Targeting WeChat, Trump Takes Aim at China’s Bridge to the World
TAIPEI, Taiwan — In China, WeChat does more than any app rightfully should. People use it to talk, shop, share photos, pay bills, get their...
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‘This Is a New Phase’: Europe Shifts Tactics to Limit Tech’s Power
LONDON — European Union leaders are pursuing a new law to make it illegal for Amazon and Apple to give their own products preferential treatment...
Turkey Passes Law Extending Sweeping Powers Over Social Media
Turkish lawmakers on Wednesday morning passed legislation that would give the government sweeping new powers to regulate content on social media, raising concerns that one...
Egypt Sentences Women to 2 Years in Prison for TikTok Videos
CAIRO — Armed with vaguely worded laws, Egypt’s guardians of conservative morals have long focused on belly dancers and pop stars in their efforts to...
Don’t Ban TikTok. Make an Example of It.
For a while, it seemed that TikTok might dodge the techlash. After all, what could be problematic about a short-form video app featuring a bunch...
Do Progressives Have a Free Speech Problem?
An acquaintance came to me a few weeks ago with the rough draft of a letter about free speech and asked me to sign. I...
Hong Kong Security Law Sets Stage for Global Internet Fight
As Hong Kong grapples with a draconian new security law, the tiny territory is emerging as the front line in a global fight between the...
University of Kentucky Is Sued Over Mural With Slavery Scene
For years, there has been a simmering debate over what to do with a New Deal-era mural at the University of Kentucky that students have...
Rudolfo Anaya, a Father of Chicano Literature, Dies at 82
Rudolfo Anaya, a writer whose trailblazing explorations of the folkways of the Southwest helped define the Latino experience in the United States, died on Sunday...
New Trump Appointee Puts Global Internet Freedom at Risk, Critics Say
WASHINGTON — When Michael Pack, a conservative filmmaker and ally of Stephen K. Bannon, recently fired the heads of four U.S. government-funded news outlets, many...