Internet blackouts following a military coup have shut down swathes of the online economy in Myanmar, where internet penetration had surged to around 43%
Amid internet blackouts, economic isolation, and massive strikes, a decade of development is unwinding. Tweets: @restofworld , @peterguest , @emilyfishbein11 , @p_annawitt , @baptist_simon , @tmclaugh...
Documents: Michael Pack, CEO of USAGM, is seeking to cut funding for its nonprofit Open Technology Fund, limiting internet access in tightly controlled places
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Sources: Facebook didn't apply hate speech rules to at least four flagged individuals and groups in India, showing a pattern of favoritism to Modi's party
Company executive in vital market opposed move to ban controversial politician; some employees allege favoritism to ruling party Tweets: @jeffhorwitz , @seemay , @rmac18 , @tmclaughlin3 , @jeffhorwitz...
How WhatsApp fuels fake news and violence in India, where a police officer says people can live without oxygen, “but without WhatsApp they will die”
BY THE TIME police arrived in the hamlet of Rainpada on July 1, 2018, the village council office was the scene of a massacre. Tweets: @alfonslopeztena , @tmclaughlin3 , @tmclaughlin3 , @tmclaughlin3 ,...
How Facebook became synonymous with the internet in a newly democratic Myanmar and ended up relying on civil society groups for help in policing rumors
The riots wouldn't have happened without Facebook. — ON THE THE evening of July 2, 2014 a swelling mob of hundreds … Tweets: @tmclaughlin3 , @nxthompson , @rama_rajeswari , @joinson , @tmclaughlin3 ...