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The impact on the African continent of Meta scrapping its fact-checking program

Written by Jean Sovon Translated (en) by Laura

21 February 2025

Shutting down the net: The growing threat of Russian internet censorship

Written by Daria Dergacheva

22 January 2025

From Russia to the EU: The high stakes of Meta’s content moderation shift

Written by Daria Dergacheva

16 January 2025

2025: The year we decide the internet's future

Written by Muhammed Bello Buhari

8 January 2025

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How tech companies enable censorship in Vietnam

Criticism of Vietnamese officials is censored on social media

Written by Mong Palatino

30 November 2024

Latin America: Uncovering the hidden human workforce behind AI

AI platform ‘ghost work’ is another form of labor exploitation

Written by Distintas Latitudes Translated (en) by Laura

5 October 2024

What you need to know about the X (formerly Twitter) situation in Brazil

Without a representative in the country, the platform was suspended following a Brazilian Supreme Court ruling

Written by Global Voices Brazil

7 September 2024

Tech giants criticized for silencing Pro-Palestinian narratives

The fight against censorship on social media is a fight for the future of democratic debate itself.

Written by Walid El Houri

28 August 2024

Taiwan struggles to combat Chinese influence in it’s generative AI tools

The island released a Taiwan-centric generative AI model in April 2024

Written by Oiwan Lam

1 August 2024

Freedom of assembly and freedom of expression curtailed as deadly student protests rock Bangladesh

Wanton violence and internet shutdown puts citizens in peril

Written by Shoeb A, Rezwan

25 July 2024

Bangladesh: Meta accuses ruling party and think tank of coordinated inauthentic behavior

Meta found links to individuals associated with the ruling party

Written by Shoeb A

11 July 2024

Bitcoin mining's toll on El Salvador leaves communities without water

Eight thousand people lost access to running water for over a month

Written by Abigail Paz

31 May 2024

Lion or mosquito: The state of the AI debate in Turkey

AI's real impact is subtler than its political implications.

Written by Sencer Odabaşı

31 May 2024

Nepal's TikTok ban is the first step towards more government control on social media

A blanket ban violates the constitutional guarantee of freedom of expression

Written by Rezwan

22 November 2023

Digital apartheid and the use of social media algorithms in humanitarian crises

Big tech censorship in Gaza exposes systemic discrimination and rights failures

Written by Seerat Khan

14 November 2023

At a crucial time for global crises, X (formerly Twitter) dilutes its violent speech policy

Changes in policies were made in October 2023

Written by Daria Dergacheva

3 November 2023

Google denies Hong Kong police request to remove ‘seditious’ film about media tycoon Jimmy Lai from YouTube

Seventy-one percent of content removal requests come from HK police

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

26 October 2023

Legislating technology and the internet: Interview with Internet Society's Callum Voge

Navigating free expression, privacy, security and digital sovereignty

Written by Ameya Nagarajan

25 October 2023

In Russia, authorities filter information and algorithms help them

An interview with psychologist Christian Montag

Written by Holod.Media Translated (en) by Anastasia Pestova

2 September 2023

Navigating the boundaries of free speech: Nigeria’s Twitter ban

A critical moment in the struggle to safeguard freedom of speech

Written by francaigwe

28 August 2023

Unfreedom Monitor: Civic Media Observatory findings report

The findings from Advox research into digital authoritarianism

Written by Advox

4 August 2023

How companies collect private data about reproductive health

What are the consequences for people’s reproductive rights?

Written by Tactical Tech

25 July 2023

Cambodian Prime Minister quits Facebook after Oversight Board review

The government ordered Facebook representatives to leave the country

Written by Mong Palatino

3 July 2023

How technology has entrenched the authoritarian electoral practice of controlling political choice in Kenya's democracy

Interference, corruption, and autocracy are symbolic of Kenyan elections

Written by Chepkoech Rotich

2 June 2023

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