Amidst Egypt’s conflict and division, a third group has emerged between the military and the Morsi supporters — one whose members hope to re-unite Egyptians behind the common cause of “a free, democratic and civil Egypt.” Shahira Amin reports
Pope Francis’ remarks about gays and Catholicism left some in Brazil hoping for more dialogue, but drew criticism from some equal rights leaders. Rafael Spuldar reports
Do you have a right to take critics to court, asks Padraig Reidy
You may have heard: Russia just passed an “anti-gay propaganda” law. You may know: Russia is hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics. Ryan O’Hanlon of Pacific Standard magazine writes
YouTube has been blocked in Pakistan since September 2012 for hosting the “blasphemous” Innocence of Muslims film. But now the country’s parliament has been asked to define what actually constitutes blasphemy. Sana Saleem has some suggestions
Online misogny is a complex problem with no single solution, says Padraig Reidy
States, and companies, collecting huge amounts of data on people and populations around the world. Is this a mass surveillance nightmare – the digital Stasi roaming free – or just big data and we should get over it? Kirsty Hughes writes
As the the Co-operative chain tells magazines such as Nuts and Zoo to clean up their act, Nichi Hodgson asks if women really benefit
If we want the web to be a positive place for young people, we need to start talking about the positive things that happen there, says Padraig Reidy