The West has been in denial about censorship for far too long | Opinions
On February 14, US Vice President JD Vance caused a stir at the Munich Security Conference when he decided to accuse America’s European allies of…
Does ‘cancel culture’ help or hinder free speech? | TV Shows
Today on The Stream: Has the line between accountability and censorship blurred with the rise of cancel culture?While some see cancel culture as a powerful tool…
Meta, Facebook to drop fact-checkers: What does this mean for social media? | Social Media News
Meta, the owner of Facebook and other social media platforms, will implement major changes to its content moderation policies, founder Mark Zuckerberg announced this week…
Social media giant Meta scraps fact-checking for ‘community notes’ | Social Media News
Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, says allowing fact-checkers to assess content ‘became a tool to censor’.The social media giant Meta, which owns Instagram and…
A Year of Censorship: Social Media Crackdown | TV Shows
We look at how censorship on the internet has increased and ask what freedom of expression means online.With some governments banning apps like TikTok and social media…
2024 was a year of anti-Palestinian censorship and active art rebellion | Opinions
For artists, it is difficult to reflect on the past year without thinking about Israel’s genocide in Gaza that has killed more than 45,000 Palestinians…
Georgia protests: What’s behind them and what’s next? | Conflict News
Tens of thousands of demonstrators have clashed with riot police in Georgia over the past five nights in protests against the governing Georgian Dream party’s decision…
Pakistan tests China-like digital ‘firewall’ to tighten online surveillance | Censorship News
Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s government has deployed Chinese technology to build what some senior officials familiar with the project are calling a new, national internet…
Ben & Jerry’s claims parent company censorship over Gaza
Ben & Jerry's ice cream in a freezer in Jerusalem in 2022. The Vermont-based ice cream company claims its parent company, Unilever, is censoring its…
India can import Rushdie’s Satanic Verses after ban order ‘untraceable’ | Censorship News
A reader brought the case in 2019 after failing to find official proof of the ban on government websites.A court in India has lifted a…
Biden administration staffer quits over Gaza | Gaza
“I saw a policy that was really harming Palestinians through this kind of blind, destructive support of Israel.” Maryam Hassanein recently quit her job at…
Alana Hadid on the importance of Palestinian representation | Censorship
“We are witnessing the ongoing Nakba and an ongoing genocide while we’re trying to educate the world.” Palestinian American activist Alana Hadid discusses the importance…
Ilan Pappé on being censored for pro-Palestine stance | Israel-Palestine conflict
“We are not intimidated by them and that’s why they are using everything in their ammunition to silence us.” Israeli historian Ilan Pappé discusses his…
Before Brazil and Elon Musk: X’s history of run-ins with left and right | Social Media News
All five judges on Brazil’s Supreme Court panel voted last week to uphold a ban on Elon Musk’s social media platform X in the country,…
Why is Tunisia’s Administrative Court at odds with its electoral authority? | Elections News
A dispute has arisen between Tunisia’s courts and electoral authority that could determine at least the next few years of the country’s future. Essentially, the…
Russia jails journalist for spreading ‘fake news’ about army in Ukraine war | Freedom of the Press News
Sergei Mikhailov was arrested in 2022 after publishing reports about civilian deaths in Bucha and Mariupol.A court in Russia has sentenced journalist Sergei Mikhailov to…
Did Biden’s White House pressure Mark Zuckerberg to censor COVID content? | Censorship News
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has accused United States President Joe Biden’s administration of pressuring his team to censor content on the COVID-19 pandemic in a…
Is China silencing artists in Australia? | Censorship
In the first of a two-part investigation, 101 East asks: Is China silencing artists in Australia?In the past two decades, Chinese contemporary art has taken…
RFK Jr. blames ‘media censorship,’ plans to campaign for Trump
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced he is suspending his campaign for the presidency while in in Phoenix on Friday. Kennedy went on to endorse Republican…
Hell hath no fury like a librarian scorned in the book banning wars
Amanda Jones is a Louisiana middle-school librarian who sleeps with a shotgun under her bed and carries a pistol when she travels the back roads.…