Nepal Protests: Discord, BitChat, and Grassroots Governance

In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:

• How platforms are responding to the Charlie Kirk shooting (The Verge)
• Bluesky Issues Warning to Any Users Celebrating Charlie Kirk Assassination (Newsweek)
• Right-Wing Activists Are Targeting People for Allegedly Celebrating Charlie Kirk’s Death (Wired)
• Charlie Kirk Was Shot and Killed in a Post-Content-Moderation World (Wired)
• Has Britain Gone Too Far With Its Digital Controls? (New York Times)
• The Censorship Alarm Is Ringing in the Wrong Direction (Public Knowledge)
• We now know who the new owners of TikTok will be - if Trump gets his deal done with Xi (CNN)
• Nepal’s Social Media Ban Backfires as Politics Moves to a Chat Room (New York Times)

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