Tag: Censorship
France's Macron says giving Telegram CEO Durov French citizenship was a good thing
BELGRADE, Serbia -- French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday defended his decision to give special fast-track citizenship to Telegram messaging app CEO Pavel...
Brazil top court threatens to suspend X operations in latest twist of ongoing feud
A Brazilian Supreme Court justice is threatening to shut down the operations of X, formerly Twitter, in that country unless its billionaire owner...
France's Macron says arrest of the head of the Telegram messaging app wasn’t political
PARIS -- French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that the arrest in France of the CEO of the popular messaging app Telegram, Pavel...
X announces suspension of Brazil operations, alleging ‘censorship orders’ from Supreme Court justice
Social media company X says it will close its operations in Brazil, claiming Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes threatened to arrest...
How X owner Elon Musk uses his 'free speech' platform to amplify his views worldwide
As X’s owner and most followed user, Elon Musk has increasingly used the social media platform as a microphone to amplify his political...
Apple removes VPN apps at request of Russian authorities, say app makers
Apple has removed several VPN apps from its App Store in Russia at the request of the government’s communications watchdog, according to VPN...