“Do We Still Recognize Ourselves?”
Squeak Carnwath is an archivist of the overheard, the snippet, and the little-known fact, and her works combine images and text. A studio artist, she defines painting as a rectilinear...
Attacks on journalists covering protests increase says new report
Physical attacks on journalists have increased dramatically over the past year, according to the latest annual report from the Council of Europe Platform on media freedom in Europe. The platform,...
Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter – good for free speech?
On 25 April, Twitter announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an entity wholly owned by tech entrepreneur Elon Musk in a transaction valued...
Apple’s Chinese and Russian takedowns come under scrutiny
A new report from civil rights group GreatFire has revealed that Apple acts on virtually every takedown request it receives from the Chinese and Russian governments for apps in its...
In trying to protect us online, legislators risk silencing us
Photo by Muhammad Raufan Yusup on Unsplash I regularly start my weekly blog with the exclamation “there is just too much news!” Too much horror and heartbreak and this week...
Shanghai lockdown shows how far Xi will go to control population
The Bund after a Covid-19 lockdown in the Puxi area of Shanghai in March 2022. Credit: 中国新闻网, CC BY 3.0 Shanghai, a normally buzzing, dynamic city of 25 million, is...