9 People Hold the Internet’s Fate in Their Hands
The Florida bill attempts to weaken defendants’ protections in defamation lawsuits, including by making it easier to sue if the plaintiff has been accused of discriminating by race, sex, sexual…
Apple Will Soon Tell You Why an App Was Removed From the App Store
Apple has reportedly pledged to improve disclosures about the reasons it removes certain apps from its App Store, following claims that the tech giant’s secretive decision-making process endangers free expression…
The Internet Is at Risk of Driving Women Away
Unless we act, 2023 will be the year that women leave the internet. Women already face enormous risks online. A Pew Research report of a US survey shows that one-third…
Instagram Is a Site of Protest for the Chinese Diaspora
Northern Square was not the only account reviving the lo-fi, nostalgic aesthetic from China’s more hopeful and democratic past. Pages like @beijing_silvermine, and @beijing_in_springtime all became popular in the Chinese…
Transparency For Thee, But Not For Me
In short, no one’s tweets were unfindable to the public without the poster knowing about it: if they were suspended or banned, naturally they’d be aware. De-amplification–affecting a person’s ranking…
Iran’s Internet Blackouts Are Part of a Global Menace
For the past five weeks, thousands of Iranians, led by courageous young women, have taken to the streets of dozens of cities around the country, driven to action by the…
Section 230’s Fate Belongs With Congress—Not the US Supreme Court
In the nearly 27 years since Congress passed Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, courts have broadly interpreted it to protect online communities for being legally responsible for user…
VLC Player Developer Issues Legal Notice to DoT, MeitY Over Website Ban
VLC Media Player developer VideoLAN has issued a notice to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) over the blocking of its website…
Protest Hides in Plain Sight in Hong Kong
On a particularly clear day, I ascended Lion’s Rock, an iconic peak in Kowloon which offers stunning vistas of Hong Kong to the intrepid hiker. In 2019, the grandiose cliff…
Are You Ready to Be Surveilled Like a Sex Worker?
Additionally, many traditional methods for maintaining relative anonymity on the internet are likely to begin to evaporate. Consider that institutions subject to the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), which requires…