Tech Culture The Web Social media giants are meeting with Justice Department to discuss suppression of free speech Is it time for more transparency of social media algorithms? By Greg Synek, September 6, 2018, 8:57 AM 13 comments
Tech Culture AI Twitter CEO claims shadow banning of 600,000 accounts was due to faulty 'filtering' algorithms AI was nixing content based on the behavior of the banned accounts' followers By Cal Jeffrey, September 5, 2018, 4:47 PM 7 comments
Google Google is working with China on a censored search engine known as Project Dragonfly What precedent does willfully enabling censorship set? By Greg Synek, August 1, 2018, 7:51 AM 14 comments
Gaming Valve bans first-person shooter game and developer after public protest The developer/publisher had been perviously banned on legal matters By Cal Jeffrey, May 30, 2018, 2:22 PM 21 comments
Industry Mobile Russia bans 50 VPNs and proxy servers in effort to block Telegram users Users are still finding ways to use the service By Cal Jeffrey, May 3, 2018, 6:36 PM 20 comments
Gaming Tech Culture Madmind Studios will censor horror game Agony to appease ESRB Promises to undo changes with an "optional patch" for PC --- consoles must remain unmodified By Cal Jeffrey, April 23, 2018, 6:46 PM 11 comments
Gaming PC version of horror game Agony will receive optional patch to remove censorship The graphic content was too much for consoles By Rob Thubron, April 16, 2018, 2:40 PM
The Web China sentences man to five years in jail for selling a VPN service The country continues to crack down on virtual private networks By Rob Thubron, December 26, 2017, 8:02 AM
The Web Facebook banned "sexual" Christmas cards featuring drawings of animals What did Facebook see in these cards? By Rob Thubron, November 13, 2017, 8:30 AM
Google The Web Google Docs is accidentally blocking access to documents Users prevented from accessing own files By Greg Synek, October 31, 2017, 2:26 PM 7 comments
Software WhatsApp gets blocked by China's government The writing was on the wall By Rob Thubron, September 26, 2017, 2:50 PM
Gaming Malaysia is trying to ban 'Fight of Gods' because of 'blasphemous' content There go the E-sport opportunities By Cal Jeffrey, September 8, 2017, 6:30 PM 23 comments
The Web China will start auditing online content to make sure it meets "core socialist values" China is tightening its control over the internet By Rob Thubron, July 6, 2017, 8:00 AM 10 comments
The Web Facebook, Twitter could face up to €50 million fines in Germany for failing to promptly delete hate speech Critics say the new law goes too far By Jose Vilches, June 30, 2017, 3:15 PM 13 comments
Google The Web Google ordered to remove certain search results worldwide by Supreme Court of Canada Will Alphabet comply with the decision is the real question By Cal Jeffrey, June 29, 2017, 7:00 AM 13 comments
The Web Turkey blocks access to Wikipedia for "smear campaign" against country Wikipedia refused to remove the offending content By Rob Thubron, May 1, 2017, 11:00 AM 10 comments
The Web Turkish government blocks Tor in crackdown against VPN users Default connections blocked, but advanced settings still work By William Gayde, December 19, 2016, 11:15 AM 7 comments
The Web Twitter says it will ban Donald Trump if he violates the site's rules #trumpban By Rob Thubron, December 1, 2016, 9:30 AM 39 comments
The Web Reddit CEO formally apologizes for editing posts, reveals site is cracking down on toxic users You can now filter r/all By Rob Thubron, December 1, 2016, 8:30 AM
News Around the Web Weekend tech reading: Doom 3 gets VR mod, how to make a home flight simulator, Samsung PCs no more? Thanksgiving holiday weekend edition By Matthew DeCarlo, November 27, 2016, 12:00 PM
The Web Reddit CEO secretly edited Trump supports' posts The situation started with the fake pizzagate story By Rob Thubron, November 24, 2016, 9:00 AM 28 comments
The Web Facebook has reportedly built censorship technology so it can return to China China has some of the world's strictest internet censorship policies By Rob Thubron, November 23, 2016, 6:15 AM
Tech Culture The Web Facebook apologizes for removing birthday photo of burn victim The social network eventually restored the image of the former fireman By Rob Thubron, November 14, 2016, 6:15 AM
The Web Turkey blocks Dropbox, OneDrive, Drive, and Github to stop spread of leaked government emails By Rob Thubron, October 10, 2016, 7:30 AM 14 comments
Tech Culture The Web Zuckerberg slammed after Facebook deletes iconic "Napalm Girl" photo; Facebook responds By Rob Thubron, September 9, 2016, 2:12 PM 31 comments