Jemimah Steinfeld
@jemimahsteinfeld.bsky.social
CEO @indexoncensorship.org and journalist. Chat mostly human rights, free speech, politics, climate & China.
Sometimes in Guardian, BBC, Independent, Prospect, Times, CNN etc.
Author of book on sex & youth in China.
Sometimes in Guardian, BBC, Independent, Prospect, Times, CNN etc.
Author of book on sex & youth in China.
Humbling being on a panel with Verity & Lucy Nevitt behind @thegeminiproject.bsky.social & lawyer Jennifer Robinson, speaking about how SLAPPs further silence victims of sexual assault. What a disgrace SLAPPs are. @indexoncensorship.org report here for more www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/the-...
October 22, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Humbling being on a panel with Verity & Lucy Nevitt behind @thegeminiproject.bsky.social & lawyer Jennifer Robinson, speaking about how SLAPPs further silence victims of sexual assault. What a disgrace SLAPPs are. @indexoncensorship.org report here for more www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/the-...
Holy smokes. Check out my prompt and then check out the answer on this Google AI overview about Liu Xiaobo. If anything highlights the problems of AI from a mis/dis-info perspective...
October 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Holy smokes. Check out my prompt and then check out the answer on this Google AI overview about Liu Xiaobo. If anything highlights the problems of AI from a mis/dis-info perspective...
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 to the team @rsf.org, plus @badiucao.bsky.social and the other contributors for this amazing special edition of #AppleDaily.
Four years after they were closed in Hong Kong they’re back, proving you can silence a messenger but never a message.
rsf.org/en/four-year...
Four years after they were closed in Hong Kong they’re back, proving you can silence a messenger but never a message.
rsf.org/en/four-year...
June 24, 2025 at 7:27 AM
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 to the team @rsf.org, plus @badiucao.bsky.social and the other contributors for this amazing special edition of #AppleDaily.
Four years after they were closed in Hong Kong they’re back, proving you can silence a messenger but never a message.
rsf.org/en/four-year...
Four years after they were closed in Hong Kong they’re back, proving you can silence a messenger but never a message.
rsf.org/en/four-year...
According to a UN report one woman is killed every 10 minutes simply for being a woman. Yep, you read right. TikToker Sana Yousaf was one of them murdered this week. I wrote about her & femicide for @indexoncensorship.org newsletter, out soon. Please do subscribe. And RIP Sana, you beautiful soul
June 6, 2025 at 10:25 AM
According to a UN report one woman is killed every 10 minutes simply for being a woman. Yep, you read right. TikToker Sana Yousaf was one of them murdered this week. I wrote about her & femicide for @indexoncensorship.org newsletter, out soon. Please do subscribe. And RIP Sana, you beautiful soul
Why do we always talk about an event that happened now 36 years ago? Because authoritarian regimes function in part by erasing or rewriting history. The Chinese government still deny the Tiananmen Square Massacre happened. It did and we have to keep on saying as much until justice is served.
June 4, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Why do we always talk about an event that happened now 36 years ago? Because authoritarian regimes function in part by erasing or rewriting history. The Chinese government still deny the Tiananmen Square Massacre happened. It did and we have to keep on saying as much until justice is served.
Hearing Malala and @zahrajoya.bsky.social talk last night was exactly what I - nay we - need in these dark times. A reminder that courageous and principled people do still exist
May 8, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Hearing Malala and @zahrajoya.bsky.social talk last night was exactly what I - nay we - need in these dark times. A reminder that courageous and principled people do still exist
Spent all week looking for the perfect China tariff meme. Finally found it
April 11, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Spent all week looking for the perfect China tariff meme. Finally found it
Good news - a federal court has blocked the White House from denying AP access to presidential press events based on its editorial stance. The pushback continues. Everyone just has to keep up the momentum and not run out of steam. There’s a long road ahead…
April 9, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Good news - a federal court has blocked the White House from denying AP access to presidential press events based on its editorial stance. The pushback continues. Everyone just has to keep up the momentum and not run out of steam. There’s a long road ahead…
Great to be back protesting on the streets of London with @indexoncensorship.org after a long hiatus. We brought the megaphone & we brought the chalk. To the people of Belarus on this Freedom Day we just want you to know you’re not forgotten
March 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Great to be back protesting on the streets of London with @indexoncensorship.org after a long hiatus. We brought the megaphone & we brought the chalk. To the people of Belarus on this Freedom Day we just want you to know you’re not forgotten
Anyone who follows China closely will be familiar with stories of people being stopped at the border for China / Hong Kong and turned back based on critical social media posts. But for this to happen in the USA today shows just how far into the abyss the country is heading.
