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CATEGORY: Digital Freedom
Gambia: Government suspected of blocking Viber
The increasingly authoritarian regime of Gambia is suspected of blocking the popular social media app Viber following weeks of speculation on the government’s intentions. The government said it has not been banned and blames service providers for the outage. Buya Jammeh reports
2020 vision: Who runs the internet?
Index on Censorship, in association with Doughty Street Chambers, invites you to attend our high-level panel discussion asking who runs the internet?
China ramps up army of “opinion monitors”
The Chinese government has revealed it is expanding their censorship of the internet with a new training programme for the estimated two million “opinion monitors” Beijing organised last year. Alastair Sloan reports
Banning Twitter: The Turkish media experiment
Turkey’s recent experience with Twitter shows classic authoritarianism is based on merging civic responsibility with a leader’s aspirations. Binoy Kampmark writes.
As internet matures India faces a choice on governance
For many years, the Indian public in particular, had very little interest in who controlled the internet and decisions taken at a structural level that shaped its future. Mahima Kaul reports on how that’s changing.
Index Freedom of Expression Awards: Digital activism nominee Edward Snowden
In 2013, National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden leaked thousands of documents detailing US government surveillance to the press, igniting a global debate on the ways authorities can watch citizens’ communications
China’s suprise freedom of speech crackdown on WeChat
WeChat was the darling of the Chinese start-up scene, the sexy competitor to Weibo domestically, and Twitter and WhatsApp, on the global stage. That was until China cracked down, Alastair Sloan reports
Erdogan’s threat to shut down social media is warning for media freedom in Turkey
The Turkish government continues to threaten internet freedom, placing added pressure on social media platforms, writes Catherine Stupp
Index Freedom of Expression Awards: Digital activism nominee Tails
Tails is an open-source encryption tool that can help protect free online communication in any country, regardless of official limits on free expression.