by Noah Hensley | May 27, 2022 | Dartmouth College
Russia has a complicated history with media transparency, and misinformation has swept the information economy during the invasion of Ukraine. Putin’s regime has capitalized on their near-total ownership of information in Russia: as dozens of pro-Kremlin tabloids...
by Frances Fields | Nov 30, 2021 | University of Georgia
For 25 years, one of the greatest protections of free speech survived within a law largely created to limit free speech on the Internet. Three years after the Internet became public, the Communications Decency Act of 1996 was passed to prevent certain indecent...
by Nicole B | Apr 6, 2021 | Rollins College
For just over a year the world has been swept up in a pandemic. This pandemic has affected nearly every person on Earth in some way or another. According to the Economist in The Pandemic has Eroded Democracy and Respect Human Rights the virus has taken a big toll on...
by Andrey Chun Sarmiento | Dec 14, 2020 | James Madison University
Can Vladimir Putin revolutionize the way autocrats censor the internet? It is no secret that the press and journalists have experienced ever-increasing challenges in Russia since President Vladimir Putin took power in 1999. Reporters Sans Frontière ranked...
by Patrick Connor | Dec 10, 2020 | Brown University
Spread over six floors, thousands of employees stare at their computer screens scanning Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube in the middle of a traffic-clogged city. This is a content moderation center, contracted by many major internet companies to remove...
