Tag: Censorship

FILE - In this June 12, 2012 photo, Republican Congressional candidate Jesse Kelly shakes hands with a supporter at a post election event prior to election results in Tucson, Ariz. Kelly on Thursday, June 14, 2012, dropped out of the race for Gabrielle Giffords' former seat in Congress, two days after losing a special election to serve out her term. Kelly said in a statement that he decided to withdraw after "looking at the results from Tuesday." He lost the special election to Rob Barber, a former Giffords' staffer and fellow mass shooting survivor.

Beltway Confidential

Twitter has banned Jesse Kelly — are they policing hate, or suppressing political ideas?

Tiana Lowe Doescher · November 26, 2018 4:55 pm

Red Alert Politics

Notre Dame students demand pornography filter

Kate Hardiman · November 16, 2018 7:12 pm

Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at the Google I/O conference in Mountain View, Calif.

Google CEO vows to do ‘better’ after sex-related golden parachute sparks protest

Joe Williams · November 1, 2018 9:17 pm

A supporter of Jair Bolsonaro salutes during a celebration in front of his residence after he was declared the winner of the election runoff, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday. Bolsonaro, a brash far-right congressman whoâs expressed nostalgia for Brazil's old military dictatorship, won the presidency of Latin America's largest nation as voters looked past warnings that the former army captain would erode democracy.

Five reasons Jair Bolsonaro won in Brazil

Mauricio de Freitas Bento · October 31, 2018 4:00 am

In this Thursday, April 27, 2017 file photo, demonstrators shout slogans directed at city hall during a rally for free speech near the University of California, Berkeley campus in Berkeley, Calif. Since the beginning of 2016, more than two dozen campus speeches have been derailed amid controversy, according to the Foundation For Individual Rights In Education, a group that monitors free speech on campuses.

Free speech on campus isn’t so free when it’s tied up in red tape

Nicholas Assi · October 30, 2018 4:35 pm

Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Commerce Department in Washington, Monday, July 16, 2018.

Mike Pence: Google shouldn’t help China censor Internet searches

Joel Gehrke · October 4, 2018 4:29 pm

Visitors look at a display booth for Google at the Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC) in Beijing, Thursday, April 27, 2017.

Google deflects Senate questions on Project Dragonfly’s links to China

Joe Williams · September 26, 2018 5:09 pm

This Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014 photo, shows the WhatsApp and Facebook app icons on an iPhone in New York. On Wednesday Facebook announced it is buying mobile messaging service WhatsApp for up to $19 billion in cash and stock.

Big Tech’s privacy practices in spotlight at Sessions’ meeting with prosecutors

James Langford · September 25, 2018 6:02 pm

Google China's headquarters is seen in Beijing.

Google, China create search engine that tracks, censors searches and links them to users’ phone numbers

Katelyn Caralle · September 15, 2018 4:11 pm

Twitter blocked tweet referring to ‘illegal aliens,’ says immigration group

Pete Kasperowicz · September 12, 2018 11:55 am

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, accompanied by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on 'Foreign Influence Operations and Their Use of Social Media Platforms' on Capitol Hill on Wednesday in D.C.

Facebook, Twitter execs defend non-censorship of WikiLeaks

Steven Nelson · September 5, 2018 4:54 pm

Beltway Confidential

Your elementary school kids should read these books before they’re banned

Nicole Russell · September 2, 2018 4:00 am