Microsoft as a Censorship Machine Working to Undermine Free Software and Code Sharing (Also Sharing in General)
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2021-04-20 11:29:54 UTC
- Modified: 2021-04-20 11:34:05 UTC
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Summary: Microsoft is, as usual, a tool of destruction rather than creation; it seems to be better at ruining things and censoring things, notably things that compete against Microsoft or pose a threat to Microsoft's business model (and close partners, such as RIAA)
THE EFF is
working for Microsoft proxies that "filter" (censor) search results based on
vague criteria or blind acceptance of DMCA takedown requests (even automated complaints, which are themselves blindly generated). At the same time Microsoft is
doing it to code, notably Free software, and the media isn't talking about it anymore. It seems to have become the 'norm' and
Microsoft moles run the show. Only because of media coverage about YouTube-DL (
growing concern about mass boycotts and exodus) did Microsoft reverse its decision, albeit it didn't extend to any forks/derivatives. What a lousy publicity stunt.
"It's truly a shame that only TorrentFreak, which specialises in issues like the DMCA, has been covering this."Microsoft is leveraging GitHub as a tool of attack against Free software, just as it planned all along (since 2014). It's truly a shame that only TorrentFreak, which specialises in issues like the DMCA, has been covering this.
The quick (short) video at the top explains the significance of this. ⬆