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Social media platforms aren’t bound by the First Amendment. That’s why understanding their user speech policies is so important.
BY JOHN K. WILSON On Friday June 2, the Evanston Public Library held a hearing that may lead to the firing of librarian Lesley Williams this week. Her alleged crime? Posting a message on her person…
Whether/where Wikipedia is being blocked by governments.
Private online platforms have an increasingly essential role in free speech and participation in democratic culture. But while it might appear that any internet
The author on why she tried to remove BRAVE NEW WORLD from her English syllabus as a novel-worshipping seventh-grader.
We expect attacks on internet speech in Zimbabwe and Russia. Under Trump, it’s hitting home.
TED, a series of popular conferences, has the motto Ideas Worth Spreading. However, when a YouTuber made a video criticising and featuring content from a recent TED talk, the non-profit filed a DMCA notice with YouTube. Speaking with TorrentFreak, TED says that regardless of content, YouTube videos which violate its usage policy will be removed.
We've watched Facebook bend to government censorship and the company will do it again, says Jarrett Drake. It's foolish to think otherwise.
Censors are increasingly focusing on books that represent diverse points of view
In the space of a single day, Facebook has managed to:
The murky history of moderation, and how it’s shaping the future of free speech.
I’d forgotten just how much fun ETech is. Not only are the talks some of the most creative and innovative you can hear in the tech community, the room full of people is one of the most congenial, smart and funny you’re likely to encounter anywhere. Tim O’Reilly won’t come out and say that it’s… Read More »The Cute Cat Theory Talk at ETech
Why didn't Egypt just turn off the Internet? Because it's not that simple. Section 3 contains a pretty good lay-level explanation of how the physical Internet works.
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