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Focus Tag: Censorship
Born in the fire: What we can learn from how digital publishers in the Global South approach platforms | Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
by Rasmus Klein Nielsen and Federica Cherubini
October 28, 2022
Based on interviews with a strategic sample of 11 publishers in eight low- and middle-income countries, in this report we…
Doxxed, threatened, and arrested: Russia’s war on Wikipedia editors | Nieman Journalism Lab
by Masha Borak
September 13, 2022
One Friday in March, not long after Russia invaded Ukraine, Mikhail, a Russia-based Wikipedia editor, opened the Telegram app to…
Inside a Million-Dollar Instagram Verification Scheme | ProPublica
by Craig Silverman and Bianca Fortis
September 6, 2022
To his more than 150,000 followers on Instagram, Dr. Martin Jugenburg is Real Dr. 6ix, a well-coiffed Toronto plastic surgeon…
China has censored a top health information platform | MIT Technology Review
by Zeyi Yang
August 15, 2022
China has censored DXY, the country's leading health information platform. On August 9, DXY fell silent across social media, where…
What is it Like to Be a Journalist During the “Fake News” Era? Not Easy. | Annenberg
by Hailey Reissman
August 15, 2022
Jeanna Sybert grew up the child of two journalists. Her father spent his career as a news desk copy editor…
How Tor Is Fighting—and Beating—Russian Censorship | WIRED
by Matt Burgess
August 10, 2022
For years, the anonymity service Tor has been the best way to stay private online and dodge web censorship. Much to…
The book ban movement has a chilling new tactic: harass teachers on social media | MIT Technology Review
by Tanya Basu
July 21, 2022
“This is a movement that was formed online, so it’s not so much that these activists are moving online so…
Big Tech remains silent on questions about data privacy in a post-Roe world | MIT Technology Review
by Abby Ohlheiser and Hana Kiros
June 29, 2022
Google says in its terms of service that the company reserves the right to remove any content that violates the…
Instagram hides some posts that mention abortion | AP News
by Amanda Seitz
June 29, 2022
Instagram is blocking posts that mention abortion from public view, in some cases requiring its users to confirm their age…