Online Censorship

Weibo's move has been perceived as a crackdown on ideas that do not fall in line with socialism.

Political strategies are often as invisible as they are invasive.

"I have a Twitter account and I think it is a suitable tool for public diplomacy, connecting to people around the globe and voicing our ideas."

Russia's internet watchdog has blocked Reddit, Pornhub and Wikipedia in the past, as well as the websites of Putin's critics.

The Russian government's requests to remove online content from Google peaked in 2016, dwarfing the rest of the world.

The Ethiopian government has pulled internet access multiple times in recent years. This time, fears of exam leaks might be behind it.

If the situation were reversed, editors would be outraged.

Facebook relied on news values and editorial judgment practiced in traditional newspapers and television channels.

Republican Senator John Thune wants answers from Mark Zuckerberg on the allegations of Facebook's political bias.

A former Facebook employee, however, tells Newsweek there was no policy to suppress conservative news.

The social network granted more than 55,000 content restrictions following government requests, largely related to a photo from inside the Bataclan music venue.

He has a heavy American accent, but Mandarin speakers were nonetheless impressed.

Only Turkey and Russia rank higher than Germany in the number of demands sent to Twitter for content to be removed.

Erdogan defended his government's policies on censorship, saying "media should never have been given the liberty to insult"