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The post argues that militant political groups pose a threat to free speech on the internet by using tactics like doxxing on platforms such as Telegram to silence dissent and control narratives.
The article recounts the history of Italian hacker collective Autistici/Inventati and their recent designation as a terrorist organization by the US, highlighting the threat to their communication infrastructure and digital rights.
Disney and ABC stations sue the FCC and its chairman to halt a censorship campaign that threatens their broadcast licenses, alleging First Amendment violations.
The article discusses how Vodafone was forced by Egyptian authorities to send propaganda messages during the 2011 revolution, raising questions about corporate compliance and technology misuse.
Elon Musk has publicly disclosed all government censorship requests made to his platform, increasing transparency and drawing criticism from foreign governments.
X Open Source has released updates to their open-source repository, detailing how ranking weights work and introducing a filter for Brazil's 2026 election, amid discussions on government censorship.
This position paper argues that modern AI alignment techniques, though designed to prevent harmful outputs, are dual-use technologies that can be misused for censorship and manipulation, and urges the community to address this risk.
A subscriber-only MIT Technology Review roundtable explores the 'censorship-industrial complex' idea, how it moved from the right-wing fringe into US policy, and its implications for democracy and the internet.
A deep-dive on how the 'censorship-industrial complex' narrative moved from the right-wing fringe to mainstream US policy, affecting the internet and global information ecosystems.
An Effort investigation reveals a coordinated campaign by five British NGOs and US affiliates to push digital ID laws in America under the guise of child safety, replicating the UK's approach that has led to surveillance and arrests of dissidents.
A user reports that Muse Glimmer refuses to write mouse-control code, citing safety concerns, even for legitimate debugging tasks.
Elon Musk criticizes Twitch for an alleged double standard in moderation, citing Hasan Piker's past comments versus Asmongold's ban.
MIT Technology Review's newsletter covers the spread of the 'censorship-industrial complex' conspiracy theory into Trump administration policy, and reports that AI has designed novel viruses from scratch for the first time, alongside other tech news.
An investigation into how conspiracy theories about a 'censorship-industrial complex' moved from the online fringe to Trump administration policy, culminating in the shutdown of government disinformation-tracking units like the State Department's R/FIMI hub.
A Chinese user provides context on Chinese laws regarding pornography and censorship, explaining why MiniMax and other Chinese AI labs restrict LoRAs and content generation to comply with strict legal enforcement.
A research project demonstrates that distilling a heavily censored Chinese AI model (DeepSeek) into an American model (GPT-OSS) does not transfer the censorship behavior, while performance gains are retained, specifically in financial reasoning.
India ordered GitHub to remove the Bluetooth messaging app BitChat within three hours, but the codebase was quickly mirrored on the decentralized platform Radicle, making removal impossible and demonstrating the power of decentralized infrastructure.
Jack Dorsey tweets that the Indian government dislikes technologies like Bitchat and wants them taken down.
Google is removing user reviews from Google Maps for ICE detention centers, erasing accounts of experiences and protests, citing policy against reviews for places people go without choice. Research by Tulane professor Muira McCammon documents the suppression.
Discusses the technical method of triangulation by testing network latency to identify and block Chinese users from using AI services (like Claude).