Press Release: Dozens of pro-Lula Instagram accounts already affected as Bolsonaro seeks restrictions on network of 1,500 ahead of Brazilian election
Repro Uncensored and Brazilian LGBTQIA+ and digital rights organizations warn of escalating censorship ahead of Brazil's presidential runoff. Following restrictions affecting dozens of pro-Lula Instagram accounts, Flávio Bolsonaro has filed a petition seeking the suspension of 32 accounts and additional measures involving a network of 1,525 profiles, raising concerns about freedom of expression, digital rights and democratic participation.
Press Release: Türkiye Must Drop All Charges Against LGBTQI+ Activists
Repro Uncensored and the International Planned Parenthood Federation condemn the coordinated raids, detentions and digital censorship targeting LGBTQI+ organizations, activists and community spaces.
Brussels / Istanbul, 15 September 2026 — Repro Uncensored and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) condemn the sweeping attacks on LGBTQI+ communities in Türkiye and call for the immediate release of those detained, the dismissal of all discriminatory charges, and the restoration of blocked websites and social media accounts.
MEPs Demand EU Commission Action Over Meta Account Blocking in Albania-- UPDATE: Commission Responds
More than 30 MEPs from Renew Europe, the Greens/EFA, S&D and The Left have submitted a formal Parliamentary Question to the European Commission over Meta’s blocking of dozens of Albanian accounts belonging to activists, journalists and political figures, followed by the blocking of Euronews Albania’s Instagram account on 5 September. Euronews Albania’s account was subsequently restored, while Meta says it is investigating the case.
Press Release: Coordinated Digital Attacks Target Activists Documenting Albania’s Flamingo Revolution
Dozens of activists and civic platforms have been targeted, cutting hundreds of thousands of people off from information about the protests
The Algorithm Was Never a Curator: What Social Media's Takedowns Reveal About Its Arts Problem
Instagram launched as a place to share a photo of your coffee with the fifty people who already knew you. Facebook started as a directory for keeping up with classmates. Twitter was a place to answer one question: what are you doing right now? None of them were built to hold a body of creative work, protect an archive, or carry the weight of a gallery's reputation.
Self-Censorship in the Balkans: How Social Structures Shape Online Violence and Political Participation
A research based exploration of how online violence, harassment, and emerging technologies are contributing to self censorship among women in the Western Balkans. The piece examines how fear of digital abuse can discourage women from speaking publicly, participating in political debate, or engaging in activism, and considers what this growing silence means for freedom of expression, political participation, and democracy across the region.
When the Censor Wears Two Masks: Meta, Ankara, and the Struggles of the Vibrant Queer Community in Türkiye
In the week before İstanbul Pride, the accounts began to vanish. Queer organizations faced with an unexpected error message while trying to access their social media accounts. Inside Turkiye, the Instagram pages of Kaos GL, İstanbul Pride Week, İstanbul Trans Pride Week, Ankara Pride, and İzmir Pride simply stopped existing
When Censorship Becomes a Lawsuit How one artist’s case is challenging Meta under the Digital Services Act
I think you might know the feeling: The conversation you were in just turned to static. Your cheeks flush. Your stomach drops. You hear yourself say, What the fuck?
Your account has been erased.
I've spent years talking to artists, activists, and creators whose work has disappeared in that gut-wrenching instant. No amount of experience, careful wording, backup plans or familiarity with platform rules really prepares you for it. It always feels surreal. One second you're there; the next you're gone, trying to prove you ever existed at all.
Press Release: Amid Crackdown on Pride in Türkiye, More Than 120 LGBTQI+ and Feminist Social Media Accounts Suspended
Amid an escalating crackdown on LGBTQI+ communities in Türkiye, Repro Uncensored, the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), ÜniKuir Association and Kaos GL are raising alarm over the suspension of more than 120 LGBTQI+ and feminist social media accounts across major social media platforms beginning on 19 June 2026, according to documentation compiled by Turkish civil society organizations.
If Decentralised Social Media Promises Freedom from Censorship, Why Aren't Sex Workers Moving There? SXFestival Expo 2026
Despite years of online censorship, sex workers are not flocking to decentralised social media. Drawing on interviews conducted at Berlin's SXFestival Expo 2026, this article explores why governance alone is not enough—and why audience, discoverability and economic opportunity continue to keep creators tied to Big Tech platforms.
Repro Uncensored X Waag Futurelab: You're Banned. Now What?
Digital censorship or digital suppression refers to platform practices that limit the visibility or availability of important information online. This includes content removals, account suspensions, shadowbanning, and other forms of algorithmic suppression.
Birth Control Misinformation: Information Access, Platform Power, and Health
Social media has become one of the primary ways people learn about health, relationships, and their bodies. Increasingly, it is also where people encounter information—and misinformation—about contraception and reproductive healthcare.
‘Too Dangerous’ to know: AI’s scaremongering playbook, HRT, & Fable 5
Fable 5, the “most powerful AI model ever made”, was released by Anthropic on June 9, then promptly retracted just three days later. While it was live, Fable 5 downgraded results about gender affirming healthcare information to Opus 4.8, its former leading model at the time.
RU X IPPF: RightsCon Cancelled as Global Attacks on SRHR and Digital Freedoms Intensify -Press Release
The cancellation comes at a time of growing global rollback on fundamental rights, including freedom of expression, access to information, and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Many organisations including Repro Uncensored and International Planned Parenthood Federation, were set to speak at RightsCon, with dozens of sessions focused on censorship, platform governance, and access to reproductive health information online.
Gnosis and the Politics of Knowledge: How Canonization Becomes Censorship
From the exclusion of the Gnostic texts to the ranking of content online, institutions have long determined which narratives are visible, legitimate, and preserved—and which are buried, discredited, or erased.
Australia: Sexual Content Moderation and Platform Governance Through a Sex-Positive Framework
A collective framework for rethinking how platforms govern sex, sexuality, and visibility online, outlining concrete principles for building more equitable, accountable, and sex-positive digital environments.
Does the Internet Feed Off of Women’s Bodies? How algorithms, AI, and platforms profit from the exploitation and silencing of women
From facial recognition bias to AI-generated sexual violence and reproductive health censorship, digital systems increasingly shape how women’s bodies and voices appear online. As platforms prioritize engagement and profit, algorithmic infrastructures are amplifying exploitation, surveillance, and the silencing of feminist and reproductive health information.
We asked artists in China about censorship. Here’s what they told us.
We interviewed artists in China about censorship and self-censorship in artistic practice. Their reflections describe a system shaped less by explicit prohibition and more by uncertainty, where creators often anticipate consequences and quietly adjust expression in advance.
Shadowbanned: Art, Language, and Survival Under Digital Censorship
When platforms label marginalized voices as “dangerous,” censorship becomes violence. In this essay, Vianney Harelly writes about art, borders, Palestine solidarity, and the real cost of being visible under digital censorship.
Victims of Algorithmic Hyperreality: One Real Death, Infinite Fabrications
An essay on how algorithms, disinformation, and generative AI distort reality in moments of violence. When truth is overwritten by hyperreality, victims are forced to exist in both the real and the fabricated at once.
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