‘Arrogant billionaire’: Australia, Musk in war of words over censorship | Social Media
Elon Musk and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese clash over order to remove X posts on church stabbing. Australia and Elon Musk have escalated their…
Pakistan says it blocked social media platform X over ‘national security’ | Social Media News
The platform remained inaccessible to users, but government officials refused to acknowledge any restrictions, until now. Pakistan blocked access to social media platform X around…
Meta’s oversight board urges Facebook, Instagram to lift ban on ‘shaheed’ | Censorship News
The oversight board of Meta, the social media giant which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has ruled that a ban on the use of the…
Censorship is a crucial complement of genocide | Israel War on Gaza
Last month on the BBC’s flagship news programme, Newsnight, author and journalist Howard Eric Jacobson complained that Britain’s public broadcaster had been showing too many…
Closed Cyberspace: Does Meta censor pro-Palestinian content? | Social Media
An Al Jazeera social media experiment tests whether some platforms discriminate against pro-Palestinian, Arabic content. Al Jazeera investigates how social media moderation and censorship policies…
US tech giants refuse to work with Britain’s top secret military censorship board – POLITICO
Over the past several years, its scope has grown to include cyber incidents — such as when an MoD supplier was hit by a ransomware…
X faces restrictions in Pakistan amid protests over alleged vote rigging | Censorship News
Islamabad, Pakistan: Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, continues to remain inaccessible to users in Pakistan after internet watchdog groups started to report…
Facebook at 20: From virtual community to censorship of reality | Social Media
When I joined Facebook in 2007, three years after the platform launched, I used it solely as a means of staying in touch with friends…
Hate crime tracker Hindutva Watch blocked in India ahead of national vote | Censorship News
New Delhi, India – The website of Hindutva Watch, a United States-based independent research project that documents hate crimes against religious minorities in India, is…
Sri Lanka Parliament passes bill to regulate online content | Censorship News
Sri Lanka’s Parliament has passed a hastily proposed bill to regulate online content, sparking criticism from rights groups and opposition politicians that the government is…
Malaysia charges two with ‘wounding religious feelings’ in now-banned film | Censorship News
Mentega Terbang, about a teenager exploring religion in the face of her mother’s terminal illness, was banned in September after criticism from conservative Muslim groups.…
Meta’s Censorship of Palestine Content: A Pattern of Misguided Practices
Human Rights Watch has released a report documenting Meta's systemic censorship of Palestine-related content on its platforms, Instagram and Facebook. The report, titled "Meta's Broken…
Algerian footballer Youcef Atal convicted in France over post on Gaza war | Israel War on Gaza News
A Nice court handed Atal a suspended sentence for reposting a video the 27-year-old said he did not fully watch before sharing. A French court…
Nicole Jenes and Rathbone: Social media influencers a new lens on Gaza war | Social Media
Exploring how Instagram and TikTok influencers shape narratives in Israel’s war on Gaza. Social media has revolutionised our understanding and perception of wars and conflicts.…
Genocide in Gaza: The coverage of Israel’s war | Israel-Palestine conflict
In this special edition, we compile our reporting on Israel’s war on Gaza – documenting the information war as it has played out since October…
Russia designates author Boris Akunin ‘terrorist and extremist’ | Russia-Ukraine war News
The popular novelist has criticised Russia’s war on Ukraine and previously called Vladimir Putin a ‘deranged dictator’. The Russian government has added the popular author…