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WeChat Likely Won’t Be Banned While Court Battle Proceeds, Judge Indicates

4 months ago

WeChat Likely Won’t Be Banned While Court Battle Proceeds, Judge Indicates

Tom McKay

Trump’s Free Pass on Twitter Could End January 20, 2021

4 months ago

Trump’s Free Pass on Twitter Could End January 20, 2021

Bryan Menegus

Facebook Follows Up Vow to Fight Climate Change With ‘Mass Censorship’ of Climate Activists

Science & Health

5 months ago

Facebook Follows Up Vow to Fight Climate Change With ‘Mass Censorship’ of Climate Activists

Dharna Noor

Belarus Turned Off the Internet. Its Citizens Hot-Wired It.

6 months ago

Belarus Turned Off the Internet. Its Citizens Hot-Wired It.

Aliide Naylor

Trump Admin Starts Construction on Chinese-Style Great Firewall

7 months ago

Trump Admin Starts Construction on Chinese-Style Great Firewall

Whitney Kimball

India Might Be Censoring Environmental Organisations Online

Science & Health

8 months ago

India Might Be Censoring Environmental Organisations Online

Dharna Noor

Parler CEO Says He’ll Ban Users for Posting Bad Words, Dicks, Boobs, or Poop

8 months ago

Parler CEO Says He’ll Ban Users for Posting Bad Words, Dicks, Boobs, or Poop

Dell Cameron

After 84 Years, Gone With the Wind Finally Acknowledged as Racist as Shit

8 months ago

After 84 Years, Gone With the Wind Finally Acknowledged as Racist as Shit

Alex Cranz

The Writer of Back to the Future: Part II Blames Universal for Netflix’s Weirdly Censored Version of the Film

9 months ago

The Writer of Back to the Future: Part II Blames Universal for Netflix’s Weirdly Censored Version of the Film

Julie Muncy

Facebook Agreed To Censor More ‘Anti-State’ Posts In Vietnam After State Telcos Tanked Its Traffic

10 months ago

Facebook Agreed To Censor More ‘Anti-State’ Posts In Vietnam After State Telcos Tanked Its Traffic

Tom McKay

This Minecraft Library Provides A Platform For Censored Journalists

12 months ago

This Minecraft Library Provides A Platform For Censored Journalists

Joanna Nelius

In China, Social Media Users Speak In Code To Avoid Coronavirus Censors

12 months ago

In China, Social Media Users Speak In Code To Avoid Coronavirus Censors

Joanna Nelius

This Japanese Smartphone Uses AI To Prevent Users From Saving And Sharing Naked Selfies

1 year ago

This Japanese Smartphone Uses AI To Prevent Users From Saving And Sharing Naked Selfies

Andrew Liszewski

Turkish Court Throws Out Erdogan’s Wikipedia Ban

1 year ago

Turkish Court Throws Out Erdogan’s Wikipedia Ban

Tom McKay

Russia Blocks Shutterstock Website Over Photos Of Russian Flag In Dogshit

1 year ago

Russia Blocks Shutterstock Website Over Photos Of Russian Flag In Dogshit

Matt Novak

TikTok Apologises For Banning Teen After Criticising China’s Muslim Concentration Camps

1 year ago

TikTok Apologises For Banning Teen After Criticising China’s Muslim Concentration Camps

Explainer: Why Major Australian Newspapers Have Blacked Out Front Pages Today

1 year ago

Explainer: Why Major Australian Newspapers Have Blacked Out Front Pages Today

How To Watch The Uncensored Version Of John Wick 3 In Australia

1 year ago

How To Watch The Uncensored Version Of John Wick 3 In Australia

Google Stamps Out Political Speech Among Staff With New Workplace Guidelines

2 years ago

Google Stamps Out Political Speech Among Staff With New Workplace Guidelines

Jennings Brown

Russian Man Who Tried To Burn Down Offices Of Internet Regulator Reportedly Gets Probation

2 years ago

Russian Man Who Tried To Burn Down Offices Of Internet Regulator Reportedly Gets Probation

Tom McKay

Google Exec Tells Senate That Project Dragonfly Has Been “Terminated”

2 years ago

Google Exec Tells Senate That Project Dragonfly Has Been “Terminated”

Tom McKay

How American Corporations Are Policing Online Speech Worldwide

2 years ago

How American Corporations Are Policing Online Speech Worldwide

Jillian C. York

Facebook And Twitter Not Invited To White House Social Media Summit This Week

2 years ago

Facebook And Twitter Not Invited To White House Social Media Summit This Week

Matt Novak

Who Has The Most Censored Internet?

