Tajikistan blocks Facebook, YouTube, Amazon—and even texts
The country’s on digital lockdown.
On Oct 10, 2014 by Rob Price
Turkey’s president says he’s ‘increasingly against the Internet’
“Democracy is like a train. You take it where you have to go, and then you get off.”
On Oct 4, 2014 by Aaron Sankin
A Chinese activist’s guide to getting around the Great Firewall
It’s not hard, but if you don’t take a few steps, you can’t access the majority of the west’s favorite sites.
On Sep 29, 2014 by Anthony Tao
News, social media, and porn: A list of the major sites censored in China
Someone in China’s government really doesn’t like porn.
On Sep 29, 2014 by Kevin Collier
John Green had a hilarious response to news of ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ ban
“Okay?” “No, not really.”
On Sep 27, 2014 by Aja Romano
Russia’s crackdown on free speech spreads to Google, Twitter, Facebook
The new rules could cost U.S. companies an extra $45 million per year.
On Sep 26, 2014 by Eric Geller
Iran wants to block what little social media it has left
Iranians who love WhatsApp, it’s time to get a VPN.
On Sep 23, 2014 by Kevin Collier
Texas school district bans John Green, 6 other authors
They even banned the keynote speaker they’d already chosen for their own literary festival. Awkward!
On Sep 23, 2014 by Aja Romano
Turkey frees dozens of people jailed for tweets
After 15 months and four trials, Turkey has decided that it’s OK that some protesters tweeted.
On Sep 22, 2014 by Kevin Collier
High school suspends student editor for refusing to print the word ‘redskins’
The controversy has reached a tipping point. Here’s what you can do to help.
On Sep 20, 2014 by Aja Romano
Comcast says it isn’t terminating customers for using Tor
Sometimes Comcast gets it right.
On Sep 15, 2014 by Dell Cameron
Facebook doesn’t want you to see this video about female condoms
The social network has banned this educational cartoon.
On Sep 15, 2014 by EJ Dickson
The trouble with Reddit dropping the banhammer on news sites
Reddit’s heartwarming-news hub, r/UpliftingNews, announced a ban on the Huffington Post.
On Sep 12, 2014 by Fernando Alfonso III
Facebook censors photo of sick baby awaiting a heart transplant
In the process, the site compared it to images of “dismembered bodies” and “zombie ghouls.”
On Sep 10, 2014 by Miles Klee
Australian gamers can now kill zombies without censorship
Enjoy the sweet, sweet freedom to splatter zombie brains, Aussies.
On Sep 2, 2014 by Dennis Scimeca
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