News MPs vote through National Security Bill in ‘disaster for free press’ Backbenchers had wanted a ‘public interest defence’ to prevent journalists being jailed for sharing restricted information By Adam Bychawski / 16 Nov 2022
News Tech firms ‘facilitating censorship’ of LGBTIQ people must be held to account Study of six countries – from Indonesia to Russia – reveals what LGBTIQ people and rights activists face online, and what the consequences are By Aaron White / 2 Sep 2021
Home Does censoring the radical right on social media work? Censorship leads to various responses on the radical right such as migration to other platforms, such as Parler. By Ofra Klein / 7 Dec 2020
Home The Chinese government must let us cry for our dead My social media posts have been censored many times, especially when I said that “we don’t have the right to cry when we wish to" - but I plan to keep speaking out #HumansofCOVID19 By Open democracy / 9 Jul 2020
Home How Twitter is gagging Arabic users and acting as morality police Twitter’s behavior reflects an unspoken policy of protecting public figures from criticism. By Wael Eskandar / 23 Oct 2019
Home Global press freedom - a downward spiral It is not enough to call for journalists not to be assassinated, imprisoned or exiled – these actions are symptoms of a more fundamental failure. By Nik Williams / 11 Jul 2019
Cultural politics Now streaming: censorship How should companies like Netflix respond when repressive governments order the removal of critical content? By Allie Funk / 23 Jan 2019
