A conversation with Greg Ketter of DreamHaven Books
In the now-famous protest photo of Greg Ketter by Theia Chatelle, Ketter is poised, tree-like, in mid-stride, his body clouded in mists of tear gas. Moments earlier, he had given…
Don Lemon speaks outside of the courtroom after release
"I will not be silenced.”
Bisan Owda talks to AJ+ about the censorship of Palestinian voices online
On Jan. 29, just days after TikTok came under a joint U.S.-based venture, Bisan found her account on the platform was banned.
Murdoch’s TikTok? Trump offers allies another lever of media control
Blake Montgomery Wed 24 Sep 2025
How payment networks control the definition of acceptable sex in videogames
We speak to adult industry researchers and Stripe alumni about Steam and Itch.io's NSFW content cull
Circus of Books
Circus of Books is a 2019 American documentary film directed by Rachel Mason, written by Rachel Mason and Kathryn Robson and starring Karen Mason, Barry Mason and Rachel Mason. The…
YouTube backlash begins: “Why is AI combing through every single video I watch?”
Tens of thousands of YouTubers are raging against YouTube's plan to use AI to detect underage users in the US. On Tuesday, a Change.org petition rapidly neared its 50,000-signature goal,…
Blocking Access to Harmful Content Will Not Protect Children Online, No Matter How Many Times UK Politicians Say So
Age Verification Systems Lead to Less Privacy Mandatory age verification tools are surveillance systems that threaten everyone’s rights to speech and privacy. To keep children out of a website or…
Wikipedia loses UK Safety Act challenge, worries it will have to verify user IDs
Wikipedia's parent organization lost a challenge to the UK Online Safety Act but can bring another case if the government tries to force it to verify the identity of Wikipedia…
The Anti-Porn Crusade That Censored Steam and Itch.io Started 30 Years Ago
Ted Litchfield, a journalist at PC Gamer, noted that the “nearly 500 other rape and incest games” figure Collective Shout cites in its own timeline of the campaign doesn’t make…