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Tag: Internet censorship

Posted inOpinion

The real problem with free speech on social media: algorithms

by Kai Riemer and Sandra Peter May 19, 2022May 19, 2022

Imagine there is a public-speaking square in your city, much like the ancient Greek agora. Here you can freely share your ideas without censorship. But there’s one key difference. Someone decides, for his or her own economic benefit, who gets to listen to what speech or which speaker. And this isn’t disclosed when you enter, […]

Posted inIran

Iran poised to be plunged into utter cyber-darkness

by Kourosh Ziabari July 11, 2021July 14, 2021
Indian consumers check their mobile telephones at a free Wi-Fi Internet zone.   Photo: AFP/ Indranil Mukherjee
Posted inOpinion

India is taking apart the Internet

by Joseph Dana March 23, 2021March 23, 2021
Posted inBeijing, Technology, Wuhan

VPNs escape Beijing’s iron grip on web, for now

by Frank Chen March 4, 2020March 10, 2020
Posted inChina, World

US billionaire issues stark warning on China

by Xuan Loc Doan January 30, 2019January 30, 2019
Posted inIran, Middle East

Iran’s looming Instagram ban shows hardliner disconnect

by Kourosh Ziabari January 22, 2019February 18, 2020
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong speaks at the International Conference on The Future of Asia in Tokyo, Japan, September 29, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Malaysia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, World

Singapore’s fake news debate wrapped in 1MDB controversy

by Kirsten Han November 14, 2018February 18, 2020
As the market crashes, many Chinese Bitcoin mines are said to be closing down and their hardware is being sold off for scrap. Photo: iStock
Posted inBeijing, China, Hong Kong, Russia, World

Roubini’s crypto critique warns of China’s ‘looming threat’

by Peter J. Brown October 17, 2018February 18, 2020
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Posted inBeijing, China

Evidence that Big Brother is watching you on WeChat

by Asia Times staff May 16, 2018February 18, 2020
Indonesian journalists wearing masks observe World Press Freedom Day in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 3, 2016. Photo: AFP Forum
Posted inAfghanistan, AT Finance, China, European Union, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, World

How press freedom is won

by Leon Willems May 3, 2018
The Telegram messaging service has been banned in Russia. Photo: Reuters/ Dado Ruvic
Posted inRussia, World

‘Battle for Telegram’ rages across Russian servers

by Asia Times staff April 18, 2018February 18, 2020
Pavel Durov, CEO and co-founder of Telegram, speaks onstage during day one of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2015 in San Francisco, California.  Photo: Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch
Posted inChina, Russia, World

Telegram messaging app banned by Moscow

by Asia Times staff April 14, 2018February 18, 2020
A man logs on to Facebook in Shanghai. Photo: Reuters / Carlos Barria
Posted inBeijing, China, European Union, Germany, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Japan, Northeast Asia, Taiwan, World

Beijing to block VPNs but there are still ways around the Wall

by Frank Chen February 27, 2018February 18, 2020
Photo: iStock
Posted inChina

Now Beijing’s thought police are going on a suicide watch

by Asia Times staff February 8, 2018February 18, 2020

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