Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has rejected warnings from Google, Meta, TikTok and Snap that a new online safety bill would lead to censorship.
Adult content creators and free speech advocates are sounding the alarm over a new law about to take effect in the United Kingdom banning simulated incest and some depictions of oral sex.
Politics & Governance
The narrative is politically convenient for a government citing violence against women to justify its digital duty of care bill.
Technology
While we’re all debating the possibilities for censorship, it’s worth remembering that this is hardly the free marketplace of ideas either.
World News
Rest of World is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit publication with a mission to challenge expectations around whose experiences with technology matter. Censorship of media is on the rise while fact-based…