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Global Internet Freedom Plummets as Governments Use Censorship and Surveillance to Quash Dissent New Freedom House analysis warns that the rising popularity of China's model of controlling information online threatens democracy worldwide Published on Thursday, November 01, 2018 by Common Dreams by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Countries across the globe are following in the footsteps of the Chinese government, adopting authoritarian digital practices that pose serious threats to democracy, according to a new Freedom House report released Thursday. For Freedom on the Net 2018 (pdf), more than 70 researchers comprehensively reviewed internet

In Latest Fit of Censorship, Facebook Deletes Video Detailing Brutal Legacy of Christopher ColumbusThis piece of "journalism was about the airbrushing of history. Therefore, there is a great irony in the fact it has now been airbrushed" from Facebook's platform. Published on Wednesday, October 17, 2018 by Common Dreams by Jon Queally, staff writer After being up for more than a week, and raking up more than 900,000 views, DNN co-founder Yannis Mendez says the video, "a serious piece of historical journalism," was deleted by Facebook on Tuesday without warning, a specific reason, or any avenue of recourse. (Image: Double Down News) With no

Anthro Week This two-part article was written by Ryuukei8569 (https://www.deviantart.com/ryuukei8569) and Tinselfire (https://www.deviantart.com/tinselfire). Clothes on animals? Since the bodies of anthropomorphic animal characters differ from those of humans, ranging from slightly to significantly so, clothing anthros in a believable manner presents a set of challenges.First, there is the elephant in the room – animals do not wear clothes, and have no need nor desire to do so. If you are striving to portray a distinct culture of anthropomorphic animals realistically, in most contexts they are not going to be wearing clothes at all. There are a number reasons why: For species with fur or feathers, there are bi

Anthro Week This two-part article was written by Ryuukei8569 (https://www.deviantart.com/ryuukei8569) and Tinselfire (https://www.deviantart.com/tinselfire). Do you enjoy creating anthropomorphic animal characters and worlds for them to live in? So do we, so we decided to share our thoughts on settling and dressing them. This essay will cover points to consider developing and some common design issues, but you should read these as food for thought rather than a fixed set of rules to follow. When designing your own worlds, not even the sky is the limit. Setting up your setting In this essay anthro for short refers to animal characters that display a significant number of human traits, such as upright posture, culture,

Instead of corporate media basically ignoring the UN report, there should be screaming headlines. by John M. Repp Philip Alston is the UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. He traveled to the United States last December to some of our most destitute communities such as Skid Row in LA, poor African American areas in the Alabama, impoverished coal communities in West Virginia and to Puerto Rico. He issued his report on June 1, 2018. It should be front page news. The report is a terrible indictment of our country and of the Trump Administration. Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel prize winning economist told The Guardian “Thi