California’s law sought to punish doctors who give patients false information about Covid-19.
Few governments have approved regulations, often because of free-speech concerns. New mandates from China could change the tone of the debate on digital forgeries.
The cases could significantly affect the power and responsibilities of social media platforms.
The school’s prohibition brings a geopolitical fight front and center for TikTok’s biggest fans: young Americans.
Doctors are exasperated by the persistence of false and misleading claims about the virus.
Many reinstated users are tweeting about topics that got them barred in the first place: Covid-19 skepticism, election denialism and QAnon.
Hiroyuki Nishimura has become a famous voice for disenchanted young Japanese. What he talks much less about is his ownership of the notorious website 4chan.
The brief bans, which came after Elon Musk had suggested the journalists were violating Twitter’s rules on personal privacy, had alarmed free-speech advocates.
Elon Musk’s moves this week set off a heated debate about complex issues of free speech and online censorship.
The suspensions, which were criticized by U.S. and European lawmakers, could raise the regulatory heat on the social media platform — and Elon Musk’s other companies.
The social media service, which is owned by Elon Musk, said the accounts were suspended for “violating the Twitter rules” but did not provide details.
The suspended accounts include one that followed the private plane of Elon Musk, Twitter’s owner.