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The Weekly Takedown: 20 June 2018
YouTube’s arbitrary enforcement of its moderation policies drew criticism from gambling vloggers, cannabis channels, and more in this week’s Weekly Takedown.
2 August 2017: The Weekly Takedown
In the latest Weekly Takedown: Google's technosolutionism, why the #freethenipple movement is struggling, and more...
19 July 2017: The Weekly Takedown
Winnie the Pooh, terrorist content, and sacred cows are among the content censored this week by social media platforms...
6 July 2017: The Weekly Takedown
Instagram tests AI, China bans livestreaming, and more...in this week's Takedown.
27 April 2017: The Weekly Takedown
Thailand and Vietnam go after Facebook, Instagram goes after museums, and Twitter refuses to go after Trump...and more in this week's Takedown.
31 March 2017: The Weekly Takedown
A look at Twitter's latest transparency report and YouTube's new "restricted" mode...and more in this week's Takedown.
15 March 2017: The Weekly Takedown
In this week's update, we look at the censorship of sexuality across social media platforms.
1 March 2017: The Weekly Takedown
In this latest edition of the Weekly Takedown, we look at Facebook's latest announcement, an apparent new policy at Twitter, and the effect of online censorship...
The Weekly Takedown: 18 January 2017
Censorship in Thailand, a lawsuit against Microsoft, and more in this week's Takedown.
The Weekly Takedown: 7 December 2016
Silicon Valley companies join forces against terrorism, one Chinese's company's quest to take censorship abroad, and more.
30 November 2016: The Weekly Takedown
In this week's roundup, nudity and body image on Instagram, the "fake news" controversy, and why Facebook might be building a tool to censor in China.
14 September 2016: The Weekly Takedown
Nudity on Facebook and Instagram feature heavily in this week's takedown.
7 September 2016: The Weekly Takedown
This week, we look at algorithmic models to fight extremism, the growth of white nationalism on Twitter, and the ever-increasing censorship of Facebook pages an...
1 September 2016: The Weekly Takedown
In this week's takedown, we look at censorship in Turkey, protest against Facebook in the US, and a censored hand.
August 11, 2016: The Weekly Takedown
This week we look into issues surrounding the power balance between users and their platforms (and in some cases, the state).
4 August 2016: The Weekly Takedown
In this week's update, we look at how Instagram is dealing with harassment on its platform, two political crises for Facebook and Twitter's future use of corpor...
27 July 2016: The Weekly Takedown
In this week's update, we look at new features at Twitter, Facebook's block of a Wikileaks link, and more.
29 June 2016: The Weekly Takedown
This week, we look at the relationship between art and social media, political censorship in the Philippines and Singapore, and whether companies are using auto...
8 June 2016: The Weekly Takedown
In this week's edition: Bias against bodies, Israel seeks social media control, a Philippine journalist censored, and more.
17 May 2016: The Weekly Takedown
Formerly known as "Last Week in Online Censorship," The Weekly Takedown shares stories of social media censorship from around the world.
March 15, 2016: Elective censorship
In this week's roundup: Instagram and Facebook censor mockery of Donald Trump and a German breast cancer campaign encourages breaking Facebook's nudity ban.
March 9, 2016: More transparency needed
In this week's roundup: The ACLU calls for more transparency, and Facebook censors a sexual health video.
March 3, 2016: At the intersection of corporations and governments
In this week's roundup: Facebook erases culture in Indonesia, and meetings between the US Justice Department and social media companies make headlines.
February 23, 2016: A diverse mix of entities all experience Facebook censorship
In this week's roundup: A satirical magazine, marijuana dispensaries, and a Tunisian photographer all face Facebook censorship.
February 9, 2016: Facebook thinks ice cream cones are too sexy
Each week, we will share a roundup of notable news articles related to censorship on social networks.