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1 March 2017: The Weekly Takedown
by Jillian C. York | Mar 1 2017
LONG READ: Following Mark Zuckerberg's announcement of a plan to use Facebook to more actively build a "global community," Buzzfeed interviewed the CEO about globalism, protecting users, and fixing news.
NSFW: Photographer Wolgang Tillman's work is showing in the Tate Modern, but artist @Emma_Blau found that it was pre-emptively censored by Facebook.
SPEECH!: An apparent new policy at Twitter temporarily locks users accounts for "abusive behavior"...such as swearing at elected officials.
LONG READ: Vox co-founder @ezraklein analyzes Mark Zuckerberg's latest announcement and asks: "Can Facebook help humanity take its 'next step'?"
Jillian C. York
Jillian C. York is a writer and activist whose work lies at the intersection of technology and policy. Based in Berlin, she serves of the Director for International Freedom of Expression at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, where she works on issues of free expression, privacy, and digital security.
12 July 2017: The Weekly Takedown
Criticism of Germany's hate speech law, Facebook's solutions to hate speech, and Twitter's policies...and more in the latest Weekly Takedown.
22 June: The Weekly Takedown
In this week's edition: Pressure from Bangladesh to remove "inappropriate speech," and removal of speech with no prodding at all.
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Formerly known as "Last Week in Online Censorship," The Weekly Takedown shares stories of social media censorship from around the world.
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