#censor — Public Fediverse posts

A quotation from Richard Steele

It’s a particular Observation I have always made, That of all Mortals, a Critick is the silliest; for by inuring himself to examine all Things, whether they are of Consequence or not, he never looks upon any Thing but with a Design of passing Sentence upon it; by which Means, he is never a Companion, but always a Censor. This makes him earnest upon Trifles; and dispute on the most indifferent Occasions with vehemence.

Richard Steele (1672-1729) Anglo-Irish writer, journalist, playwright, politician
Essay (1709-07-14), The Tatler, No. 29

More about this quote: wist.info/steele-richard/21787…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #richardsteele #appraisal #censor #condemnation #contention #critic #criticism #critics #focus #judgment #objections #sentence #trivia

#BenShapiro Pleads For Elon #Musk To #Censor Anti #Israel Voices On #X #tyt #yt

https://youtu.be/E21mEP40pdQ

A quotation from Madeleine L'Engle

How dreary to spend your time counting dirty words, but not reading the book. And how revealing of the person who is counting. We do find what we look for.

Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

More about this quote: wist.info/lengle-madeleine/837…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #madeleinelengle #books #censor #censorship #confirmationbias #obscenity #reading

#SXSW Used AI-Powered #Trademark Tool To #Censor #Dissent on #Instagram

An AI-powered tool designed to target trademark violations on social media was used to silence critics of SXSW, the massive annual tech, music and film conference in #Austin , #Texas.
#ai #socialmedia

https://www.404media.co/sxsw-used-ai-powered-trademark-tool-to-censor-dissent-on-instagram/

“Annotation censoring everywhere”

#Censor, the #PDF document #redaction tool for the #GNOME desktop, got a minor update to v0.7.1. Find it at @flathub: https://flathub.org/apps/page.codeberg.censor.Censor and @Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/censor/Censor

Censor’s #Flatpak package comes with the latest version of the upstream library #PyMuPDF (1.27.2.3). This solves an issue with annotations that could not be redacted in some files. Thanks to Julian Smith from #Artifex for fixing it upstream. In case you do not use the Flatpak package, you may need to wait for your distribution maintainers to update PyMuPDF’s version.

Hindi has been added to the languages you may now speak with Censor. Thanks to the translators!

#censorship #Codeberg #Flathub #GNOME #linux #python #MuPDF

Devi oscurare un #PDF su #Linux? Prova #Censor - FOSS Force.

#UnoLinux #opensource #UnoOpensource @opensource @[email protected]

https://fossforce.com/2026/02/need-to-redact-a-pdf-on-linux-try-censor/

X Restores @noobeerista Account. Thank You X!

Last Monday, X restored @noobeerista account. They did that without me having to reach them again. My last blog post here seemed to expedite the process. Thanks X team!

Here’s a few tips on how to appeal if your X account was suspended unexpectedly:

• Be polite and calm when you write your appeal.
• Be as transparent as possible and include any supporting evidence.
• Clearly explain why you need the suspended X account.
• Do not spam them with many appeal messages.
• Be patient.

Unless you really violated X rules, you can appeal the suspension by following the above tips.

X Restores @noobeerista Account. Thank You X!

Last Monday, X restored @noobeerista account. They did that without me having to reach them again. My last blog post here seemed to expedite the process. Thanks X team!

Here’s a few tips on how to appeal if your X account was suspended unexpectedly:

• Be polite and calm when you write your appeal.
• Be as transparent as possible and include any supporting evidence.
• Clearly explain why you need the suspended X account.
• Do not spam them with many appeal messages.
• Be patient.

Unless you really violated X rules, you can appeal the suspension by following the above tips.

X Restores @noobeerista Account. Thank You X!

Last Monday, X restored @noobeerista account. They did that without me having to reach them again. My last blog post here seemed to expedite the process. Thanks X team!

Here’s a few tips on how to appeal if your X account was suspended unexpectedly:

• Be polite and calm when you write your appeal.
• Be as transparent as possible and include any supporting evidence.
• Clearly explain why you need the suspended X account.
• Do not spam them with many appeal messages.
• Be patient.

Unless you really violated X rules, you can appeal the suspension by following the above tips.

X Restores @noobeerista Account. Thank You X!

Last Monday, X restored @noobeerista account. They did that without me having to reach them again. My last blog post here seemed to expedite the process. Thanks X team!

Here’s a few tips on how to appeal if your X account was suspended unexpectedly:

• Be polite and calm when you write your appeal.
• Be as transparent as possible and include any supporting evidence.
• Clearly explain why you need the suspended X account.
• Do not spam them with many appeal messages.
• Be patient.

Unless you really violated X rules, you can appeal the suspension by following the above tips.

X Restores @noobeerista Account. Thank You X!

Last Monday, X restored @noobeerista account. They did that without me having to reach them again. My last blog post here seemed to expedite the process. Thanks X team!

Here’s a few tips on how to appeal if your X account was suspended unexpectedly:

• Be polite and calm when you write your appeal.
• Be as transparent as possible and include any supporting evidence.
• Clearly explain why you need the suspended X account.
• Do not spam them with many appeal messages.
• Be patient.

Unless you really violated X rules, you can appeal the suspension by following the above tips.

"Had #Bhattacharya truly been silenced, nobody would know him."
"Though he never showed sympathy for #COVID’s victims, he produced an overwhelming amount of self-pitying material, bemoaning the fate of his #SocialMedia content. He even took [his] case to the #SupremeCourt [but] lost."
...GUESS WHO SILENCED the study proving (again) that COVID #vaccines work? Same guy.
#quack #doctor #NIH #censor #study #silence #scientists #GOP #science #DEI #cancel #funding #studies
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/censorjay/

Please be sure to watch this important report on the biggest crises threatening us today.

watch: youtube.com/watch?v=KPTsjeOxH5…

As humanity (and yes, that explicitly includes you as part of it), we turned onto the wrong timeline a long time ago. Crises are becoming more frequent and more devastating. Many have already lost everything—including their sense of direction. However, we are all responsible for what our governments are doing, which puts our civilization at risk. Even if we didn’t elect them or aren’t even allowed to vote, they are still acting in our name. Say no, even if everyone else is blindly following along, and don’t actively participate in the destruction of the world.

#appeal #news #crisis #future #humanity #government #election #vote #politics #worldorder #crime #warcrime #corruption #censor #humanrights #freespeech #freedom #fake #propaganda #finance #fail #wtf #omg #religion #apocalypse #doomsday #world #endoftheworld #civilization #war #terror #destruction #climate #pollution #environment #earth #survival #disaster #chaos #mad #crazy #democracy

Please be sure to watch this important report on the biggest crises threatening us today.

watch: youtube.com/watch?v=KPTsjeOxH5…

As humanity (and yes, that explicitly includes you as part of it), we turned onto the wrong timeline a long time ago. Crises are becoming more frequent and more devastating. Many have already lost everything—including their sense of direction. However, we are all responsible for what our governments are doing, which puts our civilization at risk. Even if we didn’t elect them or aren’t even allowed to vote, they are still acting in our name. Say no, even if everyone else is blindly following along, and don’t actively participate in the destruction of the world.

