censorship

Protest Hides in Plain Sight in Hong Kong

[ad_1] On a very clear day, I ascended Lion’s Rock, an iconic peak in Kowloon which gives gorgeous vistas of…

2 years ago

Instagram Slow to Tackle Bots Targeting Iranian Women’s Groups

[ad_1] IRANIAN women’s rights groups have for months faced a deluge of bots following their Instagram accounts and disrupting their…

2 years ago

Meta Was Restricting Abortion Content All Along

[ad_1] Johnsen’s experience is common in the pro-choice activist community. Most of the people who spoke to WIRED say their…

2 years ago

Are You Ready to Be Surveilled Like a Sex Worker?

[ad_1] Additionally, many traditional methods for maintaining relative anonymity on the internet are likely to begin to evaporate. Consider that…

2 years ago

The Download: Trolling text scammers, and China’s social media censorship

[ad_1] This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the…

2 years ago

Disinfo and Hate Speech Flood TikTok Ahead of Kenya’s Elections

[ad_1] By its very nature, TikTok is harder to moderate than many other social media platforms, according to Cameron Hickey,…

2 years ago

Texas Cites Clarence Thomas to Defend Its Social Media Law

[ad_1] Florida's law remains blocked, and the state is keenly interested in the outcome of the Texas battle. Florida on…

2 years ago

If Tech Fails to Design for the Most Vulnerable, It Fails Us All

[ad_1] What do Russian protesters have in common with Twitter users freaked out about Elon Musk reading their DMs and…

2 years ago

A ‘Radical’ Ruling Lets Texas Ban Social Media Moderation

[ad_1] A federal appeals court has reinstated a Texas state law that bans “censorship” on social media platforms such as…

2 years ago

WeChat wants people to use its video platform. So they did, for digital protests.

[ad_1] According to someone familiar with the matter, the original video uploaded by the creator racked up 5 million views…

3 years ago