Meta censorship
Also see: Al Jazeera, Meta deletes Al Jazeera presenter’s profile after show criticising Israel, 10 Sep 2023
Allegations: KSA block Vice stories
Guardian, Vice blocked news stories that could offend Saudi Arabia, insiders say, 15 Aug 2023 “Vice has repeatedly blocked news stories that could offend the Saudi government, leaving its...
Senegal TikTok Block
Ngouda Dione and Joel Kouam, Reuters, Senegal blocks TikTok in widening clampdown on dissent, 3 Aug 2023 “Senegalese authorities on Wednesday blocked access to social media app TikTok, widening a clampdown...
Iran Net Restrictions
Jack Dutton, al-Monitor, Iran leads world in internet restrictions for 2023, followed by India, Pakistan “According to figures from cyber security company Surfshark, Iran took the lead globally with...
Tunisia and Satire
Elizia Volkmann, New Lines, Under Tunisia’s Humorless Autocrat, Satirists Wonder Who Will Get the Last Laugh, 19 July 2023. ““It’s the last day of freedom in Tunisia and we...
Uighur Bookshop & eBooks
Frankie Vetch, Coda, In Istanbul, the last Uyghur bookshops struggle to survive, 29 March 2023 “One Uyghur software developer, Memeteli Niyaz, has built a website that has around 3,000...
Pakistan and ‘Free Speech’
Amber Rahim Shamsi, Dawn, Bleep Bleep: Pemra’s wobbly dance with free speech, 11 March 2023, “How do you contain anger, accusation, propaganda and political hyperbole? And what do you...
VPN Use
Karl Finders, Computer Weekly, Millions in the Arab world use VPNs to overcome restrictions and bandwidth throttling “The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has the highest VPN download rate in the world,...
Net Shutdowns
AccessNow, Weapons of control, shields of impunity: Internet shutdowns in 2022 “From Azerbaijan to Zimbabwe, authorities are imposing internet shutdowns at staggering rates. In 2022 alone, governments and other...
Insta Censorship?
Ginger Gentile, Forbes, Is Instagram Censoring Influencers Who Support Iranian Protestors?, 10 Nov 2022 “Many Instagram influencers outside of Iran are posting stories to bring attention to the oppression...