Coronavirus Coverage by State-Backed English-Language News Sources

Coronavirus Coverage by State-Backed English-Language News Sources. Understanding Chinese, Iranian, Russian and Turkish Government Media (Jonathan Bright et al. The Computational Propaganda Project (COMPROP), Oxford Internet Institute)

The Other Digital China

The Other Digital China - Nonconfrontational Activism on the Social Web (Jing Wang)

Digital authoritarianism

The Global Expression Report 2018-19 shows that global freedom of expression at its lowest for a decade. Gains that were made between 2008 – 2013 have been eroded over the last five years.

Russia's Great Firewall

Russia Is About to Disconnect From the Internet: What That Means (Adam Smith, PCMag)

Facebook: o censor do arquivo

Os censores do Facebook em acção (J. Pacheco Pereira)

Internet Consolidation Opened the Door to Censorship

Titans like Facebook, Google and Apple defeat the purpose of a decentralized web (Elaine Ou, Bloomberg)

Algorithms of Oppression

Bias already exists in search engine results, and it’s only going to get worse. The way search engines work is far from unprejudiced (Jackie Snow, MIT Technology Review). Algorithms of Oppression. How Search Engines Reinforce Racism (Safiya Umoja Noble, New York University Press, 2018)

The tyranny of algorithms is part of our lives: soon they could rate everything we do (John Harris, The Guardian)

Filtering, blocking and take-down of illegal content on the Internet

The Council of Europe commissioned to the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law a comparative study in respect of filtering, blocking and take-down of illegal content on the Internet in the 47 member States of the Organisation. This study describes and assesses the legal framework but also the relevant case-law and practice in the field. It is divided in two main parts: country reports and comparative considerations.

Coreia in/out

A Coreia superconectada contra a Coreia ‘incomunicável’ (El País)

Sites bloqueados em Portugal

Lista de Sites Bloqueados em Portugal (544, segundo o Ahoy!)

UE: partilha de links não constitui violação aos direitos de autor (pplware)

Descriminalização de downloads piratas quase... chumbada (Expresso)

Online censorship, surveillance and traffic manipulation

Censorship and other Network Anomalies Around the World (Open Observatory of Network Interference - OONI)

Zuckerberg meets China propaganda chief

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg meets China propaganda chief in Beijing (Guardian)

Automated Censorship

Google Chair Eric Schmidt Suggests a "Spell-Check" for Hate Speech: The Coming Danger of Automated Censorship

Censorship in China

There's no Internet censorship in China, says China's top Internet censor

Generación 'firechat'

La generación 'firechat' evade la censura: China bloquea las redes sociales para acallar la 'primavera asiática'

Behind the Great Firewall of China

Social Media in China

Here's How Social Media Works In China

SOPA

SOPA (Stop Internet Piracy Act) is 'Internet censorship,' says Google & Twitter & Facebook.

Internet giants place full-page anti-SOPA ad in NYT

Digital, Mobile, and Social Media in China (April 2011)

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