TikTok sued the Biden administration in response to a new law that bans the video app in the U.S. unless it is sold in the next 12 months. Michael Dwyer/AP hide caption
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Posters of some of those kidnapped by Hamas in Israel are displayed on a pole in Manhattan. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Most doxxing campaigns only last a few days. But the effects can be felt for months
Saturday
Columbia University closed campus to the public ahead of pro-Israel and pro-Gaza rallies on Thursday. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. students are clashing over the Israel-Hamas war. What can colleges do?
Wednesday
Visitors stand near screens displaying the Meta logo in Berlin on June 6. Under a U.S. judge's new ruling, much of the federal government is now barred from working with social media companies to address removing content that might contain "protected free speech." Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Saturday
Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza stands in a cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court. AP hide caption
Wednesday
NPR and The New York Times have asked a Delaware judge to consider unsealing hundreds of documents in Dominion Voting Systems' $1.6 billion dollar defamation lawsuit against Fox News. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is about to seal the deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption
Friday
A woman talks to police during a demonstration against the imprisonment of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasél in Madrid. Clashes between police and protestors have gone on for three days and have led to dozens of arrests and injuries. Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
Demonstrators in New Delhi shout slogans during a protest against the arrest of climate change activist Disha Ravi for allegedly helping to create a guide for anti-government farmers protests. Sajjad Hussain/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Twitter In Standoff With India's Government Over Free Speech And Local Law
Monday
Parler, a social media network embraced by right-wing users, announced its relaunch, a month after it was dropped by app stores and its Web host in the wake of the Capitol riot. Hollie Adams/Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., the lead House impeachment manager, speaks in the Senate on Wednesday. He argued that former President Donald Trump incited the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and that his words are not protected by the First Amendment. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
A pro-democracy activist holds placards with the picture of Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan outside the Chinese central government's liaison office, in Hong Kong, Monday. Activists demand the release of Zhang, as well as the 12 Hong Kong activists detained at sea by Chinese authorities. Kin Cheung/AP hide caption
Wednesday
The civil rights experts Facebook hired to review its policies faulted CEO Mark Zuckerberg's decision to prioritize free speech over other values. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Report Slams Facebook For 'Vexing And Heartbreaking Decisions' On Free Speech
Wednesday
Greenpeace USA climbers rappelled off and formed a blockade on the Fred Hartman Bridge near Baytown, Texas, shutting down the Houston Ship Channel, the largest fossil fuel thoroughfare in the United States. Handout/via Reuters hide caption
Activists Say New Laws To Protect Critical Infrastructure Aim To Silence Them
Friday
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is being sued by two people who said they were blocked from her popular Twitter account. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption