May, 2015

Stories from May, 2015

Digital Citizen 3.0

  27 May 2015

Digital Citizen is a biweekly review of news, policy, and research on human rights and technology in the Arab World.

Robot Commenters Accidentally Expose Themselves on China's Weibo Platform

  27 May 2015

Patrick Wong contributed to this post. Chinese netizens are having a good laugh over the mechanized missteps of government-controlled robot commenters, who have been criticizing messages sent by their own masters. A few weeks ago, a group of robots seized upon a congratulatory message posted on Weibo over a year...

Netizen Report: Deconstructing Facebook’s Version of the Internet

  22 May 2015

Global Voices Advocacy's Netizen Report offers an international snapshot of challenges, victories, and emerging trends in Internet rights around the world. Facebook’s Internet.org project seeks to “give the unconnected majority of the world the power to connect.” In cooperation with mobile carriers and telcos, the program provides mobile phone users...

Digital Citizen 2.9

  18 May 2015

Digital Citizen is a biweekly review of news, policy, and research on human rights and technology in the Arab World.

Amid “Intelligent” Censorship Discussions, Iran Affirms Facebook Will Remain Blocked

  15 May 2015

Discussions regarding the implementation of “intelligent” filtering have proliferated Internet policy within Iran. “Intelligent” filtering is a process whereby they filter select content on a social media platform, rather than the entire site. Our recent research covered the extent of this program on Instagram. In response to “intelligent’ filtering discussions,...