‘Sudanese security officers seized the print runs of 14 newspapers on Monday, a government-run media body said, in one of the most sweeping crackdowns on the press in recent years. The National Intelligence and Security […]
‘Only two weeks after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a strongly worded #JeSuisCharlie statement on the importance of free speech, Facebook has agreed to censor images of the prophet Muhammad in Turkey — including the […]
‘Starting on April 19, 1956, the federal government practiced and planned for a near-doomsday scenario known as Plan C. When activated, Plan C would have brought the United States under martial law, rounded up over […]
‘Although Facebook recently announced its new flagging feature which allows users – including government officials – to suppress posts they disagree with, it’s not the first time the social media giant censored free speech in […]
‘You’ve seen them in your feed: false reports of celebrity deaths, conspiracy theories presented as real news, promises of free iPads if you share a link, quotes attributed to the Pope that he never said. […]
‘The EU is planning to give Europe’s police intelligence agency, Europol, new powers to become a European internet watchdog and censor, according to a secret policy document. The measures also include controls to have internet […]
‘An in-depth investigation into vital unanswered questions raised by the US Senate’s startling report on CIA torture and rendition has been launched in the UK. The probe is aimed at addressing crucial gaps in public […]
‘Sri Lanka’s new president, Maithripala Sirisena, has pledged to dismantle the authoritarian rule of the former president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, after voting him out after a decade. Sirisena’s new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe reassured reporters on […]