Cindy Harper
Cindy Harper blogs mostly about social media censorship and culture stories. [email protected]
Stories
Iran Cuts Off Internet Access to Curb Protests
A suppression tactic.
Rights Holders End Legal Demands for ISPs to Ban Movie Pirates From the Internet
The plaintiffs must have realized their demands were overreaching.
Ad-Blocker AdGuard Struggles With Google’s Extension Rules
Google’s core business is ads. Its new API changes curb the power of ad-blockers.
Taliban Set to Ban TikTok and Video Game PUBG
After already banning many forms of media.
Meta Oversight Board Says Facebook’s Image Auto-Censorship Tech Is Broken, Harming Free Speech
The technology is automatically censoring speech.
Facebook Blocks Holocaust Movie Beautiful Blue Eyes
Appeals were denied.
China Is Building a Database of DNA From Tibetan Citizens
Major privacy concerns.
Judge Suspends Arizona’s Law Limiting the Filming of Cops
On First Amendment grounds.
Facebook Says It Was a Mistake to Censor the Falling Man Photos and Articles to Commemorate 9/11
Users who posted to commemorate 9/11 were punished.
Saudi Arabia Tells Netflix to Stop Violating “Islamic Values”
Netflix is hit with censorship pressure.
Pakistan Blocked YouTube to Suppress Imran Khan Speech
A growing suppression tactic.
