Freedom of speech victory: German court rules Facebook deleted ‘hate speech’ content ‘without legal basis’
“According to the Hamburg Higher Regional Court, Facebook is a deliberate, serial breacher of the law,” said free speech lawyer Joachim Steinhöfel after his court victory
Macron considers the ‘dismantling’ of Facebook and a ban on online anonymity
Contrary to what the French secretary of state for the digital transition advises, Macron also calls for banning online anonymity

Facebook and Instagram users now allowed to incite violence against Russians and call for Putin’s death after Meta policy change
Calls for either of the leaders’ deaths will be permitted “unless they contain other targets or have two indicators of credibility, such as the location or method”
Facebook bans page of Polish right-wing Confederation party with nearly 700,000 followers
The right-wing Confederation’s representatives warned that the ban was an attempt to interfere with democracy in Poland
Facebook censors Catholic charity’s anti-violence campaign for women
The tech giant claimed the charity’s campaign violated its guidelines
Facebook stoked political divisions in Poland: report
An internal report conducted by Facebook suggested that the social media platform had a negative effect on political polarization in Poland and contributed to a “social civil war” online, reports The Washington Post
Donald Trump launches his own social network
We will soon stand up to Big Tech, says Trump
We live in a fact-checkers’ dictatorship – commentary
Orwellian thought police have materialized in the form of Facebook’s so-called fact-checkers, economist Milán Pálfalvi writes in a commentary in daily Magyar Nemzet
German Court rejects Facebook’s censorship in midst of refugee crisis
Blocking two users for comments on Facebook about the 2018 migration wave was illegal and violated freedom of speech
Facebook initiates censorship commissioned by the US government
Social media and federal government make for strange, suppressing bedfellows
Users can now report their friends on Facebook
The company claims it is just a small pilot test
Once labeled a conspiracy theory, Facebook now stops deleting posts claiming COVID-19 was man-made
Leaked data from Facebook contains information on more than a million Czechs
The data appeared online over the past weekend
Social media censoring Trump signals a dark age for freedom of speech
Facebook and Twitter pose a far greater danger to democracy than Russian propaganda
Even Russian propagandists look like a bunch of losers in comparison to Facebook, Twitter, and Google, writes Czech columnist Michal Půr
Twitter and Facebook block explosive revelations about Joe Biden and Burisma energy company, Republicans demand tech CEOs testify over censorship
Biden met with an executive of a Ukrainian energy company despite denying ever doing so
Facebook censors Poland Forever page owner, company won’t comment on ban
Facebook has silenced a pro-Poland page with 70,000 followers which posted content on Polish history, politics and culture
Feared Facebook Oversight Board set to launch before US elections, will have powerful tools to censor conservatives
There are fears that Facebook could implement mass censorship both before and after the US presidential election
Hungary takes on global tech giants, demands freedom of speech for Hungarian citizens
Google now labels Black-owned businesses in search as it embraces Black Lives Matter movement
The search engine adds the “Black-owned” label to highlights
18 out of 20 members on Facebook’s fact-checking board have ties to George Soros


Facebook deletes Trump’s post about COVID even though scientists say almost the same
Twitter even suspended his campaign account due to the video
YouTube bans Czech politician over videos criticizing mass migration and the EU
“We are witnessing rigid censorship,” warns Tomio Okamura
Facebook hit with €3.4 million fine in Hungary for falsely advertising its services are ‘free’
EXCLUSIVE: George Soros funds 8 out of 11 of Facebook’s fact-checking organizations in Central and Eastern Europe
George Soros is funding Facebook fact-checkers in CEE countries like Poland, Czechia, Ukraine, and Lithuania
Zuckerberg discusses ‘regulations’ with EU vice president critical of Hungary and Poland
New digital rules from the EU may have an impact on freedom of expression on social media
Zuckerberg asks for governemnt regulations on ‘what discourse should be allowed’
Zuckerberg calls for more regulation from governments, but free speech advocates are worried
Facebook starts fact-checking news content in Czechia and Slovakia
AFP is to asses the accuracy of news content
U.S. officially protests Czech digital tax on Facebook, Google and Amazon
Czech Foreign Minister says the tax would be only temporary
U.S. threatens Czech Republic with a trade war
The US warns Czechia not to introduce its digital tax
Revealed: Greta’s father published her Facebook posts
It is not my personal profile, says Greta about her account.
Hungary fights back against Big Tech: opinion
Fight or cooperate? No easy in responding to Big Tech.
Facebook buys successful Czech game studio
Facebook to expand its VR reach with Czech game studio.
Facebook and Google regulation will strengthen freedom of speech
Regulation of tech giants might promote freedom of speech.
Tech giants Facebook and Google face tough Czech digital tax
Tech giants to be subject to a 7-percent tax.
Facebook is a desperate attempt at stopping time
Facebook posts are yet another attempt in our perennial quest to stop the hands of time, columnist Gergely Szilvay writes on Mandiner.
Poland the first country to appeal Facebook bans
Poland will be the first country in which internauts will be able to appeal to the government to revoke Facebook bans and post deletions. In an interview with “Gazeta Polska Codziennie” the deputy minister of digitization, Adam Andruszkiewicz explained how this agreement transpired.
Klaus Jr. banned from Facebook for Chemnitz post
Václav Klaus Jr. has been banned from Facebook for one day, allegedly because of his three-week old post about Chemnitz. Is it a coincidence that at the same time he is preparing a draft law on the freedom of speech online?