Maddow “Gets in the robot”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjP2k3dyq48 In a scathing op ed, Rachel Maddow of MSNBC goes on a 20 minute tirade about the historical implications of the current managment of...
Sorry Susan Glasser, There is already a word for that.
Two words actually, The effect reffered to in this clip between Susan Glasser and Steven Colbert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPEBB8EGPAw This is known as the "Lucifer Effect" as...
When censorship is so over-the-top that it becomes a joke.
Disney’s Christopher Robin has been banned in China. While no specific reason was given for the rejection, the Hollywood Reporter attributed the decision to China’s crackdown on images of...
A Chinese Professor Was Interrupted by Police During a Live Television Interview. He’s Been Silent Ever Since.
A Chinese professor and outspoken Beijing critic appears to have gone missing after police broke into his home and abruptly ended his interview with U.S.-backed...
Why some of Tencent’s WeChat users are feeling locked out of an online life
Although Chinese internet users live closely alongside censorship some have found it hard to cope as the state’s internet clampdown gets more intrusive and personal
Milo Yiannopoulos: My call for shooting journalists was just a ‘troll’
Conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos on Thursday insisted on Thursday that he "wasn't being serious" when he recently told two reporters that he “can’t wait for...
UN assembly requested to review the case of Julian Assange as protection of human rights of journalists.
Request to the UN for review of the Julian Assange case on human rights grounds.
Will Shujaat Bukhari’s assassination finally force India to wake up?
Shujaat Bukhari, one of Kashmir’s foremost journalists, was assassinated Thursday, the eve of Eid, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. For Indians, Bukhari’s...
A New Wave of Censorship: Distributed Attacks on Expression and Press Freedom
KEY FINDINGS In both authoritarian or democratic contexts, new forms of censorship online are carried out through distributed attacks on freedom of expression that are...
EPA limiting reporters at chemical summit.
A number of media outlets are pushing back at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for limiting the reporters allowed to cover part of its chemical summit...