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French President Emmanuel Macron speaks at a press conference at the French Embassy in Beijing, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

First France, Now Brazil Unveils Plan to Empower the Government to Censor the Internet in the Name of Stopping "Fake News"

Glenn Greenwald

- Jan. 10, 2018

Which is the more serious threat: people publishing false claims (which are subject to correction), or governments censoring political content they have judged to be false?

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2011 file photo, a magnifying glass is posed over a monitor displaying a Facebook page in Munich. Regulators are examining whether Morgan Stanley, the investment bank that shepherded Facebook through its highly publicized stock offering last week, selectively informed clients of an analyst's negative report about the company before the stock started trading. The bank said on Tuesday May 22, 2012 said that its procedures complied with regulations. (AP Photo/dapd, Joerg Koch)

Facebook Is Collaborating With the Israeli Government to Determine What Should Be Censored

Glenn Greenwald

- Sep. 12, 2016

Those who want Silicon Valley tech giants to be arbiters of political speech are playing with fire.

Egyptian protesters run for cover from tear gas fired by riot police during a demonstration in Cairo on April 25, 2016, against the handing over of two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia.Egyptian police fired tear gas at protesters in the Egyptian capital who defied government warnings and held a rally calling for the "downfall" of the regime, quickly scattering them and making arrests. / AFP / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED (Photo credit should read MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)

With Facebook No Longer a Secret Weapon, Egypt's Protesters Turn to Signal

Robert Mackey

- Apr. 26, 2016

With Facebook now closely monitored in Egypt, activists have been learning to use the encrypted messaging app Signal to communicate on the streets.

Threat Against Trump on Facebook Leads to Deportation Order for Egyptian Student

Sharif Abdel Kouddous

- Mar. 2, 2016

A student attending flight school makes a hostile comment on social media that prompts an investigation by the Secret Service and his detention by immigration authorities.

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 05:  Protesters in favour of UK sovereignty of the Falkland Islands gather on Whitehall on February 5, 2013 in London, England. Argentina's Foreign Minister Hector Timerman is currently in London for the first time to argue for Argentinian sovereignty over the Falklands and has claimed that not 'one single country' supports the UK's right to govern the islands.  (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Snowden Archive

Britain Used Spy Team to Shape Latin American Public Opinion on Falklands

Andrew Fishman, Glenn Greenwald

- Apr. 2, 2015

A “dirty tricks” unit helped with covert cyberoperations to prevent Argentina from taking the islands.

Snowden Archive

Compare the NSA's Facebook Malware Denial to its Own Secret Documents

Ryan Gallagher

- Mar. 15, 2014

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