social media

The January 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob once again brings the role of social media in maintaining public security and safety to the foreground.

On the battlefields of social media, conflicts between citizens of China and South Korea are increasingly common.

"The Internet and social media’s arrival in the region have led to unprecedented levels of grassroots activism across societies."

Hoping to preserve their access to a lucrative market, Facebook and YouTube have been increasingly willing to censor "anti-state" content.

Thousands of recently-created Twitter accounts beamed out royalist hashtags intended to counter rising online mockery of the monarchy.

Given how central social media networks have become to political life in Southeast Asia, it is no surprise that the region's governments are trying to manipulate and control them.

Facebook’s failure to remove hate speech and disinformation during the 2018 riots resulted in spurring on the deadly violence.

While COVID-19 dominates Kyrgyzstan’s media landscape, citizens make memes to keep now-distant social issues relevant.

Although stark across Asia, the rise of social media monitoring tools and disinformation campaigns is a global phenomenon.

Social media provides another front for battle between the Afghan government and the Taliban.

Efforts to cover an unfolding political crisis in Kyrgyzstan struggle to balance accuracy with the need for up-to-date information.