"Russian authorities and multinational companies have erected a digital barricade between the country and the West, erasing the last remnants of independent information online."

"We will always view censorship as a last resort, because we believe open discourse is better for writers and better for society."

"Challenges to books about sexual and racial identity are nothing new in American schools, but the tactics and politicization are."

Authorities in China have turned to sophisticated investigative software to track and silence obscure critics on overseas social media. Their targets include college students and non-Chinese nationals.

"Authorities may respond by raising a counter-army of automated accounts or even an AI-driven public opinion leader."

To protect children online, more companies and governments are forcing users to prove how old they are.

>"Beijing is not content to stop stifling free speech at the water’s edge. Western companies and institutions must put liberty before profits."

>"Quietly built over two years, the Kremlin’s censorship infrastructure gives it sweeping power to block sites. Many fear a new age of digital isolation."

"Moscow warns of retaliation against video-sharing platform after RT channels blocked over Covid disinformation."

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>"Modern authoritarian regimes don’t attempt total, absolute control. Their censorship is more selective and calibrated — and thus more resilient."

"Banks helped force a hugely disruptive porn ban on OnlyFans. With public fury focused on their outsized power, the banks seem to have backed down."

>"China has ‘fundamentally altered the bedrock’ of Hong Kong’s democratic institutions and ‘suppressed freedoms’, US says."