online censorship
Republicans Love De-Platforming—Just Ask Sex Workers
Conservatives cried 'censorship' when Trump was banned from social media. But most online censorship efforts are designed to silence their enemies.
Trump’s TikTok Crusade Makes US Censorship Look a Lot Like China’s
The US government is demonstrating that it is no better than the country it has long criticized for its vast censorship apparatus.
Goop’s Horrible Netflix Show Accidentally Makes a Case Against Social Media Censorship
By misidentifying parts of the anatomy she claims to be an expert on, actress and self-appointed lifestyle guru Gwyneth Paltrow demonstrates the damage caused by censoring women’s bodies.
Hong Kong protesters tell us why this might be their “last chance” to defy Beijing
“This time, I realized that I really had to do something.”
Google CEO Says No Plan to ‘Launch’ Censored Search Engine in China
In a hearing with the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai kept saying the company has no plans right now to launch a search product in China. But that response leaves plenty of room to launch when it does want to.
Venezuela just took a huge step toward controlling all access to the Internet
It's "one of their boldest internet censorship actions to date.”
Turkey Has Blocked Wikipedia and Is Censoring Twitter
President Erdoğan's crackdown on voices of dissent is expanding to the internet.
Turks Are Flocking to Tor After Government Orders Block of Anti-Censorship Tools
As usual, online censorship seems to have a “Streisand effect” for tools that allow netizens to circumvent blocks.
Researchers Accuse Canadian Internet Company of Helping Yemen Censor the Web
Citizen Lab says the Houthi rebels got help from Netsweeper to censor news and political websites.
Why the US Government Is Investing Millions in Internet Freedom Technologies
In post-Snowden era, the US tries more of the same.
A Page on Hashish Prompts Russia to Block, Then Unblock Wikipedia
Russia continues its weird online war on drugs.
Russia Moves to Block Reddit, Because Weed
The russian internet regulator wants to ban Reddit because of a thread on growing marijuana.