Google Democratic dark horse Tulsi Gabbard files censorship lawsuit against Google Campaign ads were pulled following 'unusual account activity' By Cal Jeffrey, July 25, 2019, 4:04 PM 14 comments
Google Controversial search engine Project Dragonfly 'terminated' Google VP tells Congress Rumors of continued work lain to rest by sworn testimony By Cal Jeffrey, July 17, 2019, 1:23 PM
The Web Tech Culture USPTO grants Facebook patent for automated shadow-banning system Algorithms could filter out banned speech without the user knowing By Cal Jeffrey, July 16, 2019, 1:32 PM
The Web Twitter will pilot the ability to hide replies to tweets in Canada The replies can be hidden but not removed By Adrian Potoroaca, July 12, 2019, 6:47 AM
The Web Russia plans to block nine global VPN providers for refusing to comply with censorship demands They refuse to compromise on user privacy By Cohen Coberly, June 7, 2019, 3:11 PM 20 comments
The Web China blocks Wikipedia in all languages As the 30th anniversary of Tiananmen Square approaches By Rob Thubron, May 16, 2019, 7:49 AM 15 comments
The Web Tech Culture White House asks people to report instances of social media censorship Using its online survey By Rob Thubron, May 16, 2019, 7:05 AM 18 comments
The Web Russia signs law that requires ISPs to be able to disconnect from the outside internet They're also required to route traffic through Russian servers By Cohen Coberly, May 1, 2019, 5:57 PM 17 comments
Security The Web Russia's ultimatum to VPN providers: play by the rules or get the boot Top VPNs have just 30 days to comply By Isaiah Mayersen, March 30, 2019, 7:18 AM 14 comments
The Web Tech Culture Florida senator Joe Gruters proposes the 'Stop Social Media Censorship Act' Websites could be fined for censoring 'hate speech' By Cohen Coberly, March 18, 2019, 4:12 PM 34 comments
Google The Web Google denies that it's continued work on a censored search engine for China Project Dragonfly could very much be alive, or not... By David Matthews, March 4, 2019, 6:14 PM
The Web Twitter's Hide Tweet feature makes unwanted replies disappear from public view Handing censorship capabilities to all on Twitter By Greg Synek, March 1, 2019, 8:02 AM
The Web Russia plans to completely disconnect itself from the internet to see what happens The test is part of a proposed law regarding internet censorship and protection By William Gayde, February 11, 2019, 2:23 PM 29 comments
The Web Microsoft Microsoft says Bing has been blocked in China It's unclear why By Rob Thubron, January 24, 2019, 5:25 AM 36 comments
The Web Supreme Court denied reviewal of defamation lawsuit against Yelp reviews Your negative reviews are safe --- for now By Cal Jeffrey, January 23, 2019, 6:47 AM
The Web China's Twitter users now face detention and interrogations for their posts Imagine being chained to a chair for 8 hours over a tweet By Rob Thubron, January 11, 2019, 10:15 AM 16 comments
Gaming Tech Culture After months of freeze, China reopens its doors to new games, except for Tencent's Large titles from Tencent and NetEase are still absent By Isaiah Mayersen, December 30, 2018, 11:52 AM
The Web Google Google has reportedly shut down its 'Dragonfly' Chinese search engine project Internal pressure has forced the company's hand By Cohen Coberly, December 18, 2018, 6:26 AM
Gaming Industry China forms game ethics committee, rejects almost half of first 20 titles it reviews (updated) And wants "moral hazard" content removed from 11 others By Rob Thubron, December 11, 2018, 8:24 AM 7 comments
Google Tech Culture Open letter from Google employees calls for the cancelation of Project Dragonfly The custom engine reportedly collects personal info and censors search results By Cal Jeffrey, November 27, 2018, 6:46 PM 14 comments
Google The Web Google CEO directly confirms the company is building censored search for China Pichai is worried about public perception of how AI gets used By Greg Synek, October 16, 2018, 9:16 AM 15 comments
Google The Web VP Mike Pence slams Google over Chinese search engine project The veep said it would "strengthen Communist Party censorship" By Rob Thubron, October 5, 2018, 8:05 AM
Google The Web Google employees discussed modifying search results to contradict Trump travel ban A clever plan to promote pro-immigration groups By Greg Synek, September 21, 2018, 9:25 AM 45 comments
The Web Twitch says it has been blocked in China Joining an increasingly long list By Rob Thubron, September 21, 2018, 6:13 AM
Google The Web Google reportedly built a Chinese search engine that links queries to phone numbers Google has yet to publicly comment on Dragonfly By Shawn Knight, September 17, 2018, 11:01 AM