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Instagram bans photos for showing menstruation

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What does censoring nude art say about us?

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#mynameis coalition takes "fake name" protest to Facebook HQ

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Facebook is accused of censoring investigative journalism

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Privatizing censorship in fight against extremism is risk to press freedom

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Zuckerberg talks to Merkel about hate speech

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Is Twitter censoring a report on drone assassinations?

Oct 19, 2015

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A hard line for hardliners?

The Iranian government’s ambivalence toward social media platforms was recently put on display during a conflict with the photo-sharing site Instagram. Just days before the 26th anniversary of...

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Facebook's guide to being a lady

Learning how to act like a lady online is hard. Revealing swimsuits and underwear are okay, unless you happen to be plus-sized. Breastfeeding wasn’t okay to show, but now it is. Body hair is...

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Between religion and the right to free expression

The violent attacks on French satire magazine Charlie Hebdo last January only served to reinvigorate support for free expression, with many public figures and celebrities expressing support for the...

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Social media, news, and the right to know

The idea for Onlinecensorship.org was born in 2011, when Facebook took down a link posted by popular band Coldplay. The link, deemed “abusive” by the social network, was to a song of protest for...

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Twitter Has Censored Gory Images of the Paris Attacks

Nov 19, 2015

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Facebook apologises for marking story as spam

Nov 26, 2015

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Facebook’s disappearing act

On Friday, November 20th, I shared a link on my Facebook wall. It was a short film made by a Venezuelan filmmaker, María Eugenia Morón, who intended to fictionalize the alleged conditions of political...

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Why Did Facebook Censor Copenhagen's Little Mermaid?

Jan 05, 2016

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Silicon Valley appears open to helping US spy agencies after terrorism summit

Jan 08, 2016

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Facebook begins Europe-wide campaign against extremist posts

Jan 18, 2016

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Why Google Quit China—and Why It’s Heading Back

Jan 19, 2016

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On Criticising Charlie Hebdo, and the Perils of Selective Freedom of Speech

Jan 20, 2016

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Censorship in the social media age

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