March 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Anyone who follows China closely will be familiar with stories of people being stopped at the border for China / Hong Kong and turned back based on critical social media posts. But for this to happen in the USA today shows just how far into the abyss the country is heading.
Taiwan - promoting freedom even from the unassuming coffee shops
February 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Taiwan - promoting freedom even from the unassuming coffee shops
I really can’t say this enough - breaking encryption would be such a disaster. A noble desire to make the internet safer would instead make it much less so. I take my point to @thetimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I really can’t say this enough - breaking encryption would be such a disaster. A noble desire to make the internet safer would instead make it much less so. I take my point to @thetimes.com
Musk, Trump and Zuckerberg have gutted the words free speech of meaning and they’re now being referred to as “free speech”. We progressives have gotta somehow reclaim them
January 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Musk, Trump and Zuckerberg have gutted the words free speech of meaning and they’re now being referred to as “free speech”. We progressives have gotta somehow reclaim them
80 yrs ago today some 7000 were liberated from Auschwitz, a tiny figure compared to the 1 million who were murdered there. Some of the murdered were my family. I always think of my dad's first cousin Ester. Arriving there aged 15 she was selected to work but wanted to stay with her mum 1/4
January 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
80 yrs ago today some 7000 were liberated from Auschwitz, a tiny figure compared to the 1 million who were murdered there. Some of the murdered were my family. I always think of my dad's first cousin Ester. Arriving there aged 15 she was selected to work but wanted to stay with her mum 1/4
Remembering Charlie Hebdo victims who were murdered 10 years ago today. Thinking of their family, friends & colleagues and standing with all those on the side of justice, plurality & tolerance.
Below is a cartoonist’s response published @indexoncensorship.org from time. Violence is never an answer
Below is a cartoonist’s response published @indexoncensorship.org from time. Violence is never an answer
January 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Remembering Charlie Hebdo victims who were murdered 10 years ago today. Thinking of their family, friends & colleagues and standing with all those on the side of justice, plurality & tolerance.
Below is a cartoonist’s response published @indexoncensorship.org from time. Violence is never an answer
Below is a cartoonist’s response published @indexoncensorship.org from time. Violence is never an answer
Still get a rush receiving the latest issue of @indexoncensorship.org. Nb if you’re nervous about this year you can affect change by supporting organisations like ours as we continue to face off the tyrants and fight for our universal rights
January 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Still get a rush receiving the latest issue of @indexoncensorship.org. Nb if you’re nervous about this year you can affect change by supporting organisations like ours as we continue to face off the tyrants and fight for our universal rights
Touched and pretty emotional reading this wonderful tribute to my amazing uncle Alan Steinfeld in today’s @thetimes.com. He suddenly passed away at the end of August and he’s so dearly missed by our family
December 21, 2024 at 10:03 AM
Touched and pretty emotional reading this wonderful tribute to my amazing uncle Alan Steinfeld in today’s @thetimes.com. He suddenly passed away at the end of August and he’s so dearly missed by our family
Of all the lines in @reflextv.bsky.social's powerful piece, it's this that gets me most. Because it's happened many times since, that we've lost concentration and/or access. Because it's happening today - in Gaza, Sudan, Afghanistan. Because it'll happen tomorrow. www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
December 9, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Of all the lines in @reflextv.bsky.social's powerful piece, it's this that gets me most. Because it's happened many times since, that we've lost concentration and/or access. Because it's happening today - in Gaza, Sudan, Afghanistan. Because it'll happen tomorrow. www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan reaches grim milestone of 100 days since her re-arrest. Zhang was 1st arrested after reporting from Wuhan in early days of pandemic. She put her own life at risk to cover one of the most important global stories. For this she's been punished again & again #FreeZhangZhan
December 6, 2024 at 8:12 AM
Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan reaches grim milestone of 100 days since her re-arrest. Zhang was 1st arrested after reporting from Wuhan in early days of pandemic. She put her own life at risk to cover one of the most important global stories. For this she's been punished again & again #FreeZhangZhan
Big week in Hong Kong next week w. sentencing of #HongKong47 on Tuesday & restart of Jimmy Lai trial Wednesday.
