SINGAPORE — In the recent “sell or ban” controversy over ByteDance's social media platform TikTok, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted on X that “Communist China owning TikTok's algorithm is ...

As a reaction to SOPA and other complex legislative efforts to regulate the Internet, online activists have created a Declaration of Internet Freedom, which consists of five very broad principles to ...

Allie Funk, who leads the technology and democracy initiative at the nonprofit Freedom House, says many governments suppressed online speech and information while holding and/or preparing for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anti-coup protesters march during a demonstration against the Myanmar junta's internet restrictions in Yangon on May 12, 2021. (AP ...

A report from Freedom House released on Wednesday revealed that global internet freedom has declined for the 14th consecutive year. The report cites an increase in government censorship and election ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Remember the Stop Online Privacy and Protect IP Acts, better known as SOPA/PIPA? It was a year ago that thousands of websites ...

Happy Wednesday, or as we call it in our household, D.C.’s “Love Is Blind” episode release day. Send reality show gossip and news tips to: cristiano.lima@washpost.com. Today: In a huge year for global ...

Nepal’s crackdown on social media companies, which led to protests and police killing at least 19 people, is part of a yearslong decline of internet freedoms around the world as even democracies seek ...

Does A Crackdown On Sex Trafficking Threaten The Future Of The Internet? A landmark piece of legislation may be amended to help curb sex trafficking, but tech companies argue that it threatens online ...