“Shadow Banning” Is Written Into Twitter’s New Terms
By Mac Slavo Twitter has written “shadow banning” aka, censorship, into their new terms. The platform will now intentionally “limit the visibility” of some users….
By Mac Slavo Twitter has written “shadow banning” aka, censorship, into their new terms. The platform will now intentionally “limit the visibility” of some users….
By Nwachukwu Egbunike On November 20, the Protection from Internet Falsehoods and Manipulation of other Related Matters Bill 2019, known as the “social media bill,”…
By Liam Anderson This story is the second in a two-part series on limited reforms introduced under JLO that affect media freedom and activism in…
By Alan McLeod Facing increased resistance to its rule, the new “transition” government of Jeanine Añez in Bolivia has begun to purge and censor potential…
By RuNet Echo Today, Russia’s State Duma passed the third and final reading of a new bill expanding the scope of the country’s controversial “foreign…
By corbettreport How do you encapsulate a news story in an article? And how do you capture the essence of that article in a headline?…
By Jon Miltimore There are a lot of unpleasant things in George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984. Spying screens. Torture and propaganda. Victory Gin and Victory…
By RuNet Echo Chechnya’s outspoken ruler Ramzan Kadyrov has publicly suggested the murder of his government’s critics online. During a government meeting about the development…
By Arjun Walia The Facts: The influence of intelligence and government agencies when it comes to mainstream media is quite large. This article provides numerous…
By John W. Whitehead “What happens to Julian Assange and to Chelsea Manning is meant to intimidate us, to frighten us into silence. By defending…
By Barry Brownstein When I viewed this video, I wondered if it was a hoax. I thought it must be a group of actors trying…
Op-Ed by Caitlin Johnstone The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very…
By Kevin Rennie The Your Right to Know campaign launched by the major Australian mainstream media organisations on 21 October 2019 has brought about mixed…
By Ellery Roberts Biddle and the Netizen Report Team The Advox Netizen Report offers an international snapshot of challenges, victories, and emerging trends in technology…