No publisher is willing or able to publish her works in China. The social media posts and articles that support her are often censored. A few people who spoke up […]
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Back to news homeThe far right’s favorite registrar is building ‘censorship-resistant’ servers
“The digital divide is now a matter of life and death for people who are unable to access essential healthcare information,” said UN Secretary General António Guterres in June 2020. […]
Cryptocat author gets insanely fast backing to build P2P tech for social media
The idea for Capsule started with a tweet about reinventing social media. A day later cryptography researcher, Nadim Kobeissi — best known for authoring the open-source E2E-encrypted desktop chat app […]
Inside Twitter’s Decision to Cut Off Trump
SAN FRANCISCO — Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s chief executive, was working remotely on a private island in French Polynesia frequented by celebrities escaping the paparazzi when a phone call interrupted him […]
As Trump Clashes With Big Tech, China’s Censored Internet Takes His Side
After Twitter and Facebook kicked President Trump off their platforms, and his supporters began comparing his social media muzzling to Chinese censorship, the president won support from an unexpected source: […]
Twitter Removes Over 70,000 QAnon Accounts
SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter on Monday said that it had removed more than 70,000 accounts that promoted the QAnon conspiracy theory in recent days, as the company widened its crackdown […]
Parler Accuses Amazon of Breaking Antitrust Law in Suspending Hosting Services
Parler said losing Amazon’s services would be a “death knell,” though other platforms popular with the far right and conspiracy theorists, like Gab and 8chan, have recovered after being terminated […]
A Year After Wuhan, China Tells a Tale of Triumph (and No Mistakes)
At a museum in Wuhan, China, a sprawling exhibition paints a stirring tale of how the city’s sacrifices in a brutal 76-day lockdown led to triumph over the coronavirus and, […]
Twitter’s Ban on Trump Shows Where Power Now Lies
It was a perfect match, and Mr. Trump soon began honing the freewheeling, stream-of-consciousness style that would become his signature. For years, he used the platform to weigh in on […]
Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler, an App That Drew Trump Supporters
Other platforms that host posts by right-wing influencers, including CloutHub and MyMilitia — a forum for militia groups — adjusted their terms of service recently to ban threats of violence.DLive […]