By Shefali Kumar On January 7th, 2023, supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stormed government institutions in Brasilia, Brazil. The protest closely resembled the infamous January 6th U.S. insurrection, where protestors attempted to overturn the results of t...

By Shefali Kumar In the last part of this series, I discussed Elon Musk’s approach to managing Twitter, in particular scrutinizing his self-proclaimed status as a ‘free-speech absolutist.’ Although he has vocally made it clear that he intends to make Twitter more transparent, ...

By Shefali Kumar In light of the controversial Twitter Files release, and Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, social media platforms are being called out for their content moderation. While the outcry largely comes from right-wing politicians, claiming banned accounts and flagged...

Warmest welcome to our February interns! We ask each intern to briefly introduce themselves. I am an International Relations and Global Communications MA student. I have a strong interest in studying media protections, access to information and how disinformation spreads, part...