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Is the golden age of social media coming to an end?
The journeys of the social media giants has been nothing if not fascinating. From doubtful beginnings, Facebook went through several stages. Read more…
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Facebook agreed to censor anti-state posts after Vietnam slowed traffic
Facebook’s servers in Vietnam were taken offline early this year, slowing local traffic to a crawl until it agreed to censor anti-state posts Read more…
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India mulling censorship of streaming platforms such as Netflix
India is deliberating potential censorship on streaming platforms such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, a senior government source claims. Read more…
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Turkey launches sweeping oversight for all online content
Turkey has granted its radio and television watchdog sweeping oversight for all online content, including streaming platforms and online news outlets Read more…
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Chinese censors work hard to erase news of Hong Kong protests
Chinese censors are working hard to erase or block news of the Hong Kong protests on social media and search platforms amid a surge in local interest. Read more…
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China ‘cleans up’ internet in apparent censorship campaign
China launched a new campaign to clean up its internet, state media said, amid a fresh wave of apparent censorship by Beijing Read more…
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Bing outage in China not censorship block
Search engine Bing’s outage in China last week was a technical error, rather than an intentional censorship block Read more…
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Who needs govt web censorship when you have Tumblr?
ITEM: Microblogging site Tumblr banned “adult” content from its site as of December 17th. And the reasons behind it highlight the amount of control that web giants have over what people can and can’t see online. Read more…
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Thai govt seeks sweeping web powers with cybersecurity bill
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A proposed cybersecurity law in Thailand would give a new government agency sweeping powers to spy on internet traffic, order the removal of content, or even seize computers without judicial oversight, alarming Read more…
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Chinese authorities delete 9,800 social media news accounts
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s top cyber authority has scrubbed 9,800 social media accounts of independent news providers deemed to have posted sensational, vulgar or politically harmful content on the Internet, it said late on Monday. Read more…