#appeal #news #crisis #future #humanity #government #election #vote #politics #worldorder #crime #warcrime #corruption #censor #humanrights #freespeech #freedom #fake #propaganda #finance #fail #wtf #omg #religion #apocalypse #doomsday #world #endoftheworld #civilization #war #terror #destruction #climate #pollution #environment #earth #survival #disaster #chaos #mad #crazy #democracy

Please be sure to watch this important report on the biggest crises threatening us today.

watch: youtube.com/watch?v=KPTsjeOxH5…

As humanity (and yes, that explicitly includes you as part of it), we turned onto the wrong timeline a long time ago. Crises are becoming more frequent and more devastating. Many have already lost everything—including their sense of direction. However, we are all responsible for what our governments are doing, which puts our civilization at risk. Even if we didn’t elect them or aren’t even allowed to vote, they are still acting in our name. Say no, even if everyone else is blindly following along, and don’t actively participate in the destruction of the world.

#appeal #news #crisis #future #humanity #government #election #vote #politics #worldorder #crime #warcrime #corruption #censor #humanrights #freespeech #freedom #fake #propaganda #finance #fail #wtf #omg #religion #apocalypse #doomsday #world #endoftheworld #civilization #war #terror #destruction #climate #pollution #environment #earth #survival #disaster #chaos #mad #crazy #democracy

Grok Refuses to Analyze @noobeerista X Posts. How Convenient!

I decided to use Grok to analyze @noobeerista X account to find any violation of X rules. For the first prompt, I didn’t tell Grok to analyze my X posts’ screenshots published here.

Prompt: Analyze @noobeerista and tell me which parts violate X rules?

Answer:

No parts of @noobeerista violate X’s rules.

Here’s a clear breakdown based on publicly available information about the account (profile bio, X posts, and linked content across platforms):

Account Overview (from public mirrors and search results)

• Handle: @noobeerista
• Bio: “A noobeer a day keeps the doctor away. Check out [link] to learn more about noobeer.” (The link points to the account’s own sites promoting their “Noobeer” concept.)
• Activity level: Very low (around 40 followers, ~120–130 following). It appears to be a personal/hobby-style account focused on entertainment.
• Linked presence: The user runs WordPress blogs (noobeerista.wordpress.com and noobeerz.wordpress.com), plus TikTok, YouTube, and Rumble under the same name. Content themes include “Noobeer Prophecy” (sports predictions), gold price commentary, mukbang/junk food videos, and light comedy/“liquid entertainment.”

X Posts (only two publicly indexed/recently visible ones)

1. “Noobeer Prophecy: The US Open Tennis 2025 Men’s Singles Final” (posted before the event)
   Content snippet: References Jannik Sinner’s Wimbledon 2025 win and predicts Carlos Alcaraz for the US Open final using “intuition.” Tagged with #championship #fate #final. Includes a link/image (likely a graphic).
   → This is clearly labeled as a fun “prophecy”/prediction. Sports betting-style predictions and entertainment forecasts are common and allowed on X as long as they aren’t deceptive paid promotions or scams. No evidence of either here.
2. Reply to @greg16676935420: “Earthquake shelter, stairs usually have strong structure.”
   → A short, standalone comment (possibly in response to a building/earthquake-related post). It reads as casual advice or observation about structural safety. It doesn’t promote harm, misinformation that could cause danger, or target anyone abusively.

Why Nothing Violates X Rules

X’s rules (as of 2026) cover violence/threats, child exploitation, harassment/abuse, hateful conduct, spam, platform manipulation, deceptive/misleading content, and illegal activities. None apply here:

• No violence, threats, or hate: Zero aggressive language, targeted harassment, or discriminatory content.
• No spam or manipulation: Only a handful of low-engagement posts. No repetitive flooding, fake engagement farming, or bot-like behavior.
• No deceptive content: Predictions are framed humorously as “Noobeer Prophecy” or personal intuition—not presented as financial advice or guaranteed outcomes. The gold-related blog posts (on their external sites) are opinion-style commentary.
• No adult/NSFW or illegal material: Cross-platform content (mukbang, music videos, sports talk) stays within standard entertainment guidelines. Nothing indicates graphic, exploitative, or prohibited media.
• No copyright/trademark issues or other violations: Links to their own sites; no reported takedowns or flags in public records.

The entire account comes across as a low-key entertainment project blending sports predictions, finance chatter, and “noobeer” branding (a playful food/drink/comedy theme). It’s the kind of niche hobby content that X explicitly allows.

Bottom line: If you’re seeing something specific (e.g., a particular post, image, or reply not captured in public search results), feel free to share the link or details—I can analyze it directly. Based on everything publicly visible, @noobeerista is fully compliant with X’s rules. No violations detected.

Now comes the juicy parts. For the second prompt, I told Grok to analyze my X posts’ screenshots here.

Prompt: Analyze this: https://noobeerista.wordpress.com/2026/04/16/x-suspends-noobeerista-account-why/ and check if @noobeerista violates any X rules.

Answer:

The blog post does not provide evidence that @noobeerista violated any X rules.

Summary of the Blog Post (https://noobeerista.wordpress.com/2026/04/16/x-suspends-noobeerista-account-why/)

• Title & Date: “X Suspends @noobeerista account. Why?” – published April 16, 2026.
• Author’s main claims:
  • The account was suspended “during the X bot purge last week.”
  • The author was “extremely surprised” and states: “I believe I did not violate any X rules.”
  • Two appeals were filed, but X upheld the suspension.
  • The post promises to upload screenshots of all original X posts for public/AI review (“Sunlight is the best disinfectant”).
• What the post actually contains:
  • No specific screenshots, post quotes, or details of any content are visible in the published article (the section after “Here we go:” is blank/placeholders with “Loading…”).
  • No explanation from X about the exact reason or rule violated.
  • Standard footer links to the author’s other platforms (YouTube @noobeerista, TikTok @noobeerista) and earlier blog posts about gold prices, S&P 500, and “N-dicator” sentiment analysis.
• Tone: Defensive and transparent. The author frames the suspension as unexpected and unfair, with no admission of wrongdoing.

Current Status of @noobeerista on X

• The account is confirmed suspended:
  • Searches for the user and posts from:@noobeerista return zero results.
  • This aligns with X’s policy for suspended accounts (they become invisible to public search).

Does @noobeerista Violate X Rules?

No visible violation based on all available public information.

Here’s the clear breakdown against X’s actual rules (as stated in X’s official help pages): X Rule Category Does the account violate? Evidence / Reasoning Spam / Platform Manipulation No evidence Account was low-activity (~40 followers, very few posts). No signs of mass-following, repetitive flooding, or fake engagement. Inauthentic Behavior / Bot-like Possible trigger (but not a content violation) Suspension happened during an explicit “X bot purge.” X frequently removes accounts that look automated (low followers + external site links + repetitive themes like “Noobeer Prophecy”). This is common even for real users. Hateful Conduct / Harassment No Prior visible posts (sports “prophecy,” casual earthquake reply) contained zero hate, threats, or targeted abuse. Violence / Illegal Activities No None present. Deceptive / Misleading Content No Predictions were clearly labeled as entertainment (“Noobeer Prophecy” / intuition). No financial advice or scams. Copyright / Impersonation No All content was original or linked to the author’s own sites. Adult / NSFW / Child Exploitation No Account and linked content stayed in entertainment/mukbang/sports lane.

