Censorship is a topic tracked in our intelligence system with 5 linked articles.
The piece argues that the concept of a censorship-industrial complex is reshaping Internet policy, anchored by reports that a U.S. State Department disinformation office faced imminent shutdown, signaling regulatory shifts.
Texas woman Jennifer Combs was arrested under a state false-alarm statute for a Facebook post about Trinidad, Texas’ brown, reportedly undrinkable water, a case that has spurred a federal lawsuit and highlights concerns about free-speech enforcement amid public health issues.
The Take It Down Act mandates rapid removal of nonconsensual intimate imagery, including AI-generated deepfakes, by social networks and is now fully in force as of May 19, 2026, raising platform compliance risk and drawing scrutiny over victims’ relief and potential censorship.
A Stanford-Princeton study finds Chinese AI chatbots are more prone to dodge political questions and give inaccurate answers than Western models.
Qonto unbanked a French streamer after he criticized Palantir and Peter Thiel, highlighting potential fintech policy risk around political or reputational content.
State Department confirms incoming federal censorship shield law.
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