Tag: Censorship

• Wednesday, June 12th 2019 - 07:44 UTC

  Cubans complain about Internet service, too expensive, too slow and censorship

  

  Six months on from the euphoria that greeted full internet access for mobile phones on the communist-run island, frustrated Cubans complain it is too expensive, too slow and crippled by government censorship.

• Wednesday, November 28th 2018 - 09:20 UTC

  Google staff protest Dragonfly, a project with China that helps state surveillance

  

  Staff at Google have called on the search giant to end work on a controversial search engine project for China. Called Dragonfly, the search engine would be a censored version developed with the aid of the Chinese government. In a letter published online 60 employees said the project would only help state surveillance.

• Friday, August 17th 2018 - 12:33 UTC

  Google employees protest plans for a “censored search engine” in China

  

  Hundreds of Google employees have written to the company to protest against plans to launch a “censored search engine” in China. They said the project raised “urgent moral and ethical questions” and urged the firm to be more transparent.

• Tuesday, October 10th 2017 - 03:00 UTC

  Brazilian political system passes a bill forcing social media outlets to censor critical content

  

  In a move that critics say impinges on the legitimacy of democracy, the Brazilian Congress has approved legislation allowing parties and candidates to force social media outlets to censor offensive or critical content by anonymous authors.