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28 June 2017: The Weekly Takedown
Jillian C. York
Jun 28 2017
In this week’s Takedown, major platforms form an anti-terrorism agreement, while Twitter gets heavy-handed on copyright infringement.
27 April 2017: The Weekly Takedown
Matthew Stender
Apr 27 2017
Thailand and Vietnam go after Facebook, Instagram goes after museums, and Twitter refuses to go after Trump...and more in this week's Takedown.
18 April 2017: The Weekly Takedown
Matthew Stender
Apr 20 2017
Facebook is under fire this week after a murder was broadcast on its Live platform.
12 April 2017: The Weekly Takedown
Matthew Stender
Apr 12 2017
This week's update shows how governments and corporate executives collaborate to limit access to content online.
31 March 2017: The Weekly Takedown
Ramzi Jaber
Mar 31 2017
A look at Twitter's latest transparency report and YouTube's new "restricted" mode...and more in this week's Takedown.
24 March 2017: The Weekly Takedown
Jillian C. York
Mar 24 2017
This week, we take a look at YouTube's latest restrictions and Twitter's takedown of more than half a million accounts.
1 March 2017: The Weekly Takedown
Jillian C. York
Mar 1 2017
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...
25 January 2017: The Weekly Takedown
Jillian C. York
Jan 25 2017
The censorship of a Russian media outlet, pirates posting porn, and more in this week's Takedown.
The Weekly Takedown: 11 January 2017
Jillian C. York
Jan 11 2017
This year's starting off on a censorious foot, with Apple blocking a popular news app in China. Find out more in this week's Takedown.
The Weekly Takedown: 7 December 2016
Jillian C. York
Dec 6 2016
Silicon Valley companies join forces against terrorism, one Chinese's company's quest to take censorship abroad, and more.
23 November 2016: The Weekly Takedown
Jillian C. York
Nov 23 2016
After a brief hiatus, the Weekly Takedown is back...and just in time for mass suspensions on Twitter!
Onlinecensorship.org launches second report, "Censorship in Context" (PDF)
Jillian C. York
Nov 16 2016
Censorship in Context: Insights from Crowdsourced Data on Social Media Censorship
12 October 2016: The Weekly Takedown
Jillian C. York
Oct 12 2016
In this week's roundup: the Brazilian government can't take a joke, Facebook's "mass purge" of Kashmiri accounts, and more...
5 October 2016: The Weekly Takedown
Matthew Stender
Oct 5 2016
Why did a cat photo result in a takedown? ...and other important questions in this week's roundup.
28 September 2016: The Weekly Takedown
Jillian C. York
Sep 28 2016
YouTube gamifies content moderation, Twitter refuses a takedown request, and more in this week's takedown.
7 September 2016: The Weekly Takedown
Jillian C. York
Sep 7 2016
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...
Blocked and banned by social media: When is it censorship?
San Francisco Chronicle
Aug 30 2016
In the San Francisco Chronicle, Marissa Lang explores whether bans on social media platforms ever amount to censorship.
1 September 2016: The Weekly Takedown
Jessica Anderson
Sep 1 2016
In this week's takedown, we look at censorship in Turkey, protest against Facebook in the US, and a censored hand.
24 August 2016: The Weekly Takedown
Jillian C. York
Aug 24 2016
In this week's takedown, we look at the various ways in which companies are silencing political speech around the world.
August 17, 2016: The Weekly Takedown
Matthew Stender
Aug 17 2016
Twitter makes waves for political censorship and Israel attempts to police the internet.
August 11, 2016: The Weekly Takedown
Kim Carlson
Aug 11 2016
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
Kim Carlson
Aug 4 2016
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
Jillian C. York
Jul 27 2016
In this week's update, we look at new features at Twitter, Facebook's block of a Wikileaks link, and more.
21 July: The Weekly Takedown
Jillian C. York
Jul 21 2016
In this week's update: Facebook is accused of censoring Kashmiris, Twitter bans a journalist's account for racist and sexist tweets, and a 14-year-old blog myst...
Onlinecensorship.org Launches in Spanish
Kim Carlson
Jul 21 2016
We're thrilled to announce that as of today, our website is available in Spanish!
13 July 2016: The Weekly Takedown
Jillian C. York
Jul 13 2016
This week's headlines are filled with news about censorship on Facebook. We take a deeper look.
22 June: The Weekly Takedown
Jillian C. York
Jun 22 2016
In this week's edition: Pressure from Bangladesh to remove "inappropriate speech," and removal of speech with no prodding at all.
15 June 2016: The Weekly Takedown
Sarah Myers West
Jun 15 2016
In this week's edition: Companies grapple with hate speech, and AI gets its day in the limelight.
European Commission's Hate Speech Deal With Companies Will Chill Speech
EFF
Jun 3 2016
A new agreement between the European Commission and four major U.S. companies—Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Microsoft—went into effect yesterday.
31 May 2016: The Weekly Takedown
May 31 2016
In this week's roundup: Pirate Bay founder calls Facebook's Zuckerberg a "dictator" and YouTube attempts to redefine pornography.
Does social media have a censorship problem?
May 13 2016
Index on Censorship spoke with team members Jillian C. York and Matthew Stender.
The Secret Rules of the Internet
The Verge
Apr 16 2016
The murky history of moderation, and how it’s shaping the future of free speech
Onlinecensorship.org launches first report (PDF)
Mar 31 2016
Unfriending Censorship: Insights from four months of crowdsourced data on social media censorship
March 9, 2016: More transparency needed
Matthew Stender
Mar 9 2016
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
Jillian C. York
Mar 3 2016
In this week's roundup: Facebook erases culture in Indonesia, and meetings between the US Justice Department and social media companies make headlines.
February 16, 2016: Facebook must face up to French censorship
Jillian C. York
Feb 16 2016
Each week, we will share a roundup of notable news articles related to censorship on social networks.
February 9, 2016: Facebook thinks ice cream cones are too sexy
Jillian C. York
Feb 9 2016
Each week, we will share a roundup of notable news articles related to censorship on social networks.
Twitter Has Censored Gory Images of the Paris Attacks
Mother Jones
Nov 19 2015
Over the past three days, Twitter has been preventing its users in France from viewing certain images and keywords related to the Paris attacks.
Social media, news, and the right to know
Jillian C. York
Nov 18 2015
The idea for Onlinecensorship.org was born in 2011, when Facebook took down a link posted by popular band Coldplay.
Is Twitter censoring a report on drone assassinations?
MOTHERBOARD
Oct 19 2015
“It seems clear that Twitter is now engaged in censorship,” Appelbaum wrote me in an email. “Censorship without transparency is a deceptive practice."
Privatizing censorship in fight against extremism is risk to press freedom
COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS
Oct 16 2015
Allowing ill-defined "extremist" content to be removed without judicial oversight or due process can too easily be used by states interested in limiting indepen...