Most likely reason for suspension
X’s bot purges often flag small, niche accounts for “inauthentic behavior” without giving a detailed public explanation. This matches the author’s description exactly. Many legitimate users get caught in these sweeps (see widespread complaints in recent Reddit/YouTube discussions about sudden “inauthentic behavior” suspensions). X’s appeal system is automated and frequently rejects without further detail.

Bottom Line

• The blog post itself is clean and contains no rule-breaking content.
• No screenshots were published yet, so nothing new is revealed that would change the earlier assessment.
• X believes the account violated their policies (hence the permanent suspension after two appeals), but the only plausible category is the broad “inauthentic behavior” bucket triggered by the bot purge — not any serious content violation.
• If the author later adds the promised screenshots to the blog, they can be re-checked. Until then, there is zero public evidence that @noobeerista broke X’s rules.

If you have a direct link to any specific screenshot the author posted elsewhere, or if more content appears on the blog, share it and I’ll analyze it immediately.

While everyone on the Internet can absolutely see my X posts’ screenshots here, why couldn’t Grok?

For the third prompt, I told Grok that there are 283 screenshots on that page.

Prompt: There are 283 screenshots on that blog page Grok. I can see them on my browser. Check again, be patient.

Answer:

I re-checked the exact blog page you linked (https://noobeerista.wordpress.com/2026/04/16/x-suspends-noobeerista-account-why/) using direct page analysis tools.

Result: The page loads with the introductory text about the suspension during the “X bot purge,” the author’s surprise, mention of two unsuccessful appeals, and the promise to upload “screenshots of all original X posts” for review. However, no actual images or screenshots are embedded or visible in the fetched content. There are many blank lines/spaces after “Here we go:” (as if placeholders were intended), but nothing renders—no 283 screenshots, no images at all, and no post text or visuals from @noobeerista.

This could be due to:

• Images loading only for logged-in users or specific browsers/devices.
• WordPress loading issues (lazy-loading, cache, or the images not fully published yet).
• Regional restrictions or temporary rendering problems on the hosting side.

Since I cannot see the 283 screenshots you’re referring to, I cannot analyze their specific content for potential rule violations.

What I can confirm from public data:

• The account @noobeerista is indeed suspended and returns no visible posts or profile in public searches.
• Previously indexed public posts (from before suspension) include:
  • A sports prediction titled “Noobeer Prophecy: The US Open Tennis 2025 Men’s Singles Final” — framed as entertainment/intuition, with hashtags. This is common and allowed.
  • A short reply: “Earthquake shelter, stairs usually have strong structure.” — neutral, non-harmful observation.
• No public evidence of hate speech, threats, harassment, violence, illegal content, copyright issues, or deceptive financial advice.
• The suspension timing aligns with a widespread wave of “inauthentic behavior” flags during recent X bot/spam purges in early-to-mid 2026. Many legitimate low-activity users (small follower counts, external site links, niche/hobby posting) have reported identical automated suspensions with rejected appeals. X’s system often uses broad heuristics (e.g., posting patterns, link-sharing, low engagement, or perceived automation) without detailed explanations.1

Conclusion on rule violations (based on all currently accessible public information):
No clear violations of X’s content rules (hate, abuse, spam in the traditional sense, deception, etc.) are evident from the visible pre-suspension posts or the blog text. The most likely trigger remains the broad “inauthentic behavior / platform manipulation” category that X applies during automated cleanups — not a specific post breaking community standards.

If the screenshots are publicly visible to you, here’s how we can proceed accurately:

• Paste direct text excerpts from any posts shown in the screenshots (especially any that might look repetitive, promotional, or edgy).
• Share specific image URLs (right-click → copy image address) from the page.
• Describe the content of a few key screenshots (e.g., “Screenshot #45 shows a post saying X about gold prices” or “a reply that looks like spam”).

Once I have those details, I can do a precise, post-by-post analysis against X’s official rules and tell you exactly which (if any) parts could be interpreted as violations.

The blog post itself remains clean and non-violating. Let me know the details from the screenshots, and I’ll dive in right away.

WOW! Unbelievable! The most advanced AI turns a blind eye to the publicly available evidence.

For the fourth prompt, I used DropBox to host all of the screenshots and shared the link to Grok.

Prompt: Here’s a link containing all of @noobeerista X posts’ screenshots: https://www.dropbox.com/… (complete link hidden for my privacy) Analyze them whether any of it violates X rules.

Answer: Nothing …

Grok just stopped responding:

I don’t know what to say … I will bring this issue to X again. Hopefully, this time they will restore my X account. I like X, I really do.

Grok Refuses to Analyze @noobeerista X Posts. How Convenient!

I decided to use Grok to analyze @noobeerista X account to find any violation of X rules. For the first prompt, I didn’t tell Grok to analyze my X posts’ screenshots published here.

Prompt: Analyze @noobeerista and tell me which parts violate X rules?

Answer:

No parts of @noobeerista violate X’s rules.

Here’s a clear breakdown based on publicly available information about the account (profile bio, X posts, and linked content across platforms):

Account Overview (from public mirrors and search results)

• Handle: @noobeerista
• Bio: “A noobeer a day keeps the doctor away. Check out [link] to learn more about noobeer.” (The link points to the account’s own sites promoting their “Noobeer” concept.)
• Activity level: Very low (around 40 followers, ~120–130 following). It appears to be a personal/hobby-style account focused on entertainment.
• Linked presence: The user runs WordPress blogs (noobeerista.wordpress.com and noobeerz.wordpress.com), plus TikTok, YouTube, and Rumble under the same name. Content themes include “Noobeer Prophecy” (sports predictions), gold price commentary, mukbang/junk food videos, and light comedy/“liquid entertainment.”

X Posts (only two publicly indexed/recently visible ones)

1. “Noobeer Prophecy: The US Open Tennis 2025 Men’s Singles Final” (posted before the event)
   Content snippet: References Jannik Sinner’s Wimbledon 2025 win and predicts Carlos Alcaraz for the US Open final using “intuition.” Tagged with #championship #fate #final. Includes a link/image (likely a graphic).
   → This is clearly labeled as a fun “prophecy”/prediction. Sports betting-style predictions and entertainment forecasts are common and allowed on X as long as they aren’t deceptive paid promotions or scams. No evidence of either here.
2. Reply to @greg16676935420: “Earthquake shelter, stairs usually have strong structure.”
   → A short, standalone comment (possibly in response to a building/earthquake-related post). It reads as casual advice or observation about structural safety. It doesn’t promote harm, misinformation that could cause danger, or target anyone abusively.

