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Context On December 2nd, Elon Musk retweeted a thread which was posted at Musk’s behest by Matt Taibbi, called The “Twitter Files.” The thread details the censorship Twitter executives engaged in …
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Nicaragua’s government is a regime of accelerating oppression, injustice, and terror. Through Daniel Ortega’s 15 year regime, elections have become increasingly unfair, civil unrest has grown, and …
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At the end of last month the Biden administration unveiled a new “Disinformation Board” within the Department of Homeland Security, aimed at attacking online “disinformation” as a national security …
Belarus is a shockingly young country, having gained its independence in 1991 following the fall of the Soviet Union. Censorship is not a new phenomenon within the country, but it appears to be …
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In Serbia today, President Aleksander Vucic is continuing Serbia’s plunge into the pool of eroding democracy by conducting soft censorship of the media. Aleksander Vucic began his political journey as …
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This month, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega brought five private universities under state control in an effort to censor college students, whom he perceives to be one of the greatest threats to his …
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Spread over six floors, thousands of employees stare at their computer screens scanning Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube in the middle of a traffic-clogged city. This is a content moderation center, …
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Poland’s media problem began with President Andrzej Duda’s election in 2015. He started with blatant attempts to control the commanding heights of the media, especially public television. Duda …