2 years ago

Who Has The Most Censored Internet?

Daniel Kolitz

Trump Invites Consortium Of Conservative Internet Trolls To The White House For ‘Social Media Summit’

2 years ago

Trump Invites Consortium Of Conservative Internet Trolls To The White House For ‘Social Media Summit’

Jennings Brown

Knitting Group Bans Users Who Publicly Support The Trump Regime And The President’s White Supremacist Ideology

2 years ago

Knitting Group Bans Users Who Publicly Support The Trump Regime And The President’s White Supremacist Ideology

Matt Novak

President Trump’s Designated Protest Zones Are The Perfect Analogy For ‘Censorship’ On Social Media

2 years ago

President Trump’s Designated Protest Zones Are The Perfect Analogy For ‘Censorship’ On Social Media

Matt Novak

Neo-Nazi Sentenced To 21 Months In Prison For Sharing Video Of Mosque Massacre And Calling It ‘Awesome’

2 years ago

Neo-Nazi Sentenced To 21 Months In Prison For Sharing Video Of Mosque Massacre And Calling It ‘Awesome’

Matt Novak

China Has Arrested 20 People For Running An Erotic Livestreaming Site

2 years ago

China Has Arrested 20 People For Running An Erotic Livestreaming Site

Melanie Ehrenkranz

Why Is The NBA Helping A Despot Censor Tweets?

2 years ago

Why Is The NBA Helping A Despot Censor Tweets?

Patrick Howell O'Neill

India Lifts Its Ban On Video App TikTok, Allowing It To Return To Apple And Google App Stores

2 years ago

India Lifts Its Ban On Video App TikTok, Allowing It To Return To Apple And Google App Stores

Tom McKay

Sri Lanka Blocks Facebook, WhatsApp After Easter Bombings Leave Hundreds Dead

2 years ago

Sri Lanka Blocks Facebook, WhatsApp After Easter Bombings Leave Hundreds Dead

Tom McKay

China’s New Video Game Rules Officially Ban Blood, Corpses, Mahjong, And Poker

2 years ago

China’s New Video Game Rules Officially Ban Blood, Corpses, Mahjong, And Poker

Andrew Liszewski

The Internet Is About To Get Less Horny And That Sucks

2 years ago

The Internet Is About To Get Less Horny And That Sucks

Melanie Ehrenkranz

Indian Authorities Order Apple And Google To Remove TikTok From App Stores

2 years ago

Indian Authorities Order Apple And Google To Remove TikTok From App Stores

Jennings Brown

New Zealand ISPs Say They’re Blocking Sites That Fail To Remove Christchurch Shooting Video

2 years ago

New Zealand ISPs Say They’re Blocking Sites That Fail To Remove Christchurch Shooting Video

Bryan Menegus

The UK’s Extremely Dumb Plan To Force Porn Sites To Verify Users’ Ages May Come Next Month

2 years ago

The UK’s Extremely Dumb Plan To Force Porn Sites To Verify Users’ Ages May Come Next Month

Tom McKay

Russian Lawmakers Pass Bills Banning Fake News And ‘Disrespect’ Of Officials Online

2 years ago

Russian Lawmakers Pass Bills Banning Fake News And ‘Disrespect’ Of Officials Online

Melanie Ehrenkranz

Indian Lawmakers Call For TikTok Ban Due To ‘Cultural Degeneration’

2 years ago

Indian Lawmakers Call For TikTok Ban Due To ‘Cultural Degeneration’

Jennings Brown

Reddit Lands $211 Million From Chinese Censorship Giant Tencent As Users Call Bullshit

2 years ago

Reddit Lands $211 Million From Chinese Censorship Giant Tencent As Users Call Bullshit