Why Nothing Violates X Rules

X’s rules (as of 2026) cover violence/threats, child exploitation, harassment/abuse, hateful conduct, spam, platform manipulation, deceptive/misleading content, and illegal activities. None apply here:

• No violence, threats, or hate: Zero aggressive language, targeted harassment, or discriminatory content.
• No spam or manipulation: Only a handful of low-engagement posts. No repetitive flooding, fake engagement farming, or bot-like behavior.
• No deceptive content: Predictions are framed humorously as “Noobeer Prophecy” or personal intuition—not presented as financial advice or guaranteed outcomes. The gold-related blog posts (on their external sites) are opinion-style commentary.
• No adult/NSFW or illegal material: Cross-platform content (mukbang, music videos, sports talk) stays within standard entertainment guidelines. Nothing indicates graphic, exploitative, or prohibited media.
• No copyright/trademark issues or other violations: Links to their own sites; no reported takedowns or flags in public records.

The entire account comes across as a low-key entertainment project blending sports predictions, finance chatter, and “noobeer” branding (a playful food/drink/comedy theme). It’s the kind of niche hobby content that X explicitly allows.

Bottom line: If you’re seeing something specific (e.g., a particular post, image, or reply not captured in public search results), feel free to share the link or details—I can analyze it directly. Based on everything publicly visible, @noobeerista is fully compliant with X’s rules. No violations detected.

Now comes the juicy parts. For the second prompt, I told Grok to analyze my X posts’ screenshots here.

Prompt: Analyze this: https://noobeerista.wordpress.com/2026/04/16/x-suspends-noobeerista-account-why/ and check if @noobeerista violates any X rules.

Answer:

The blog post does not provide evidence that @noobeerista violated any X rules.

Summary of the Blog Post (https://noobeerista.wordpress.com/2026/04/16/x-suspends-noobeerista-account-why/)

• Title & Date: “X Suspends @noobeerista account. Why?” – published April 16, 2026.
• Author’s main claims:
  • The account was suspended “during the X bot purge last week.”
  • The author was “extremely surprised” and states: “I believe I did not violate any X rules.”
  • Two appeals were filed, but X upheld the suspension.
  • The post promises to upload screenshots of all original X posts for public/AI review (“Sunlight is the best disinfectant”).
• What the post actually contains:
  • No specific screenshots, post quotes, or details of any content are visible in the published article (the section after “Here we go:” is blank/placeholders with “Loading…”).
  • No explanation from X about the exact reason or rule violated.
  • Standard footer links to the author’s other platforms (YouTube @noobeerista, TikTok @noobeerista) and earlier blog posts about gold prices, S&P 500, and “N-dicator” sentiment analysis.
• Tone: Defensive and transparent. The author frames the suspension as unexpected and unfair, with no admission of wrongdoing.

Current Status of @noobeerista on X

• The account is confirmed suspended:
  • Searches for the user and posts from:@noobeerista return zero results.
  • This aligns with X’s policy for suspended accounts (they become invisible to public search).

Does @noobeerista Violate X Rules?

No visible violation based on all available public information.

Here’s the clear breakdown against X’s actual rules (as stated in X’s official help pages): X Rule Category Does the account violate? Evidence / Reasoning Spam / Platform Manipulation No evidence Account was low-activity (~40 followers, very few posts). No signs of mass-following, repetitive flooding, or fake engagement. Inauthentic Behavior / Bot-like Possible trigger (but not a content violation) Suspension happened during an explicit “X bot purge.” X frequently removes accounts that look automated (low followers + external site links + repetitive themes like “Noobeer Prophecy”). This is common even for real users. Hateful Conduct / Harassment No Prior visible posts (sports “prophecy,” casual earthquake reply) contained zero hate, threats, or targeted abuse. Violence / Illegal Activities No None present. Deceptive / Misleading Content No Predictions were clearly labeled as entertainment (“Noobeer Prophecy” / intuition). No financial advice or scams. Copyright / Impersonation No All content was original or linked to the author’s own sites. Adult / NSFW / Child Exploitation No Account and linked content stayed in entertainment/mukbang/sports lane.

Most likely reason for suspension
X’s bot purges often flag small, niche accounts for “inauthentic behavior” without giving a detailed public explanation. This matches the author’s description exactly. Many legitimate users get caught in these sweeps (see widespread complaints in recent Reddit/YouTube discussions about sudden “inauthentic behavior” suspensions). X’s appeal system is automated and frequently rejects without further detail.

Bottom Line

• The blog post itself is clean and contains no rule-breaking content.
• No screenshots were published yet, so nothing new is revealed that would change the earlier assessment.
• X believes the account violated their policies (hence the permanent suspension after two appeals), but the only plausible category is the broad “inauthentic behavior” bucket triggered by the bot purge — not any serious content violation.
• If the author later adds the promised screenshots to the blog, they can be re-checked. Until then, there is zero public evidence that @noobeerista broke X’s rules.

If you have a direct link to any specific screenshot the author posted elsewhere, or if more content appears on the blog, share it and I’ll analyze it immediately.

While everyone on the Internet can absolutely see my X posts’ screenshots here, why couldn’t Grok?

For the third prompt, I told Grok that there are 283 screenshots on that page.

Prompt: There are 283 screenshots on that blog page Grok. I can see them on my browser. Check again, be patient.

Answer:

I re-checked the exact blog page you linked (https://noobeerista.wordpress.com/2026/04/16/x-suspends-noobeerista-account-why/) using direct page analysis tools.

Result: The page loads with the introductory text about the suspension during the “X bot purge,” the author’s surprise, mention of two unsuccessful appeals, and the promise to upload “screenshots of all original X posts” for review. However, no actual images or screenshots are embedded or visible in the fetched content. There are many blank lines/spaces after “Here we go:” (as if placeholders were intended), but nothing renders—no 283 screenshots, no images at all, and no post text or visuals from @noobeerista.

This could be due to:

• Images loading only for logged-in users or specific browsers/devices.
• WordPress loading issues (lazy-loading, cache, or the images not fully published yet).
• Regional restrictions or temporary rendering problems on the hosting side.

Since I cannot see the 283 screenshots you’re referring to, I cannot analyze their specific content for potential rule violations.

What I can confirm from public data:

• The account @noobeerista is indeed suspended and returns no visible posts or profile in public searches.
• Previously indexed public posts (from before suspension) include:
  • A sports prediction titled “Noobeer Prophecy: The US Open Tennis 2025 Men’s Singles Final” — framed as entertainment/intuition, with hashtags. This is common and allowed.
  • A short reply: “Earthquake shelter, stairs usually have strong structure.” — neutral, non-harmful observation.
• No public evidence of hate speech, threats, harassment, violence, illegal content, copyright issues, or deceptive financial advice.
• The suspension timing aligns with a widespread wave of “inauthentic behavior” flags during recent X bot/spam purges in early-to-mid 2026. Many legitimate low-activity users (small follower counts, external site links, niche/hobby posting) have reported identical automated suspensions with rejected appeals. X’s system often uses broad heuristics (e.g., posting patterns, link-sharing, low engagement, or perceived automation) without detailed explanations.1

Conclusion on rule violations (based on all currently accessible public information):
No clear violations of X’s content rules (hate, abuse, spam in the traditional sense, deception, etc.) are evident from the visible pre-suspension posts or the blog text. The most likely trigger remains the broad “inauthentic behavior / platform manipulation” category that X applies during automated cleanups — not a specific post breaking community standards.

