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Detained, disappeared, and tortured — for tweeting — in Venezuela
More than 1,000 Venezuelans have been imprisoned for criticizing the government. Pedro Jaimes might be the starkest case.
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‘So polarized and so toxic’: Groups clash over gender self-identification
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Reluctant governments urged to rein in police use of facial recognition tech
Civil liberties groups, academics and developers say police use of flawed facial recognition technology is 'out of control'
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Voting online in elections: Why isn’t everybody doing it?
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Indian PM withdraws plans to tackle ‘fake news’
The Indian Prime Minister's Office withdrew a decision to punish journalists accused of propagating what it deems 'fake news'
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Difficulty verifying chemical attack amplified by pro-Assad misinformation
Misinformation about an alleged chemical weapons attack gained traction due to established pro-Assad campaign
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Russian journalist dead after unexplained fall
Russian investigative journalist Maksim Borodin has died after falling from the balcony of his flat in Yekaterinburg.
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Google loses ‘right to be forgotten’ case over businessman’s criminal history
A London court rejected Google's argument that it was still in the public interest to list links related to a businessman's past
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Facebook may promise privacy but business model is built on its absence
Cambridge Analytica scandal was a result of Facebook's 'DNA', not a bug: personal data has made it a fortune and it is insatiable
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Q&A: Edward Snowden on rights, privacy, secrets and leaks in conversation with Jimmy Wales
WikiTribune founder Jimmy Wales interviewed former CIA employee Edward Snowden to talk about privacy, journalism and spying
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Students take to barricades to fight over university free speech
Universities face sanctions for failing free speech — but critics warn new UK body poses bigger threat
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American high school journalists fight school-ordered censorship
Against a backdrop of misinformation and diminishing local news, teenage journalists are being silenced
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Student press freedom: an assault on youth or protection of authority?
Help WikiTribune report on student press freedom in the U.S., after a bill to protect student press in Indiana was dropped
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Hacker who ‘turned in’ Chelsea Manning found dead at 37
Adrian Lamo, a hacker whose evidence helped convict leaker of diplomatic secrets found dead
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World leaders mute as Xi consolidates power in China
Even if President Xi can remain in power for life, the future of the nation remains uncertain
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