Patrick Howell O'Neill

China May Have Blocked Microsoft’s Bing In Latest Censorship Play: Report

2 years ago

China May Have Blocked Microsoft’s Bing In Latest Censorship Play: Report

Catie Keck

Arizona Lawmaker Wants To Tax Internet Porn To Pay For Border Wall

2 years ago

Arizona Lawmaker Wants To Tax Internet Porn To Pay For Border Wall

Matt Novak

Report: Netflix Has Signed A ‘Best Practices’ Code In India To Avoid State Censorship

2 years ago

Report: Netflix Has Signed A ‘Best Practices’ Code In India To Avoid State Censorship

Tom McKay

Bird Issues ‘Chilling’ Legal Threat After Boing Boing Publishes Blog On E-Scooter Hack

2 years ago

Bird Issues ‘Chilling’ Legal Threat After Boing Boing Publishes Blog On E-Scooter Hack

Catie Keck

Bangladesh Shuts Down 3G, 4G Access Across Entire Country Ahead Of Elections

2 years ago

Bangladesh Shuts Down 3G, 4G Access Across Entire Country Ahead Of Elections

Tom McKay

India Proposes Regulation To Force Tech Platforms To Censor The Web And Shatter Security

2 years ago

India Proposes Regulation To Force Tech Platforms To Censor The Web And Shatter Security

Rhett Jones

China’s Nine-Month Freeze On New Video Game Approvals Will Soon Be Over

2 years ago

China’s Nine-Month Freeze On New Video Game Approvals Will Soon Be Over

Tom McKay

Sundar Pichai Tells Congress Google Has ‘No Plans’ To Launch Censored Search In China ‘Right Now’

2 years ago

Sundar Pichai Tells Congress Google Has ‘No Plans’ To Launch Censored Search In China ‘Right Now’

Bryan Menegus

Tumblr’s Porn Ban Is Off To A Predictably Stupid Start

2 years ago

Tumblr’s Porn Ban Is Off To A Predictably Stupid Start

Alex Cranz

Over 600 Google Employees Are Demanding An End To Project Dragonfly

2 years ago

Over 600 Google Employees Are Demanding An End To Project Dragonfly

Catie Keck

Report: China’s Censors Stop Approving New Video Game Titles Amid Industry Crackdown

2 years ago

Report: China’s Censors Stop Approving New Video Game Titles Amid Industry Crackdown

Tom McKay

China’s Former Internet Chief, A Censorship Hardliner, Pleads Guilty To Corruption Charges

2 years ago

China’s Former Internet Chief, A Censorship Hardliner, Pleads Guilty To Corruption Charges

Tom McKay

Alphabet’s New App Aims To Tackle Government Censorship Caused By DNS Poisoning

2 years ago

Alphabet’s New App Aims To Tackle Government Censorship Caused By DNS Poisoning

Dell Cameron

Vietnam Convicts Second Person This Week For Anti-Government Facebook Posts

2 years ago

Vietnam Convicts Second Person This Week For Anti-Government Facebook Posts

Melanie Ehrenkranz

Scientist Who Quit Google In Protest Urges US Senate To Investigate Project Dragonfly

2 years ago

Scientist Who Quit Google In Protest Urges US Senate To Investigate Project Dragonfly

Bryan Menegus

Report: Google’s Chinese Search Prototype Logs Phone Numbers, Hides Unapproved Pollution Data

2 years ago

Report: Google’s Chinese Search Prototype Logs Phone Numbers, Hides Unapproved Pollution Data

Tom McKay

Google Complies With Russian Order To Take Down Opposition Leader’s YouTube Ads

2 years ago

Google Complies With Russian Order To Take Down Opposition Leader’s YouTube Ads

Tom McKay

Twitter CEO To Call Bullshit On Claims Of Anti-GOP Censorship Before US Congress

2 years ago

Twitter CEO To Call Bullshit On Claims Of Anti-GOP Censorship Before US Congress

Dell Cameron

Australia Does Not Have Freedom Of Speech

2 years ago

Australia Does Not Have Freedom Of Speech

Cool, Looks Like Facebook Has A James Damore Now

2 years ago

Cool, Looks Like Facebook Has A James Damore Now

Tom McKay

Apple Reportedly Kills Off Thousands Of Apps In China Because They’re ‘Illegal’

