August 17, 2016: The Weekly Takedown
by Matthew Stender | Aug 17 2016
404: Twitter agreed to block a tweet from being viewed in Israel that was published in the US about an Israeli senior justice ministry employee.
Censored: A cybercrime bill recently passed by Pakistan’s National Assembly contains vague wording and disproportionate penalties that leave many worried it will be misused for Internet censorship.
User not found:The Twitter account of the hacker Guccifer 2.0, who has released documents from the US Democratic National Committee, was suspended.
Speech!: It has emerged that Twitter secretly filtered out questions during a Q&A with President Obama.
Further Reading:
London’s Metropolitan police are set to create a “troll-hunting” unit to combat hate crimes online.
A Malaysian political cartoonist faces up to 43 years in jail for his social media posts in the latest attempt by the Malaysian government to crack down on free expression.

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