If the screenshots are publicly visible to you, here’s how we can proceed accurately:

• Paste direct text excerpts from any posts shown in the screenshots (especially any that might look repetitive, promotional, or edgy).
• Share specific image URLs (right-click → copy image address) from the page.
• Describe the content of a few key screenshots (e.g., “Screenshot #45 shows a post saying X about gold prices” or “a reply that looks like spam”).

Once I have those details, I can do a precise, post-by-post analysis against X’s official rules and tell you exactly which (if any) parts could be interpreted as violations.

The blog post itself remains clean and non-violating. Let me know the details from the screenshots, and I’ll dive in right away.

WOW! Unbelievable! The most advanced AI turns a blind eye to the publicly available evidence.

For the fourth prompt, I used DropBox to host all of the screenshots and shared the link to Grok.

Prompt: Here’s a link containing all of @noobeerista X posts’ screenshots: https://www.dropbox.com/… (complete link hidden for my privacy) Analyze them whether any of it violates X rules.

Answer: Nothing …

Grok just stopped responding:

I don’t know what to say … I will bring this issue to X again. Hopefully, this time they will restore my X account. I like X, I really do.

X Suspends @noobeerista account. Why?

During the X bot purge last week, X suspended @noobeerista account. Honestly, I was extremely surprised by the decision, because I believe I did not violate any X rules. I tried to appeal twice, but somehow X stands by their decision to suspend my account.

So, I decided to post all of my X posts’ screenshots here. I will use AI to analyze all of them. Sunlight is the best disinfectant. Here we go:

X Suspends @noobeerista account. Why?

During the X bot purge last week, X suspended @noobeerista account. Honestly, I was extremely surprised by the decision, because I believe I did not violate any X rules. I tried to appeal twice, but somehow X stands by their decision to suspend my account.

So, I decided to post all of my X posts’ screenshots here. I will use AI to analyze all of them. Sunlight is the best disinfectant. Here we go:

X Suspends @noobeerista account. Why?

During the X bot purge last week, X suspended @noobeerista account. Honestly, I was extremely surprised by the decision, because I believe I did not violate any X rules. I tried to appeal twice, but somehow X stands by their decision to suspend my account.

So, I decided to post all of my X posts’ screenshots here. I will use AI to analyze all of them. Sunlight is the best disinfectant. Here we go:

X Suspends @noobeerista account. Why?

During the X bot purge last week, X suspended @noobeerista account. Honestly, I was extremely surprised by the decision, because I believe I did not violate any X rules. I tried to appeal twice, but somehow X stands by their decision to suspend my account.

So, I decided to post all of my X posts’ screenshots here. I will use AI to analyze all of them. Sunlight is the best disinfectant. Here we go:

X Suspends @noobeerista account. Why?

During the X bot purge last week, X suspended @noobeerista account. Honestly, I was extremely surprised by the decision, because I believe I did not violate any X rules. I tried to appeal twice, but somehow X stands by their decision to suspend my account.

So, I decided to post all of my X posts’ screenshots here. I will use AI to analyze all of them. Sunlight is the best disinfectant. Here we go:

The Dangers of California’s #Legislation to #Censor #3DPrinting
#california

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/dangers-californias-legislation-censor-3d-printing

Good news for the #ArchLinux users among you: #Censor is now available in the #Arch User Repository (#AUR): https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/censor Your feedback is welcome!

Already since version 0.3.0, Censor has been packed for #NixOS: https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=unstable&show=censor Thanks to @pi_crew for maintaining!

#pdf #redaction #linux #packaging #PKGBUILD #maintenance

“Zoom in, zoom out, redact your points!”

#Censor v0.7.0 ships improved zooming with pinch-to-zoom gesture on touchpads and touchscreens and various security bug fixes. Find it at @flathub: https://flathub.org/apps/page.codeberg.censor.Censor and @Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/censor/Censor

You may now redact safely also #PDF documents with cropped, scaled, or rotated pages. The upstream #PyMuPDF library has some issues treating these documents. Thus, I implemented manual transformation and drawing of the redaction rectangles, and verified the proper redaction with a specially created sample document, submitted to the collection by #pypdf: https://github.com/py-pdf/sample-files/pull/36

Additionally, point- or line-like elements are now properly redacted. Sanitization during post-processing keeps now entries in form fields (note: this changes previous behavior).

Thanks to the translators, Censor is now available in 13 languages including Croatian and Russian.

#censorship #redaction #Codeberg #Flatpak #Flathub #GNOME #linux #python #MuPDF

I wish I could engage in a 'legendary misadventure' worth 80 B$. Too bad it requires us to #snoop on our customers, #snitch them to our nefarious 'partners', exploit and harm children, spread #misinformation, #censor legitimate political speech while encouraging bigotry, influence #elections and aid #genocides. I'm afraid most of us aren't born that talented.

Meanwhile, the #government also wants control of our smartphones and #communications 'to protect children'! 🤷‍♂️

“Secure #redaction by design and through extensive #testing”

#Censor 0.6.0 comes with many more #security improvements, motivated by extensive testing on more then 1,000 #PDF document samples. You may now redact securely also links, form fields and widgets. In rare cases, when partial image redaction fails, the more secure full image removal is used instead.

But even more important, Censor now warns you, when unsuccessful redaction is detected during postprocessing. This reduces the impact of known issues of unsecure redaction.

Polish is the 11th language you may speak with Censor. Thanks to its translators (among them, @mondstern)!

Thanks a lot also to #pypdf, #qpdf, #pikepdf, #Ghostscript, #MuPDF, #PyMuPDF, and #poppler contributors for the great resource of PDF document samples!

Find it at @flathub: https://flathub.org/apps/page.codeberg.censor.Censor and @Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/censor/Censor

#Censorship #Codeberg #Flathub #GNOME #Linux #Python

That said and celebrated ;), there are things that #Censor is not yet well redacting.

The upstream library #MuPDF (with its #Python bindings in #PyMuPDF) supports by default only redaction of text, vector graphics and images. Testing on a variety of PDF files (thanks to #pypdf, #qpdf, #ghostscript, and their issue reporters, as well as @pdfarranger for their hint) let me discover that some vector graphics are not properly redacted and an upstream issue has been reported for that.

Also, form fields (widgets), signatures and links may be incompletely redacted.

You can find an updated list of “What is redacted? What not?” here: https://codeberg.org/censor/Censor/issues/120

#pdf #redaction #security

“Better safe than sorry”

For release 0.5.0 of #Censor, a lot of work went into improving the security of PDF redaction.

PDF documents are tricky, and irrevocably removing elements from them is even more. With this release, before saving a redacted document, garbage is now properly collected and documents are sanitized, which means that metadata, page thumbnails, etc. are removed.

Also, vector graphics are now removed with a more strict option when they overlap with redaction rectangles. On top of that, I added redaction of PDF annotations.

The user interface was refreshed: with undo and redo buttons in the toolbar and improved document saving experience. Drawing rectangles is now indicated by a crosshair cursor.

