The Weekly Takedown: 11 January 2017
by Jillian C. York | Jan 11 2017
- USER NOT FOUND: Twitter suspended pharmaceuticals villain Martin Shkreli for harassing a female journalist.
- CENSORED: Apple removed the New York Times app from his Chinese store following a request from a government body.
- NSFW: Facebook sure has something against statues! This time, the social media giant censored a photo of Bologna's nude Neptune.
- LONG READ: A lawyer has re-written Instagram's terms of service using child-friendly language...that likely benefits most users.
- BONUS READ: The Coral Project takes a deeper look at the "real name fallacy."
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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