3 years ago

Apple Reportedly Kills Off Thousands Of Apps In China Because They’re ‘Illegal’

Jennings Brown

Here’s The Letter 1400 Google Workers Sent Leadership In Protest Of Censored Search Engine For China

3 years ago

Here’s The Letter 1400 Google Workers Sent Leadership In Protest Of Censored Search Engine For China

Bryan Menegus

Facebook ‘Unpublishes’ InfoWars Pages As Social Media Companies Crack Down On Hate Speech

3 years ago

Facebook ‘Unpublishes’ InfoWars Pages As Social Media Companies Crack Down On Hate Speech

Matt Novak

‘We Are Not Bots’: Facebook Censors U.S. Activists After Falsely Claiming They ‘Unwittingly’ Planned Protest

3 years ago

‘We Are Not Bots’: Facebook Censors U.S. Activists After Falsely Claiming They ‘Unwittingly’ Planned Protest

Dell Cameron

Google Developing Censored Search Engine For China: Report

3 years ago

Google Developing Censored Search Engine For China: Report

Matt Novak

Girl Arrested In Iran For Posting Videos Of Herself Dancing On Instagram

3 years ago

Girl Arrested In Iran For Posting Videos Of Herself Dancing On Instagram

Matt Novak

The UK Wants Its Own Version Of FOSTA/SESTA That Could Push Sex Workers Off The Internet

3 years ago

The UK Wants Its Own Version Of FOSTA/SESTA That Could Push Sex Workers Off The Internet

AJ Dellinger

Facebook Says It’s Sorry For Removing A Part Of The US Declaration Of Independence That Includes A Racial Slur

3 years ago

Facebook Says It’s Sorry For Removing A Part Of The US Declaration Of Independence That Includes A Racial Slur

Jennings Brown

Report: Jack Dorsey On Futile Quest To Make Angry US Republicans Less Angry, At Least At Him

3 years ago

Report: Jack Dorsey On Futile Quest To Make Angry US Republicans Less Angry, At Least At Him

Tom McKay

Instagram Removed A ProPublica Post Outing White Supremacists Because Facebook Keeps Blocking The Wrong Things

3 years ago

Instagram Removed A ProPublica Post Outing White Supremacists Because Facebook Keeps Blocking The Wrong Things

AJ Dellinger

Swiss Voters Overwhelmingly Choose To Legalise Online Gambling, But Block All Foreign Sites

3 years ago

Swiss Voters Overwhelmingly Choose To Legalise Online Gambling, But Block All Foreign Sites

Tom McKay

Telegram CEO Says Apple Has Stopped Blocking Updates Amid Struggle With Russian Authorities

3 years ago

Telegram CEO Says Apple Has Stopped Blocking Updates Amid Struggle With Russian Authorities

Tom McKay

Papua New Guinea To Block Facebook For A Month, Might Launch State-Run Alternative

3 years ago

Papua New Guinea To Block Facebook For A Month, Might Launch State-Run Alternative

Matt Novak

‘Stop This BLATANT CENSORSHIP’: The Poor, Confused Souls Sending Their YouTube Complaints To The US FCC

3 years ago

‘Stop This BLATANT CENSORSHIP’: The Poor, Confused Souls Sending Their YouTube Complaints To The US FCC

Matt Novak

Apple Begins Removing CallKit Apps From Chinese App Store, Citing New Cybersecurity Laws

3 years ago

Apple Begins Removing CallKit Apps From Chinese App Store, Citing New Cybersecurity Laws

Tom McKay

China Bans Peppa Pig Videos On Social Media For Being Associated With Gangster Culture

3 years ago

China Bans Peppa Pig Videos On Social Media For Being Associated With Gangster Culture

Matt Novak

Tanzania Orders Bloggers To Pay $1200 Fee To Register With The Government, Risk Gaol For ‘Obscene’ Content

3 years ago

Tanzania Orders Bloggers To Pay $1200 Fee To Register With The Government, Risk Gaol For ‘Obscene’ Content

