Citing Twitter and Snap's actions limiting Trump's reach, digital activists around the world urge both companies to do the same for politicians globally
Bowing to criticism that predates his presidency, Twitter and Snap have begun to limit how President Donald Trump uses their platforms … Tweets: @buzzfeednews , @alexeheath , @pranavdixit , @pranavdix...
Investigation finds IBM, Hikvision, and Huawei are helping the UAE government implement a biometric surveillance system in Dubai, raising privacy concerns
Face recognition has been banned in San Francisco and linked by AOC to a rise in global fascism. But it's being marketed in Dubai … Tweets: @buzzfeednews , @buzzfeednews , @evanselinger , @meghara , ...
How efforts by independent investigators and NGOs to document human rights violations in war zones are hampered by proactive content removals by social networks
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How efforts by independent investigators and NGOs to document human rights violations in war zones are hampered by proactive content removals by social networks
Investigators depend on photos and videos posted online from war zones. But takedowns by Facebook and YouTube are putting … Tweets: @tobiaschneider , @miriamelder , @meghara , @saliltripathi , and @b...
The Sri Lankan government and civil society groups say that Facebook has failed for years to monitor and remove accounts inciting ethnic violence in Sri Lanka
DIGANA, Sri Lanka — When the Sri Lankan government temporarily blocked access to Facebook last month amid a wave of violence against Muslims … Tweets: @profgalloway , @miqdaad , @rmac18 , @francis_wad...
Interviews reveal how Chinese authorities surveil citizens of its Xinjiang region using AI, iris scanning, and more developed by private firms
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