Collaborate Disseminate
A new website exposes the extent to which Apple cooperates with Chinese government internet censorship, blocking access to Western news sources, information about human rights and religious freedoms, and privacy-enhancing apps that would circumvent the… Continue reading New Site Exposes How Apple Censors Apps in China
The UAE was found to be blocking LGBTQ content using a pre-set category in Netsweeper’s software. Amid pressure from rights groups, the company says it’s disabled that category. Continue reading Canadian Internet Filtering Company Says It’s Stopped ‘Alternative Lifestyles’ Censorship
A senior policy analyst from a non-partisan national security think tank — and one of their cybersecurity policy fellows — sound a dire warning in an op-ed shared by Slashdot reader schwit1:
From facial recognition software to GPS trackers to compute… Continue reading Is US Surveillance Technology Propping Up Authoritarian Regimes?
The law brought sweeping new powers, allowing authorities to force technology companies to hand over user data and to censor posts. Continue reading Facebook violated tough new cybersecurity law, says Vietnam
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Techdirt: By now, of course, you’re aware that the Verizon-owned Tumblr (which was bought by Yahoo, which was bought by Verizon and merged into “Oath” with AOL and other no longer relevant properties) has sudden… Continue reading Tumblr Blocked Archivists Just Before Starting the NSFW Content Purge
In a hearing with the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai kept saying the company has no plans right now to launch a search product in China. But that response leaves plenty of room to launch when it does want to. Continue reading Google CEO Says No Plan to ‘Launch’ Censored Search Engine in China
Users have been sharing their innocuous posts that have been deemed #TooSexyForTumblr. Continue reading Tumblr’s Algorithm Thinks Vomiting Unicorns, Raw Chicken, and Boot Cleaners Are Porn
Tumblr, the underground social media site known for its pornographic content and tight-knit community, will be instituting a major change to its guidelines in a couple of weeks. The company said in a blog post today that it will permanently ban adult c… Continue reading Tumblr Will Ban All Adult Content On December 17th
The RIAA has also renewed calls for the government to consider ‘website blocking’ and filtering to stop music piracy. Continue reading The Music Industry Asks US Government to Make ‘Unauthorized Streaming’ a Felony
In my book Data and Goliath, I write about the value of privacy. I talk about how it is essential for political liberty and justice, and for commercial fairness and equality. I talk about how it increases personal freedom and individual autonomy, and h… Continue reading How Surveillance Inhibits Freedom of Expression