12 July 2017: The Weekly Takedown
by Jillian C. York | Jul 12 2017
USER NOT FOUND: A pro-life group has accused Twitter of suppressing messages criticizing Planned Parenthood
CENSORED: Reporters Without Borders stated that Germany’s “Facebook Law” creates risk of over-blocking
SPEECH!: An editorial from Pakistan’s Dawn notes that the country’s interior minister has met with Facebook’s VP of global public policy to discuss blasphemous content
404: “Facebook can’t solve its hate speech problem with automation,” writes @AthertonKD
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jillian C. York
Jillian C. York is a writer and activist whose work lies at the intersection of technology and policy. Based in Berlin, she serves of the Director for International Freedom of Expression at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, where she works on issues of free expression, privacy, and digital security.
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