We shouldn’t be inured to injustice in Hong Kong. We must continue to call it out & call for the unconditional release of these democracy fighters, who’ve already spent years behind bars
We shouldn’t be inured to injustice in Hong Kong. We must continue to call it out & call for the unconditional release of these democracy fighters, who’ve already spent years behind bars
November 17, 2024 at 9:47 AM
Big week in Hong Kong next week w. sentencing of #HongKong47 on Tuesday & restart of Jimmy Lai trial Wednesday.
We shouldn’t be inured to injustice in Hong Kong. We must continue to call it out & call for the unconditional release of these democracy fighters, who’ve already spent years behind bars
We shouldn’t be inured to injustice in Hong Kong. We must continue to call it out & call for the unconditional release of these democracy fighters, who’ve already spent years behind bars
Quite something to be in the same room as Yulia Navalnaya & Vladimir Kara-Murza at last night’s Magnitsky Awards. Their continued resilience despite extreme adversity & their continued dedication to bring about a free, democratic Russia is awe-inspiring.
November 15, 2024 at 8:43 AM
Quite something to be in the same room as Yulia Navalnaya & Vladimir Kara-Murza at last night’s Magnitsky Awards. Their continued resilience despite extreme adversity & their continued dedication to bring about a free, democratic Russia is awe-inspiring.
The courageous Sebastian Lai, son of imprisoned Hong Kong media mogul and British citizen Jimmy Lai, with the people working hardest to get Jimmy out of jail. New U.K. government has a real chance to show global leadership here by pressing China firmly and relentlessly on the case. No more dithering
November 13, 2024 at 7:46 PM
The courageous Sebastian Lai, son of imprisoned Hong Kong media mogul and British citizen Jimmy Lai, with the people working hardest to get Jimmy out of jail. New U.K. government has a real chance to show global leadership here by pressing China firmly and relentlessly on the case. No more dithering
Iran has just sentenced to death this woman - Varishe Moradi - who is a Kurdish women’s rights advocate and political activist.
Iran is not more moderate today under the new president.
We have to acknowledge this, be louder & use our voice for her
#womanlifefreedom #varishemoradi
Iran is not more moderate today under the new president.
We have to acknowledge this, be louder & use our voice for her
#womanlifefreedom #varishemoradi
November 11, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Iran has just sentenced to death this woman - Varishe Moradi - who is a Kurdish women’s rights advocate and political activist.
Iran is not more moderate today under the new president.
We have to acknowledge this, be louder & use our voice for her
#womanlifefreedom #varishemoradi
Iran is not more moderate today under the new president.
We have to acknowledge this, be louder & use our voice for her
#womanlifefreedom #varishemoradi
The latest issue of Granta magazine is devoted exclusively to China and it’s full of insight (like below) and as someone whose fascination with China still runs deep but who can’t safely visit China anymore it’s such a treat
November 11, 2024 at 10:19 AM
The latest issue of Granta magazine is devoted exclusively to China and it’s full of insight (like below) and as someone whose fascination with China still runs deep but who can’t safely visit China anymore it’s such a treat