14 September 2016: The Weekly Takedown
by Jillian C. York | Sep 14 2016 |
- NSFW: Facebook came under fire this week for taking down a Norwegian newspaper's post of Nick Ut's iconic "Napalm Girl" photograph. The company has since apologized.
- Speech! UK writer Jane Fae has accused Facebook of imposing "prissy American censorship" on the rest of the world.
- Censored: The Intercept's Glenn Greenwald explores Facebook's censorship collaboration with the Israeli government.
- Art: "Instagram needs to accept that we cannot live in a society that treats men and women differently," writes Silje Mari.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jillian C. York
Jillian C. York is a writer and activist whose work lies at the intersection of technology and policy. Based in Berlin, she serves of the Director for International Freedom of Expression at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, where she works on issues of free expression, privacy, and digital security.
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