Tag results for: censorship
The Internet Is at Risk of Driving Women Away
Unless we act, 2023 will be the year that women leave the internet. Women already face enormous risks online. A Pew Research report of a US survey shows that...
Instagram Is a Site of Protest for the Chinese Diaspora
Northern Square was not the only account reviving the lo-fi, nostalgic aesthetic from China’s more hopeful and democratic past. Pages like @beijing_silvermine, and @beijing_in_springtime all became popular in the Chinese...
The Transparency Theater of the Twitter Files
In short, no one’s tweets were unfindable to the public without the poster knowing about it: If they were suspended or banned, naturally they’d be aware. De-amplification—affecting a person’s...
Iran’s Internet Blackouts Are Part of a Global Menace
For the past five weeks, thousands of Iranians, led by courageous young women, have taken to the streets of dozens of cities around the country, driven to action...
Section 230’s Fate Belongs With Congress—Not the US Supreme Court
In the nearly 27 years since Congress passed Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, courts have broadly interpreted it to protect online communities for being legally responsible...
Protest Hides in Plain Sight in Hong Kong
On a particularly clear day, I ascended Lion’s Rock, an iconic peak in Kowloon which offers stunning vistas of Hong Kong to the intrepid hiker. In 2019, the...
