Articles by Global Voices Advox
Singapore prime minister sues independent news website for defamation
The prime minister is suing “The Online Citizen” over an article that tackled the leader’s public feud with his siblings.
How Turkey exploits Twitter’s ‘Country Withheld Content’ tool to target independent voices
In 2010, Twitter unveiled a tool which allows it to censor content on a country by country basis; it may not have envisaged how that tool would be abused by authoritarian states as part of a censorship strategy.
Myanmar disables internet access in conflict areas of Rakhine and Chin states
The Ministry of Transport and Communications ordered telecom operators on 21 June to suspend Internet services in several conflict areas of Rakhine and Chin in west Myanmar.
‘Envision a new war’: The Syrian Archive, corporate censorship and the struggle to preserve public history online
Social media companies are censoring images of war. The Syrian Archive is working to preserve them.
How pro-government media in Morocco use “fake news” to target and silence Rif activists
Jailed activist Nasser Zefzafi was smeared by Moroccan media.
#WelcomeHomeAlaa: Egyptian revolution activist Alaa Abd El Fattah released after five years in prison
The news broke on Twitter when his sister, activist Mona Seif, tweeted simply: “Alaa is out.”
Two years after completing his sentence, activist Osama al-Najjar remains in detention
Osama Al-Najjar was arrested in March 2014 for posting tweets denouncing that his father had been tortured in prison.
Scheduled release of Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El Fattah delayed by 10 days
Alaa has been imprisoned for protest-related activities since 2013.