censorship

  • Shanghai Lockdown Spurs NFTs to Avoid Government Censorship

    Shanghai Lockdown Spurs NFTs to Avoid Government Censorship

    After weeks of being locked inside their homes under strict COVID-19 restrictions, residents of the populous Chinese city Shanghai are using NFTs as an outlet to their growing frustrations. The main appeal of the non-fungible tokens is that they cannot be deleted as the government works overtime to censor any type of online content that…


  • Canada to Make Online Hate Speech a Crime Punishable by $20,000 Fine

    Canada to Make Online Hate Speech a Crime Punishable by $20,000 Fine

    Canada’s ruling Liberal government announced on Wednesday that it plans to make online hate speech a crime punishable by as much as $US20,000 ($25,652) (roughly $16,250 US ($20,842)) for the first offence and $US50,000 ($64,130) ($40,600 US ($52,074)) for the second. The proposal would punish social media users who broke the law but exempt social…