Tag: Censorship

• 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.