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New Research Delves into the Sunni/Shia Conflict on Twitter

by Grant Baker

This post explores studies focusing on sectarianism on Twitter that have emerged over the past couple of years. More specifically, it analyzes current research on the type of rhetoric employed by Twitter users, the demographics of these users, and potential influences on this rhetoric. 

Week in Review: July 20, 2016

by Grant Baker

This week, Internet Monitor examines an online dump of TIME articles, the murder of a Pakistani social media celebrity, the role of the internet in Turkey's recent coup, Brazil's seemingly never-ending battle with WhatsApp, and a mobile internet shutdown in the Kashmir region. 

Week in Review: March 10, 2016

by Muira McCammon

There's a lot on our docket! This week Internet Monitor reviews China's latest predictive policing software, Google's ongoing policy changes in the European Union, Twitter's latest transparency report (featuring an increasingly restrictive Russia), the South Korean Go player defeated by a Google AI machine, and a statement made by the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights about the FBI/Apple standoff. 

Burma, Irrawaddy and the unintended consequences of digital free speech

by adrienne debigare

Last month, Burmese media company Irrawaddy suffered a transmedia attack in response to their coverage of controversial and ultra-nationalist Burmese Buddhist monk, Wirathu. The Blink Hacker Collective, who took responsibility for the attack, brought the site down on October 2, through what Irrawaddy believes was an attack on their servers.