Category Archives: Censorship

French President Emmanuel Macron has a rather extreme approach to combat fake news: ban entire websites. In a speech to journalists on Wednesday, Macron said he planned to introduce new legislation to strictly regulate fake news during online political… Continue reading France’s President Macron Wants To Block Websites During Elections To Fight ‘Fake News’→

The Trump administration is calling on the government of Iran to stop blocking Instagram and other social media sites while encouraging Iranians to use special software to circumvent controls. “The great Iranian people have been repressed for many year… Continue reading US Calls On Iran To Unblock Social Media Sites Amid Protests→

The Trump administration is calling on the government of Iran to stop blocking Instagram and other social media sites while encouraging Iranians to use special software to circumvent controls. “The great Iranian people have been repressed for many year… Continue reading US Calls On Iran To Unblock Social Media Sites Amid Protests→

Germany is set to start enforcing a law that demands social media sites move quickly to remove hate speech, fake news and illegal material. From a report: Sites that do not remove “obviously illegal” posts could face fines of up to 50m euro ($60m). The… Continue reading Germany Starts Enforcing Hate Speech Law→

Long-time Slashdot reader cold fjord writes: As seething discontent has boiled over in Iran leading to mass protests, protesters have taken to the streets and social media to register their discontent… The government has been closing schools and shut… Continue reading Iran Cuts Internet Access and Threatens Telegram Following Mass Protests→

Vietnam is deploying a 10,000-member military cyber warfare unit to combat what the government sees as a growing threat of “wrongful views” proliferating on the internet, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing local media reports. From the report: For… Continue reading Vietnam Deploys 10,000 Cyber Warriors to Fight ‘Wrongful Views’→

An anonymous reader quotes a report from PBS: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald on Sunday addressed a report that President Donald Trump’s administration had banned the CDC from using seven words or phrases … Continue reading CDC Director Says No Words Are Actually Banned At the CDC→

“Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince hated cutting off service to the infamous neo-Nazi site the Daily Stormer in August,” reports Ars Technica. “And he’s determined not to do it again. ‘I’m almost a free-speech absolutist.’ Prince said at an event at the Ne… Continue reading Cloudflare’s CEO Has a Plan To Never Censor Hate Speech Again→

An anonymous reader shares a Bloomberg report: Apple’s Tim Cook and Google’s Sundar Pichai made their first appearances at China’s World Internet Conference, bringing star power to a gathering the Chinese government uses to promote its strategy of tigh… Continue reading Apple, Google CEOs Bring Star Power as China Promotes Censorship→