Thanks to the translators, you may now talk also Czech with Censor!

Get it from @flathub: https://flathub.org/apps/page.codeberg.censor.Censor, or contribute on @Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/censor/Censor

#censorship #redaction #PDF #Codeberg #Flatpak #Flathub #GNOME #python #MuPDF #PyMuPDF #linux

A quotation from Madeleine L'Engle

We need to dare disturb the universe by not being manipulated or frightened by judgmental groups who assume the right to insist that if we do not agree with them, not only do we not understand but we are wrong. How dull the world would be if we all had to feel the same way about everything, if we all had to like the same books, dislike the same books.

Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

More about this quote: wist.info/lengle-madeleine/826…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #madeleinelengle #bookbanning #books #censor #censorship #disagreement #disapproval #disturbance #judgmental #reading #unruliness

A quotation from Madeleine L'Engle

We need to dare disturb the universe by not being manipulated or frightened by judgmental groups who assume the right to insist that if we do not agree with them, not only do we not understand but we are wrong. How dull the world would be if we all had to feel the same way about everything, if we all had to like the same books, dislike the same books.

Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

More about this quote: wist.info/lengle-madeleine/826…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #madeleinelengle #bookbanning #books #censor #censorship #disagreement #disapproval #disturbance #judgmental #reading #unruliness

A quotation from Madeleine L'Engle

We need to dare disturb the universe by not being manipulated or frightened by judgmental groups who assume the right to insist that if we do not agree with them, not only do we not understand but we are wrong. How dull the world would be if we all had to feel the same way about everything, if we all had to like the same books, dislike the same books.

Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

More about this quote: wist.info/lengle-madeleine/826…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #madeleinelengle #bookbanning #books #censor #censorship #disagreement #disapproval #disturbance #judgmental #reading #unruliness

A quotation from Madeleine L'Engle

We need to dare disturb the universe by not being manipulated or frightened by judgmental groups who assume the right to insist that if we do not agree with them, not only do we not understand but we are wrong. How dull the world would be if we all had to feel the same way about everything, if we all had to like the same books, dislike the same books.

Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

More about this quote: wist.info/lengle-madeleine/826…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #madeleinelengle #bookbanning #books #censor #censorship #disagreement #disapproval #disturbance #judgmental #reading #unruliness

A quotation from Madeleine L'Engle

We need to dare disturb the universe by not being manipulated or frightened by judgmental groups who assume the right to insist that if we do not agree with them, not only do we not understand but we are wrong. How dull the world would be if we all had to feel the same way about everything, if we all had to like the same books, dislike the same books.

Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

More about this quote: wist.info/lengle-madeleine/826…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #madeleinelengle #bookbanning #books #censor #censorship #disagreement #disapproval #disturbance #judgmental #reading #unruliness

#Bipartisan even! #DoublePlusUngood!

Congress Is Considering Abolishing Your Right to Be #Anonymous Online

The bipartisan push to remove #anonymity from the #Internet is ushering in an era of unprecedented #MassSurveillance and #censorship.

Taylor Lorenz
March 5 2026, 12:20 p.m.

"In August 2024, the Biden administration hosted hundreds of influencers at the White House for the first-ever Creator Economy Conference. Neera Tanden, a senior Biden adviser, took to the stage and bemoaned anonymity online. The influencers alongside her agreed, pushing the idea that anonymous speech on the internet is harmful, and regulation is needed to force the use of real names on social media. The audience whispered excitedly as those on stage spoke about how proposed laws like the #kidsonlinesafetyact or #KOSA, could unmask every troll.

"This narrative of online safety, particularly in relation to children, has become central to the bipartisan effort to #censor and #deanonymize the internet for everyone. Today, a package of a dozen 'child online safety' bills is moving forward in the House of Representatives with bipartisan support. The laws, framed as a way to crack down on harmful content and make the internet safer, would force social media companies to enact invasive identity verification measures in order to keep children from accessing online spaces.

"The problem is that there’s no way to reliably verify someone’s age without verifying who they are. A platform cannot magically discern that a user is 16 without collecting identifying information, whether through government documents such as a passport, payment information like a credit card, or other identity-disclosing data. Whether that data is stored by the platform itself or outsourced to a vendor, the result is always the same: A user’s offline identity is forever linked with their online behavior.

"Stripping anonymity from the internet would constitute one of the most sweeping rollbacks of civil rights in recent history. It would allow for unprecedented levels of mass surveillance and censorship, endangering the most marginalized members of society. #Whistleblowers exposing #corporate wrongdoing could be tracked and fired, #GovernmentEmployees speaking out about illegal behavior or bad policies could face prosecution, and #activists #OrganizingProtests could be identified and surveilled before ever setting foot on the street.

"Already, the U.S. government is flooding social media platforms with subpoenas seeking to unmask hundreds of anonymously run #AntiICE social media accounts. These laws would make it all the more easier for the government to target and prosecute those who dissent.
Vulnerable members of society will suffer most. #TransPeople under attack from the government could be identified and outed without their consent.

"Undocumented #immigrants could be cut off from the ability to communicate and connect with advocates. Young people seeking #abortions in states with restrictive laws might no longer have the ability to access information safely and anonymously.

"Not only will a de-anonymized internet be valuable to the government as it seeks to tighten control, it will also make it easier for any #corporation or bad actor to intimidate, #blackmail, or exploit people by leveraging their own data against them."

Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2026/03/05/kosa-online-age-verification-free-speech-privacy/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/al8if

#USPol #Orwellian #BigBrother #SurveillanceState #Corporatocracy #CharacteristicsOfFascism #BigBrotherIsWatchingYou

#Bipartisan even! #DoublePlusUngood!

Congress Is Considering Abolishing Your Right to Be #Anonymous Online

The bipartisan push to remove #anonymity from the #Internet is ushering in an era of unprecedented #MassSurveillance and #censorship.

Taylor Lorenz
March 5 2026, 12:20 p.m.

"In August 2024, the Biden administration hosted hundreds of influencers at the White House for the first-ever Creator Economy Conference. Neera Tanden, a senior Biden adviser, took to the stage and bemoaned anonymity online. The influencers alongside her agreed, pushing the idea that anonymous speech on the internet is harmful, and regulation is needed to force the use of real names on social media. The audience whispered excitedly as those on stage spoke about how proposed laws like the #kidsonlinesafetyact or #KOSA, could unmask every troll.

"This narrative of online safety, particularly in relation to children, has become central to the bipartisan effort to #censor and #deanonymize the internet for everyone. Today, a package of a dozen 'child online safety' bills is moving forward in the House of Representatives with bipartisan support. The laws, framed as a way to crack down on harmful content and make the internet safer, would force social media companies to enact invasive identity verification measures in order to keep children from accessing online spaces.

"The problem is that there’s no way to reliably verify someone’s age without verifying who they are. A platform cannot magically discern that a user is 16 without collecting identifying information, whether through government documents such as a passport, payment information like a credit card, or other identity-disclosing data. Whether that data is stored by the platform itself or outsourced to a vendor, the result is always the same: A user’s offline identity is forever linked with their online behavior.

