#IMWeekly: February 6, 2015
FCC proposes new net neutrality regulations, UK launches "Facebook Warrior" brigade, Reddit issues first transparency report, and more, in this week's #IMWeekly.
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#IMWeekly: November 28, 2014
Hong Kong's pro-Occupy Central protest websites suffer largest DDoD attack ever; Twitter reacts to Ferguson grand jury decision; massive hack takes down Sony Pictures' computer system; and more this week on #IMWeekly.
#IMWeekly: October 10, 2014
Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution makes use of novel social media communication, powerful US tech execs discuss the future of the Internet in a post-Snowden world, Estonia to offer e-residency, and more in this week's IMWeekly.
#IMWeekly: August 22, 2014
Google has lifted restrictions preventing Internet users in Cuba from downloading the Chrome browser; fewer than half of Russians have heard about the country's new blogger law; and more, in this week's IM Weekly.
One Person’s Terrorist, Another Person’s Freedom Fighter: Ronan Farrow, #twitterpurge, and The Moral Responsibility of Corporations
Calls for corporate monitoring of social media – on the grounds that some netizens may be inciting emotional, physical, or terroristic violence – have resurfaced among Ronan Farrow, critics of the #twitterpurge campaign, and #IAmJada advocates. Some journalists and media freedom activists fear that these pleas for corporate responsibility edge eerily close to censorship.
#IMWeekly: June 27, 2014
In this week's #IMWeekly: Australia announces a controversial surveillance bill, Iraqi netizens find a way around internet blockages, and Russia targets extremism on Twitter.
“Blasphemy” and Social Media in Pakistan
Recent social media censorship in Pakistan has sparked renewed attention to the country's blasphemy laws and how they're applied online.
#IMWeekly: June 20, 2014
In this week's #IMWeekly: Twitter frees up "blasphemous" tweets in Pakistan, an Internet shutdown in Iraq, and one of the largest DDoS attacks ever in Hong Kong.
#IMWeekly: November 12, 2013
In this week's #IMweekly: attacks by Anonymous-affiliated hackers in the Philippines and Australia, Brazil takes its data domestic, and more!
#IMWeekly: October 21, 2013
In this week's #IMWeekly: how the NSA hacked the Mexican President's email address, the Moroccan government increases Internet controls, and more.