28 September 2016: The Weekly Takedown
by Jillian C. York | Sep 28 2016 |
USER NOT FOUND: Twitter received an order from the Turkish government to block the account of writer Mahir Zeynalov, but refused the request.
SPEECH!: Facebook has come under fire for taking down the accounts of two well-known Palestinian journalists. The company apologized and called the takedowns "a mistake."
CENSORED: YouTube has announced a new program called "YouTube Heroes" that gamifies content moderation.
LONG READ: What is Facebook's relationship to marijuana? It's complicated, writes Debra Borchardt for Forbes.
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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