"Stripping anonymity from the internet would constitute one of the most sweeping rollbacks of civil rights in recent history. It would allow for unprecedented levels of mass surveillance and censorship, endangering the most marginalized members of society. #Whistleblowers exposing #corporate wrongdoing could be tracked and fired, #GovernmentEmployees speaking out about illegal behavior or bad policies could face prosecution, and #activists #OrganizingProtests could be identified and surveilled before ever setting foot on the street.

"Already, the U.S. government is flooding social media platforms with subpoenas seeking to unmask hundreds of anonymously run #AntiICE social media accounts. These laws would make it all the more easier for the government to target and prosecute those who dissent.
Vulnerable members of society will suffer most. #TransPeople under attack from the government could be identified and outed without their consent.

"Undocumented #immigrants could be cut off from the ability to communicate and connect with advocates. Young people seeking #abortions in states with restrictive laws might no longer have the ability to access information safely and anonymously.

"Not only will a de-anonymized internet be valuable to the government as it seeks to tighten control, it will also make it easier for any #corporation or bad actor to intimidate, #blackmail, or exploit people by leveraging their own data against them."

Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2026/03/05/kosa-online-age-verification-free-speech-privacy/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/al8if

#USPol #Orwellian #BigBrother #SurveillanceState #Corporatocracy #CharacteristicsOfFascism #BigBrotherIsWatchingYou

#Bipartisan even! #DoublePlusUngood!

Congress Is Considering Abolishing Your Right to Be #Anonymous Online

The bipartisan push to remove #anonymity from the #Internet is ushering in an era of unprecedented #MassSurveillance and #censorship.

Taylor Lorenz
March 5 2026, 12:20 p.m.

"In August 2024, the Biden administration hosted hundreds of influencers at the White House for the first-ever Creator Economy Conference. Neera Tanden, a senior Biden adviser, took to the stage and bemoaned anonymity online. The influencers alongside her agreed, pushing the idea that anonymous speech on the internet is harmful, and regulation is needed to force the use of real names on social media. The audience whispered excitedly as those on stage spoke about how proposed laws like the #kidsonlinesafetyact or #KOSA, could unmask every troll.

"This narrative of online safety, particularly in relation to children, has become central to the bipartisan effort to #censor and #deanonymize the internet for everyone. Today, a package of a dozen 'child online safety' bills is moving forward in the House of Representatives with bipartisan support. The laws, framed as a way to crack down on harmful content and make the internet safer, would force social media companies to enact invasive identity verification measures in order to keep children from accessing online spaces.

"The problem is that there’s no way to reliably verify someone’s age without verifying who they are. A platform cannot magically discern that a user is 16 without collecting identifying information, whether through government documents such as a passport, payment information like a credit card, or other identity-disclosing data. Whether that data is stored by the platform itself or outsourced to a vendor, the result is always the same: A user’s offline identity is forever linked with their online behavior.

"Stripping anonymity from the internet would constitute one of the most sweeping rollbacks of civil rights in recent history. It would allow for unprecedented levels of mass surveillance and censorship, endangering the most marginalized members of society. #Whistleblowers exposing #corporate wrongdoing could be tracked and fired, #GovernmentEmployees speaking out about illegal behavior or bad policies could face prosecution, and #activists #OrganizingProtests could be identified and surveilled before ever setting foot on the street.

"Already, the U.S. government is flooding social media platforms with subpoenas seeking to unmask hundreds of anonymously run #AntiICE social media accounts. These laws would make it all the more easier for the government to target and prosecute those who dissent.
Vulnerable members of society will suffer most. #TransPeople under attack from the government could be identified and outed without their consent.

"Undocumented #immigrants could be cut off from the ability to communicate and connect with advocates. Young people seeking #abortions in states with restrictive laws might no longer have the ability to access information safely and anonymously.

"Not only will a de-anonymized internet be valuable to the government as it seeks to tighten control, it will also make it easier for any #corporation or bad actor to intimidate, #blackmail, or exploit people by leveraging their own data against them."

Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2026/03/05/kosa-online-age-verification-free-speech-privacy/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/al8if

#USPol #Orwellian #BigBrother #SurveillanceState #Corporatocracy #CharacteristicsOfFascism #BigBrotherIsWatchingYou

#Bipartisan even! #DoublePlusUngood!

Congress Is Considering Abolishing Your Right to Be #Anonymous Online

The bipartisan push to remove #anonymity from the #Internet is ushering in an era of unprecedented #MassSurveillance and #censorship.

Taylor Lorenz
March 5 2026, 12:20 p.m.

"In August 2024, the Biden administration hosted hundreds of influencers at the White House for the first-ever Creator Economy Conference. Neera Tanden, a senior Biden adviser, took to the stage and bemoaned anonymity online. The influencers alongside her agreed, pushing the idea that anonymous speech on the internet is harmful, and regulation is needed to force the use of real names on social media. The audience whispered excitedly as those on stage spoke about how proposed laws like the #kidsonlinesafetyact or #KOSA, could unmask every troll.

"This narrative of online safety, particularly in relation to children, has become central to the bipartisan effort to #censor and #deanonymize the internet for everyone. Today, a package of a dozen 'child online safety' bills is moving forward in the House of Representatives with bipartisan support. The laws, framed as a way to crack down on harmful content and make the internet safer, would force social media companies to enact invasive identity verification measures in order to keep children from accessing online spaces.

"The problem is that there’s no way to reliably verify someone’s age without verifying who they are. A platform cannot magically discern that a user is 16 without collecting identifying information, whether through government documents such as a passport, payment information like a credit card, or other identity-disclosing data. Whether that data is stored by the platform itself or outsourced to a vendor, the result is always the same: A user’s offline identity is forever linked with their online behavior.

"Stripping anonymity from the internet would constitute one of the most sweeping rollbacks of civil rights in recent history. It would allow for unprecedented levels of mass surveillance and censorship, endangering the most marginalized members of society. #Whistleblowers exposing #corporate wrongdoing could be tracked and fired, #GovernmentEmployees speaking out about illegal behavior or bad policies could face prosecution, and #activists #OrganizingProtests could be identified and surveilled before ever setting foot on the street.

"Already, the U.S. government is flooding social media platforms with subpoenas seeking to unmask hundreds of anonymously run #AntiICE social media accounts. These laws would make it all the more easier for the government to target and prosecute those who dissent.
Vulnerable members of society will suffer most. #TransPeople under attack from the government could be identified and outed without their consent.

"Undocumented #immigrants could be cut off from the ability to communicate and connect with advocates. Young people seeking #abortions in states with restrictive laws might no longer have the ability to access information safely and anonymously.

"Not only will a de-anonymized internet be valuable to the government as it seeks to tighten control, it will also make it easier for any #corporation or bad actor to intimidate, #blackmail, or exploit people by leveraging their own data against them."

Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2026/03/05/kosa-online-age-verification-free-speech-privacy/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/al8if

#USPol #Orwellian #BigBrother #SurveillanceState #Corporatocracy #CharacteristicsOfFascism #BigBrotherIsWatchingYou

#Bipartisan even! #DoublePlusUngood!

