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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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mathana Stender

Matthew Stender, Project Strategist for onlinecensorship.org, is a Tech Ethicist, focusing on the ethical and cultural implications of emerging technology. His research focuses on algorithm transparency, network bias and freedom of expression online, as well as political and socio-cultural dynamics of censorship by social media networks.