Matt Novak

A Recent Update From Google Could Severely Hamper Anti-Censorship Tools

3 years ago

A Recent Update From Google Could Severely Hamper Anti-Censorship Tools

AJ Dellinger

After Public Backlash, Sina Weibo Reverses Ban On LBGTQ Content

3 years ago

After Public Backlash, Sina Weibo Reverses Ban On LBGTQ Content

Jennings Brown

Sina Weibo’s Crackdown On ‘Illegal’ Content Including Gay Media Reportedly Draws User Uproar

3 years ago

Sina Weibo’s Crackdown On ‘Illegal’ Content Including Gay Media Reportedly Draws User Uproar

Tom McKay

China Just Banned Online Sales Of The Bible

3 years ago

China Just Banned Online Sales Of The Bible

Sidney Fussell

Iran’s iPhone Users Blocked From App Store

3 years ago

Iran’s iPhone Users Blocked From App Store

Dell Cameron

Turkey Blocks Encrypted Email Service ProtonMail

3 years ago

Turkey Blocks Encrypted Email Service ProtonMail

Dell Cameron

The British Government’s Big Dumb Plan To Keep Minors Away From Internet Porn Is Being Delayed

3 years ago

The British Government’s Big Dumb Plan To Keep Minors Away From Internet Porn Is Being Delayed

Tom McKay

Sri Lanka Blocked Facebook This Week For Allegedly Spreading Hate Speech And Violence

3 years ago

Sri Lanka Blocked Facebook This Week For Allegedly Spreading Hate Speech And Violence

Tom McKay

After China Got Mad, Marriott Fired A Social Media Manager For Liking A Tweet About Tibet

3 years ago

After China Got Mad, Marriott Fired A Social Media Manager For Liking A Tweet About Tibet

Tom McKay

Apple Moves Chinese iCloud Encryption Keys To China, Worrying Privacy Advocates

3 years ago

Apple Moves Chinese iCloud Encryption Keys To China, Worrying Privacy Advocates

Tom McKay

Instagram Bows To Russian Censor’s Pressure, Will YouTube Be Next?

3 years ago

Instagram Bows To Russian Censor’s Pressure, Will YouTube Be Next?

Rhett Jones

Brazil’s Federal Police Says It Will ‘Punish’ Creators Of ‘Fake News’ Ahead Of Elections

3 years ago

Brazil’s Federal Police Says It Will ‘Punish’ Creators Of ‘Fake News’ Ahead Of Elections

Melanie Ehrenkranz

Germany’s New Social Media Hate Speech Law Is Now Being Enforced

3 years ago

Germany’s New Social Media Hate Speech Law Is Now Being Enforced

Tom McKay

Iran Moves To Block Social Media Apps, Mobile Networks As Protests Spread

3 years ago

Iran Moves To Block Social Media Apps, Mobile Networks As Protests Spread

Tom McKay

Facebook Admits Its Censors Are Failing To Consistently Define Hate Speech

3 years ago

Facebook Admits Its Censors Are Failing To Consistently Define Hate Speech

Sidney Fussell

Putin-Backed Autocrat Says Chechen Instagram Clone Is ‘Just As Good’ As The Real Thing

3 years ago

Putin-Backed Autocrat Says Chechen Instagram Clone Is ‘Just As Good’ As The Real Thing

Tom McKay

US Lawmaker Behind Fake ‘Net Neutrality’ Bill Wanted ISPs To Edit Online News And Censor The Internet

3 years ago

US Lawmaker Behind Fake ‘Net Neutrality’ Bill Wanted ISPs To Edit Online News And Censor The Internet

Dell Cameron

Cloudflare CEO On Policing Nazis Online: We Never Considered ‘People Could Just Be Really Evil’

3 years ago

Cloudflare CEO On Policing Nazis Online: We Never Considered ‘People Could Just Be Really Evil’

Sidney Fussell

LinkedIn Restricts Job-Posting Features In China After Pressure From Authorities

3 years ago

LinkedIn Restricts Job-Posting Features In China After Pressure From Authorities

Tom McKay

China Blocks WeChat Features Ahead Of 19th National Congress

3 years ago

China Blocks WeChat Features Ahead Of 19th National Congress

Tom McKay

Facebook Shut Down A Conservative ‘FB Anon’ Group Employees Used For Harassment

4 years ago

Facebook Shut Down A Conservative ‘FB Anon’ Group Employees Used For Harassment

Tom McKay