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Threat Index: Media

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Censorship

    Freedom.Press - the Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) builds secure communications tools, teaches journalists how to keep themselves and their sources safe, monitors and documents every press freedom violation in the U.S. and advocates for the public’s right to know

    RSF's World Press Freedom Index - compares the level of press freedom enjoyed by journalists and media in 180 countries and territories.

    Free Speech Index - rates each state on how well it supports the free speech and association rights of individuals and groups interested in speaking about candidates, issues of public policy, and their government.

    FreedomHouse.org - Freedom House tracks fundamental freedoms and rights in 208 countries and territories worldwide.

    TheFire.org - The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression's mission is to defend and sustain the individual rights of all Americans to free speech and free thought — the most essential qualities of liberty.

    IndexOnCensorship.org - a nonprofit that defends people’s freedom to express themselves without fear of harm or persecution.

    EoTArchive.org - captures and saves U.S. Government websites at the end of presidential administrations

    USCCR.gov - U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

    ACLU.org - American Civil Liberties Union

    Erasing History [ebook]

Manipulation

Dark Patterns

The idea of a dark pattern was called out in 2010 by Harry Brignull, a user experience (UX) designer, who has since written a book 'Deceptive Patterns' on the subject. Brignull defines 'dark' or 'deceptive' patterns as "tricks used in websites and apps that make you do things that you didn't mean to, like buying or signing up for something..." There are 16 kinds of dark patterns, many of which were, or are still, being practiced, allegedly, by some of the world's biggest companies, such as Facebook, Amazon, and Google.