Tag: Censorship

Richard N. Winfield, First Amendment lawyer and former AP counsel, dies at 91

NEW YORK -- Richard N. Winfield, a leading U.S. First Amendment lawyer who represented The Associated Press for three decades and championed freedom...

Musk offers voters $1 million to sign PAC petition backing the Constitution. Can that be legal?

Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla and Space X and owner of X who's gone all-in on Republican Donald Trump's candidacy for...

Internet surveillance firm Sandvine says it’s leaving 56 ‘non-democratic’ countries

Sandvine, the makers of surveillance-ware that allowed authoritarian countries to censor the internet and spy on their citizens, announced that it is leaving...

Musk's X skirts Brazil ban and returns to some users with change to server access

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Some Brazilian users regained access to X on Wednesday despite a nationwide ban put in place by the country's...

Musk deletes post about Harris and Biden assassination after widespread criticism

Elon Musk has deleted a post on his social media platform X in which he said “no one is even trying to assassinate”...

On the first day without X, many Brazilians say they feel disconnected from the world

SAO PAULO -- The blocking of social media platform X in Brazil divided users and politicians over the legitimacy of the ban, and...