Chinese fans of American TV have been dealt a serious blow after some of their favorite shows were removed from the country’s main video streaming websites. Jemimah Steinfeld reports on the withdrawal symptoms of the country’s youths
We should enjoy the football and praise the players, but we owe it to brave Azerbaijanis to ask some tough questions about Atlético’s relationship with Ilham Aliyev’s repressive regime, Padraig Reidy writes
India was among the few governments that did not sign the NETmundial outcome statement. But why does it seem that the world’s largest democracy is not putting its weight behind a “bottom-up, open, and participatory” multistakeholder process? Mahima Kaul reports
Reforms are on the cards for internet governance, but no one seems to be clear what exactly these will do to the way the web is used. Sentiments of doom and gloom mix with utopian forecasts of freedom, Binoy Kampmark writes
Do we have the right to not be offended? Newtownabbey council said “yes” when they cancelled what they labelled a blasphemous play, writes Katie Dancey.
The U.S. State Department names and shames eight “Countries of Particular Concern” that severely violate religious freedom rights within their borders. Now an independent watchdog is naming and shaming the State Department, saying its list should be doubled. Brian Pellot reports
Participants in Brazil’s NETMundial left the meeting with dashed expectations, Simone Marques reports
With secret trade negotiations reportedly at a critical stage, campaigners have mounted a global plan to draw the attention to the role that internet providers would play in preventing the free flow of information. Alastair Sloan reports
Ofcom’s decision to declare the UKIP a ‘major party’ has led to questions about who should be allowed to address the public. Behind the scenes, broadcasters have asked why their right to editorial freedom is restricted at all, Sophie Armour reports
Ben Jennings on David Cameron’s war on online pornography.