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internet censorship
Australia and New Zealand Issued More Social Media Takedown Requests Than Iraq
Australia and New Zealand has asked TikTok to remove more content than Iraq.
May 21, 2024
BY
Rex Widerstrom
New Zealand Drops Plans to Establish Internet Content Regulator
The new centre-right government has dropped the proposal amid public opposition.
May 9, 2024
BY
Rex Widerstrom
‘Billboard Chris’ and X to Appeal Order to Remove Post Criticising Trans Activist
Australia's internet regulator ordered X to remove a post critical of the WHO appointing a trans-activist to an ...
May 3, 2024
BY
Rex Widerstrom
ANALYSIS: Can Australia’s Online Regulator Restrict What Americans See on the Net?
Australia's eSafety Commission is locked in a legal tussle with X owner Elon Musk, we explore just how ...
April 28, 2024
BY
Rex Widerstrom
ANALYSIS: Who Decides What Australians See on the Internet?
Julie Inman Grant, Australia's eSafety commissioner, is enmeshed in a court battle with Elon Musk over an order ...
April 26, 2024
BY
Rex Widerstrom
EXPLAINER: Why Elon Musk and Australia’s Internet Regulator Are on a Collision Course
With fines and take-down notices piling up, and the social media giant vowing to test their validity in ...
April 22, 2024
BY
Rex Widerstrom
NSW Premier Welcomes Online Censorship, but Think Tank Asks ‘What’s Next?’
NSW Premier Chris Minns has welcomed government action to censor visuals of two stabbing attacks in his state, ...
April 17, 2024
BY
Rex Widerstrom
Liberals’ Online Streaming Bill Will Hurt Consumer Choice, Says Tech Trade Group
One of the world’s largest tech trade groups says the federal government's online streaming bill will place a ...
August 26, 2022
BY
Isaac Teo
Hong Kong Rights Group Says Website Not Accessible Through Some Networks
HONG KONG—The website of UK-based human rights group Hong Kong Watch could not be accessed through some networks ...
February 15, 2022
BY
Reuters
Investigative Journalist Reveals How Big Tech Shapes Political Views
Big tech companies such as Facebook, Google, and Twitter can arbitrarily censor internet content viewed or posted by ...
November 4, 2020
BY
Ella Kietlinska
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Jan Jekielek
US Senator Introduces Bill To Promote Internet Freedom Amid China’s Censorship
Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) has introduced new legislation aimed at promoting internet freedom, in particular to counter internet ...
September 16, 2020
BY
Frank Fang
Social Media Users Punished As China Tightens Censorship of Coronavirus Outbreak
China’s International Center of Cyber Law publicized on its website a list of social media users who were ...
February 13, 2020
BY
Olivia Li
[TSAS Special] Michael Knowles: Leftist Control and the Decline of Culture and Language in America
At Turning Point USA’s Teen Student Action Summit, we sit down with Michael Knowles, an author, conservative commentator, ...
July 25, 2019
BY
Jan Jekielek
[TSAS Special] The Socialist Threat & the Culture War with the Left—Turning Point USA’s Charlie Kirk
At Turning Point USA’s Teen Student Action Summit, we sit down with Turning Point USA founder and Executive ...
July 25, 2019
BY
Jan Jekielek
[WCS Special] Why America’s Reliance on Imported Uranium Poses a Risk—Rep. Paul Gosar
At the Western Conservative Summit, we sit down with Congressman Paul Gosar to discuss tech giant bias, censorship, ...
July 18, 2019
BY
Jan Jekielek
Artists Who’ve Dared to Broach Tiananmen Pushed Into Shadows
BEIJING—It has been three months since Chinese rock musician Li Zhi disappeared from public view. First, an upcoming ...
June 3, 2019
BY
The Associated Press
Trump Jr. Takes to Twitter to Criticize Social Media Censorship
Donald Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr. criticized big tech's censorship and is asking people to realize its ...
May 4, 2019
BY
Samuel Allegri
Global Internet Moves Toward Regulation and Balkanized Censorship
Commentary Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes his own platform, and the internet at large, should follow the European ...
April 2, 2019
BY
Joshua Philipp
Free Speech on the Internet Under Attack
Commentary The internet, while providing platforms for many and information to all, is also a threat to oppressive ...
February 13, 2019
BY
Ronald J. Rychlak
2 Chinese Netizens Punished for Circumventing Regime’s Internet Censors
Two Chinese netizens who broke through the Great Firewall to access blocked international websites were recently punished by ...
January 7, 2019
BY
Nicole Hao
Twitter Blocks Account of Benghazi Hero for Insulting Obama Supporter
Twitter banned and then restored the account of a man caught in a Twitter argument relating to former ...
September 12, 2018
BY
Colin Fredericson
Nasim Najafi Aghdam Identified As YouTube HQ Shooter
Widespread panic ensued when a female suspect entered YouTube's headquarters building in San Bruno, California, and opened fired on ...
April 4, 2018
BY
Janita Kan
Iran Lifts Block on Telegram App Imposed During Unrest, State Media Reports
DUBAI–Iran on Saturday lifted restrictions on the messaging app Telegram, the state news agency IRNA said, after blocking ...
January 13, 2018
BY
Reuters
Kathy Chen’s Debut and the Fate of Twitter’s Chinese Users
For people in China who love freedom, Twitter is the social media platform where the Chinese Communist Party ...
April 23, 2016
BY
He Qinglian
Google Considers Return to China With App Store
A return to China for Google could mean renewed censorship measures in what apps it hosts.
September 6, 2015
BY
Fan Yu
A Sampling of the Chinese Blog Posts That Led to Hundreds of Arrests
On Aug. 31, Chinese authorities announced that they had punished 197 people responsible for "spreading rumors" on the ...
August 31, 2015
BY
Matthew Robertson
China’s Notorious ‘Fifty Cent Party’ Is Given New Proportions
China’s Communist Youth League reportedly oversees 10 million online propagandists, many of them young people attending school.
April 7, 2015
BY
Matthew Robertson
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Former Utah Attorney General Fights the Evil That Lurks in Quiet Places
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US Forces Shoot Down 2 Iranian Drones
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US Won’t Unfreeze Iran’s Assets Before Peace Deal Is Reached, Trump Says
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