Weibo user @Geniune_Yu_Yang went on a public rant after pressures to satisfy Weibo users and maintain the Communist Party line with regard to censorship became too much for him to bear. Though web censorship is prevalent in China, Weibo practices self-censorship, hiring people to go through posts and messages to clear out anything forbidden by current […]
Read MoreAt the intersection of private life and public space exist online forums like Facebook and Twitter, which are neither entirely private nor entirely public (depending on a user’s site preferences) yet still invoke expectations of privacy and respect for others that are foundational to many of the social norms in democratic societies. What does a […]
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