Congress Is Considering Abolishing Your Right to Be #Anonymous Online

The bipartisan push to remove #anonymity from the #Internet is ushering in an era of unprecedented #MassSurveillance and #censorship.

Taylor Lorenz
March 5 2026, 12:20 p.m.

"In August 2024, the Biden administration hosted hundreds of influencers at the White House for the first-ever Creator Economy Conference. Neera Tanden, a senior Biden adviser, took to the stage and bemoaned anonymity online. The influencers alongside her agreed, pushing the idea that anonymous speech on the internet is harmful, and regulation is needed to force the use of real names on social media. The audience whispered excitedly as those on stage spoke about how proposed laws like the #kidsonlinesafetyact or #KOSA, could unmask every troll.

"This narrative of online safety, particularly in relation to children, has become central to the bipartisan effort to #censor and #deanonymize the internet for everyone. Today, a package of a dozen 'child online safety' bills is moving forward in the House of Representatives with bipartisan support. The laws, framed as a way to crack down on harmful content and make the internet safer, would force social media companies to enact invasive identity verification measures in order to keep children from accessing online spaces.

"The problem is that there’s no way to reliably verify someone’s age without verifying who they are. A platform cannot magically discern that a user is 16 without collecting identifying information, whether through government documents such as a passport, payment information like a credit card, or other identity-disclosing data. Whether that data is stored by the platform itself or outsourced to a vendor, the result is always the same: A user’s offline identity is forever linked with their online behavior.

"Stripping anonymity from the internet would constitute one of the most sweeping rollbacks of civil rights in recent history. It would allow for unprecedented levels of mass surveillance and censorship, endangering the most marginalized members of society. #Whistleblowers exposing #corporate wrongdoing could be tracked and fired, #GovernmentEmployees speaking out about illegal behavior or bad policies could face prosecution, and #activists #OrganizingProtests could be identified and surveilled before ever setting foot on the street.

"Already, the U.S. government is flooding social media platforms with subpoenas seeking to unmask hundreds of anonymously run #AntiICE social media accounts. These laws would make it all the more easier for the government to target and prosecute those who dissent.
Vulnerable members of society will suffer most. #TransPeople under attack from the government could be identified and outed without their consent.

"Undocumented #immigrants could be cut off from the ability to communicate and connect with advocates. Young people seeking #abortions in states with restrictive laws might no longer have the ability to access information safely and anonymously.

"Not only will a de-anonymized internet be valuable to the government as it seeks to tighten control, it will also make it easier for any #corporation or bad actor to intimidate, #blackmail, or exploit people by leveraging their own data against them."

Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2026/03/05/kosa-online-age-verification-free-speech-privacy/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/al8if

#USPol #Orwellian #BigBrother #SurveillanceState #Corporatocracy #CharacteristicsOfFascism #BigBrotherIsWatchingYou

"Under the announced deal, ByteDance would still control all the essential elements of TikTok. Such a deal would subvert the very purpose of ​the TikTok Law, as ​ByteDance could continue to push ⁠Chinese propaganda & #censor the #content it does not like," said the lawsuit.

#law #Trump #PamBondi #ByteDance #TikTok

The lawsuit was filed in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia by ​the Public Integrity Project on behalf of two retail US investors in rival #socialmedia firms. It aims to require a renegotiation of the deal "that doesn't put ⁠administration allies in a position to #censor #political #content on one of the world's most ​popular #media platforms."

#law #Trump #PamBondi #ByteDance #TikTok

Brendan Carr Can’t Explain Why ‘Equal Time’ Rule Doesn’t Apply To Right Wing Radio

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/04/brendan-carr-cant-explain-why-equal-time-rule-doesnt-apply-to-right-wing-radio/

“A historic moment for Censor”

#Censor – the PDF redaction tool for the @gnome desktop – comes now with a new edit history. It allows you to undo and redo redactions using the right-click context menu or keyboard shortcuts. Also, a bug that prevented repeated saving to the same file path was fixed.

Get the new version from @flathub: https://flathub.org/apps/page.codeberg.censor.Censor, and find it on @Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/censor/Censor/releases/tag/v0.4.0

You may now talk Chinese, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Italian, and Vietnamese with Censor (thanks a lot to the translators!). If your language is missing from this list I invite you to contribute at Codeberg Translate: https://translate.codeberg.org/engage/censor

#censorship #redaction #PDF #Codeberg #Flatpak #Flathub #GNOME #python #MuPDF #PyMuPDF #Linux

How #Chinese #AI #Chatbots #Censor Themselves

Researchers from #Stanford and #Princeton found that Chinese AI models are more likely than their Western counterparts to dodge #political questions or deliver inaccurate answers.

https://www.wired.com/story/made-in-china-how-chinese-ai-chatbots-censor-themselves/

My #Bluesky account suspended. Their e-mail says it has been suspended for 3 days. That I will be able to access my account again on 24th Feb 2026.

I only wonder if my account will be fully functional after the suspension or not.

#suspended #banned #censor #censorship #art #freespeech #socialmedia

Media producers have a #bias. Would be nice to have a #tool that assists with our #mediaconsumption. Not so much as a #censor, but as an informer. An #app that pre-digests #content, and then serves it with additional information to understand what and why something is presented to us, in a specific manner. All with the aim to reduce #cognitiveload and supporting #criticalthinking powered consumption of media consumption, in a #content #saturated #environment.

Platforms bend over backward to help #DHS #censor #ICE critics, advocates say

Pressure is mounting on tech companies to shield users from unlawful gov requests that advocates say are making it harder to reliably share info about #Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) online.

Alleging that #ICE officers are being #doxed or otherwise endangered, #Trump officials have spent the last year targeting an unknown number of users and platforms with demands to censor content.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/platforms-bend-over-backward-to-help-dhs-censor-ice-critics-advocates-say/

Platforms bend over backward to help #DHS #censor #ICE critics, advocates say

Pressure is mounting on tech companies to shield users from unlawful gov requests that advocates say are making it harder to reliably share info about #Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) online.

Alleging that #ICE officers are being #doxed or otherwise endangered, #Trump officials have spent the last year targeting an unknown number of users and platforms with demands to censor content.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/platforms-bend-over-backward-to-help-dhs-censor-ice-critics-advocates-say/

Platforms bend over backward to help #DHS #censor #ICE critics, advocates say

Pressure is mounting on tech companies to shield users from unlawful gov requests that advocates say are making it harder to reliably share info about #Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) online.

Alleging that #ICE officers are being #doxed or otherwise endangered, #Trump officials have spent the last year targeting an unknown number of users and platforms with demands to censor content.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/platforms-bend-over-backward-to-help-dhs-censor-ice-critics-advocates-say/

Platforms bend over backward to help #DHS #censor #ICE critics, advocates say

Pressure is mounting on tech companies to shield users from unlawful gov requests that advocates say are making it harder to reliably share info about #Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) online.

Alleging that #ICE officers are being #doxed or otherwise endangered, #Trump officials have spent the last year targeting an unknown number of users and platforms with demands to censor content.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/platforms-bend-over-backward-to-help-dhs-censor-ice-critics-advocates-say/