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Archives: social media
Turkey’s Vast Censorship now Enlists all Citizens in Twitter Police Reports
Dağhan Irak | (The Conversation) | - - On July 4, Eren Aksoyoğlu, a member of the Turkish Joint June Movement opposition bloc, was taken into custody for a tweet criticising the…
Russia: Assault on Freedom of Expression
Human Rights Watch | - - Repressive Laws and Policies Restrict Online Speech, Stifle Critical Voices (Moscow) – Russia has introduced significant restrictions to online speech and invasive surveillance of online activity…
Egypt Ups Systematic Efforts to Silence Independent Media
By Salma Essam | ( Globalvoices.org) | - - The Egyptian government's efforts to crack down on critical media platforms reached news heights this week when authorities blocked access to the Cairo-based…
Should Facebook & Google be Taxed to fund Journalism?
Ben Eltham | (The Conversation) | - - There was a fascinating moment towards the end of Wednesday’s hearings of the Senate Inquiry into the Future of Public Interest Journalism. Journalist Michael…
Paying for Facebook? Will Egyptian Social Media Users have to Register With Gov’t?
By Afef Abrougu. | ( Global Voices ) | - - Sixty Egyptian members of parliament recently approved a draft law on “the regulations of using and exploiting social media networks.” If…
Turkey’s Erdogan bans Wikipedia, TV Dating Shows, oh, and Fires 4,000
TeleSur | - - With the April 16 referendum having expanded Erdogan’s powers, the AKP leader continues to lead a mass crackdown against his citizens. While a hotly contested referendum earlier this…
Now Iraqi Elections are infected by Facebook, Twitter Fake News
Mustafa Habib. | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | - - The latest trend in politics in Iraq involves the creation of seemingly innocuous Facebook pages, that are used to spread rumours and lies…
Israeli Software to plant Propaganda on Social Media
IMEMC | - - The Israeli government has purchased a software system enabling it to monitor social media and specific users to plan ideas in online discourse. The bid, which was won…
Why Trump loves both Torture and Fake News: Doing Violence to the Truth
By Scott Beauchamp | (Informed Comment) | - - One of the more disturbing elements of Trump’s promised renewal of military dominance is a return of torture. Back on the campaign trail…
Tomorrow, they will say, “Donald Trump rants and raves at the press.”
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - So Trump did rant and rave at the press on Thursday. But not at all the press. He has never attacked Breitbart, the…
10 Social Media Lessons from the Middle East for 2017
by Damian Radcliffe | ( Mediashift.org ) The past year has been another fascinating 12 months for social media watchers in the Middle East. I’ve been charting these developments in an annual…The Thin Line Between Political Censorship and Fighting Fake News in Iran
By Mahsa Alimardani | (Global Voices) | - - The Iranian government is reportedly taking steps to expand regulations on large public news channels on the instant messenger Telegram. The move would…
Why do we fall for fake news?
By S. Shyam Sundar | (The Conversation) | - - In recent weeks, the amount of online fake news that circulated during the final months of the presidential race is coming to…
The Last Days of Democracy?
By Adil E. Shamoo and Bonnie Bricker | Foreign Policy in Focus | - - A fraudulent campaign has resulted in the election of a fraudulent president. What can be done to…
Election Westworld? Bots were 20% of your Twitter News Feed
By Emilio Ferrara | (The Conversation) | - - Key to democracy is public engagement – when people discuss the issues of the day with each other openly, honestly and without outside…
Facebook Ad Option allows Discrimination Against Blacks, Latinos
By Julia Angwin and Terry Parris Jr. | (ProPublica) | - - Imagine if, during the Jim Crow era, a newspaper offered advertisers the option of placing ads only in copies that…
“This Parrot is no More”: The 2016 Presidential Election did not Take Place
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) The French sociologist and philosopher Jean Baudrillard wrote a book in 1991 entitled The Gulf War did not Take Place . In the same way, the…
The Other Terrorism: White Nationalist Twitter Growing Faster Than ISIL
TeleSur | - - “There is substantial and growing evidence that white nationalism is enjoying a meaningful resurgence within the United States . . ." Twitter users who identify themselves as white…