On June 7 2023, amid right-wing book-banning attempts sweeping the United States, poet and author Amanda Gorman addressed the banning of her own book The Hill We Climb at a Florida elementary school. Her book was part of a longrunning controversy about
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New York Times→ Fact-Checking DeSantis’s Opening Bid for the White House
We examined the Republican candidate’s defense of his record as Florida governor, his dispute with Disney and his attack on President Biden.
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Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Ruby Bridges’ Movie Banned in Florida School
On March 28 2023, popular posts on Reddit and Twitter referenced a controversy over a movie about Ruby Bridges at an elementary school in Florida. Journalist Judd Legum published a Twitter thread about the film Ruby Bridges, and summarized the events
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British children's author, short-story writer, and playwright Roald Dahl in 1971. (Photo by Ronald Dumont/Daily Express/Getty Images)Bowdlerizing Roald Dahl for fun and profit.The post The Twits appeared first on The Dispatch.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Twitter Files’ Hearing Further Exposes How It ‘Bent and Broke’ Rules for the Trump Administration
A House Oversight Committee ostensibly geared toward showing “suppression” of information regarding the laptop of Hunter Biden — the son of United States President Joe Biden and a frequent target of far-right conspiracist fantasies
The Dispatch→ Satellite Censorship?
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Truth or Fiction?→ Book Lovers Fight Back Against Banning Attempts
As the far right’s attempts to ban books continues throughout the country, book lovers are fighting back. The latest attempt to ban Kurt Vonnegut’s works for “obscenity” has been challenged by both a Florida English teacher and a gr
Snopes→ Did Eisenhower Say, ‘Don’t Join the Book Burners’?
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke out against censorship during a commencement address at Dartmouth College in 1953.
Truth or Fiction?→ Uncensored Library in Minecraft
On August 23 2021, an Imgur user shared the following meme, which describes a “censored library” that exists within the game Minecraft and explaining its purpose within the popular video game: Text at the bottom of the meme read: There i
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On August 20 2021, an Imgur user shared screenshots of a Twitter thread about the news that OnlyFans was banning sexually explicit content: A lot of people are getting the OnlyFans story wrong, and the reality of it is a lot more damaging and concer
Poynter→ Brazilian judge orders Aos Fatos to censor two fact checks
A judge in Brazil issued a preliminary ruling on Apr. 23 requiring fact-checking organization Aos Fatos to remove references to the magazine Revista Oeste in two of its fact checks as well as ratings of the magazine’s posts on Facebook. Revista Oeste
Truth or Fiction?→ Facebook Claims We’re ‘Clickbait.’ And It Won’t Explain Why.
Even as Facebook hides behind “free speech” concerns to justify a lack of action against the spread of far-right content, it does reserve the right to determine what constitutes “clickbait” with no explanation as to how that de
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Iranian Censorship’ of Women’s Track and Field Competition Video
On September 30 2019, an Imgur post purportedly showing “Iranian TV censorship of women’s track and field competition” proved popular: Iranian TV censorship of women’s track and field competition The original poster didn̵
Snopes→ Journalists, Activists Criticize Social Media Sites Amid Conflicts Over Content
A news media trade group accused Facebook specifically of furthering a "dangerous narrative" regarding paid content.
Snopes→ Did a Pennsylvania Teacher Assign Math Homework That Referred to Sexual Assault?
Students at Pennridge High School were asked to solve algebra formulas using vignettes from the difficult early life of Maya Angelou; Internet outrage ensued.
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Policy analysts will be prohibited from using seven words, including "fetus" and "transgender."
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Changing your Twitter account's country to Germany does cause some far-right profiles to be withheld from view.
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Political interference in science is nothing new, but experts agree that what is happening to scientific integrity under Trump is unusual.
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A professor posted what she claims is an email from the DOE asking her to remove the words “climate change” from her proposal.
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The commentator claims that the public radio network nixed an interview with him because he was "too articulate".
Snopes→ Did a German Woman Get Fined for Sharing a Meme on Facebook?
A Breitbart article accurately reports the fining of a Berlin woman under Germany's strict hate speech laws.