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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...
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.
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
Mark Zuckerberg is ‘dictator’ of Facebook ‘nation’: The Pirate Bay founder
CNBC
May 27 2016
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg is the "dictator" of "the biggest nation in the world", the co-founder of file sharing site The Pirate Bay, told CNBC on Friday, a...
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.
Onlinecensorship.org launches first report (PDF)
Mar 31 2016
Unfriending Censorship: Insights from four months of crowdsourced data on social media censorship
The big myth Facebook needs everyone to believe
Washington Post
Jan 28 2016
Facebook says its community standards are inert, universal, agnostic to place and time.
#mynameis coalition takes "fake name" protest to Facebook HQ
SF WEEKLY
Jun 1 2015
The #MyNameIs coalition says that Facebook's policy of requiring people to use its service under their "legal" name is discriminatory.