Twitter may censor tweets in individual countries
Twitter has refined its technology so it can censor messages on a country-by-country basis.
Internet
Jan 27, 2012
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News tagged with protest
Congress puts online piracy bills on hold (Update 3)
US congressional leaders put anti-online piracy legislation on hold Friday following a wave of protests led by Google and Wikipedia denouncing the bills as a threat to Internet freedom.
Internet
Jan 20, 2012
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Wikipedia to be blacked out over anti-piracy bill (Update)
Wikipedia will black out the English language version of its website Wednesday to protest anti-piracy legislation under consideration in Congress, the foundation behind the popular community-based online encyclopedia said ...
Internet
Jan 16, 2012
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Facebook's spam program catches innocent users
Facebook has sent notes of apology and is changing automated systems that blocked environmental activists and other people from posting on like-minded Facebook pages.
Internet
Aug 21, 2011
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Facebook to adopt new rules despite vote shortfall
(AP) -- Facebook will adopt new rules governing the social network even though a vote fell well short of a minimum threshold.
Internet
Apr 24, 2009
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Kurdish uprisings have led to new ways for communities to claim Kurdish identity, study shows
Kurdish uprisings have become a way for people to assert their identity and challenge their historical and structural erasure in modern Iran, a new study shows.
Social Sciences
Mar 14, 2024
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Why do some politicians cling to power after electoral defeat?
What effect do election processes, protests, social media, electoral rules, integrity, and voter outcomes have on an incumbent's decision to respect an election result or fight to retain office? A paper published in the Journal ...
Social Sciences
Aug 24, 2023
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Q&A: Israel's democracy protests—what happens next?
The massive pro-democracy protests that shook Israel since January 2023, when its right-wing government introduced so-called "judicial reforms," have quieted down for a while. The country's legislature is on a break. But ...
Political science
Aug 22, 2023
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Political violence more acceptable in former Confederate states than Union and border states, research finds
Roughly 160 years after the end of the Civil War, division among residents of the North and South lingers, according to researchers.
Social Sciences
Jul 24, 2023
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Ukraine war: Russia's threat to station nuclear warheads in Belarus—what you need to know
The threat of Russia using nuclear weapons in Ukraine is "real" and "absolutely irresponsible", according to the US president, Joe Biden. He was reacting to questioning from journalists as to whether he believed Belarus had ...
Political science
Jun 22, 2023
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