents will just lose visibility into where their children are actually spending time online rather than reclaiming any control."
The political case for the crackdown appears relatively straightforward, but the practical one is less so. The government now has to persuade social media companies to enforce the rules and teenagers not to find ways around them."
#UK #AgeVerification #NannyState #Surveillance #Oligopolies #Censorship #BigBrother #BigTech #Privacy #Anonymity