How Chinese Internet users are climbing a bigger, badder Great Firewall
Don’t take the open Internet for granted.
On Nov 6, 2015 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
America’s prison problem is too complicated for Mark Zuckerberg
Prison reform isn’t enough.
On Oct 26, 2015 by Yasmin Nair
Mapping Turkey’s Twitter-troll lynch mobs
Turkey’s trolls are taking over Twitter—and their calls for violence are turning into real attacks.
On Oct 22, 2015 by Efe Kerem Sozeri
New research shows Twitter drastically under-reports its censorship
The actual number of censored tweets? More like a quarter million, researchers found.
On Oct 19, 2015 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
China’s new credit reports are the government’s latest censorship tool
Watch what you say, or your credit score might plummet.
On Oct 5, 2015 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
In the wake of the Oregon shooting, a look at 2 forms of media censorship
There were two mass killings this week. You probably only heard of one of them.
On Oct 3, 2015 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
Instagram CEO says his app bans female nipples in photos because of Apple
He explains how allowing female nipples could alienate part of Instagram’s user base.
On Oct 2, 2015 by Michelle Jaworski
China’s President Xi Jinping takes to Facebook while banning it back home
The message from the world’s most censorial regimes is simple.
On Sep 25, 2015 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
Thailand may copy Chinese censorship efforts with its own Great Firewall
Using the Internet in Thailand might get even tougher.
On Sep 23, 2015 by Kevin Collier
Google must extend ‘right to be forgotten’ deletions to its entire network
Google has warned that spreading ‘right to be forgotten’ further could have a chilling effect online.
On Sep 21, 2015 by Eric Geller
Russia bans Pornhub and 10 other porn sites
Russia’s crackdown on Web activity just hit a sensitive spot.
On Sep 8, 2015 by Eric Geller
Duke freshmen boycott acclaimed graphic novel ‘Fun Home’ over religious beliefs
These freshmen have already flunked the Bechdel Test.
On Aug 24, 2015 by Aja Romano
China is censoring online news of stock market plunge
Of course, it’s not working as planned.
On Aug 24, 2015 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
Russia completely blocks Wikipedia due to article about marijuana
Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
Chinese police shut down one of the country’s best VPNs
‘Two days ago the police came to me and wanted me to stop working on this.’
On Aug 22, 2015 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
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