This week Internet Monitor explores the latest updates in the FBI/Apple standoff, how European Union policymakers are grappling with encryption, the arrest of an Indian journalist, Microsoft's latest artificial intelligence bot, and a new Twitter sensation.
This week Internet Monitor examines the "right to disconnect" in France, an Indonesian company that removed LGBT-themed emojis from its webpage, the state of social platforms in Ankara after the latest bombing, a new GIF search function on Twitter, and rising tensions between the U.S. Department of Justice and Apple over encryption.
This week, Internet Monitor reflects upon David Bowie's death, a recent ruling by the European Court of Human Rights, the brief detention of a Saudi human rights activist and ongoing tension between the Turkish government and Twitter.
This week, Internet Monitor looks at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, a small town in British Columbia, a Turkish meme gone awry, and an international initiative to collect animal memes.
This week, Internet Monitor looks at the ITU's newest report on global Internet access, a mobile service provider boycott in Mali, and more.
I log into the Internet Monitor's Dashboard, load my Wikipedia Edits widget for "French Wikipedia," and suddenly, in real-time, I see a ticker of page names: Taikyoky ken, Les Sorcières d'Halloween 2, Machin (groupe), Coupe de Tunisie de football 2015-2016, Vars (Hautes-Alpes), Burdigala Production, L'Île mystérieuse, Land Rover Defender, Richard Ballarian. In this moment, I hesitate and chuckle to myself. Is this real?
This week, Internet Monitor reviews the (brief) return of Facebook to China, Wael Ghonim's case in the Egyptian courts, Facebook's evolving "Safety Check" feature, Turkey's Reddit woes, and the arrival of a new emoji for Diwali.
This week, Internet Monitor examines the latest Freedom House report on "Freedom on the Net," an online map made for and by refugees in Berlin, Telegram CEO's tussle with the Iranian government, and the case of two Turks accused of violating Article 299 of the Turkish Penal Code.
This week, Internet Monitor looks at the first satirical Facebook page in Afghanistan, Turkish cyberculture after the Ankara bombing, the state of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and California's landmark legislation on digital privacy.
This week, Internet Monitor reflects upon the closing of Google Moderator, YouTube's copyright woes in Russia, the latest partnership between the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) and the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom, Turkey's most recent Twitter ban, and the state of Snowden.