Censorship

20 May 2013

Iran is tightening control of the internet ahead of next month's presidential election, mindful of violent street protests that social networkers inspired last time around over claims of fraud,...

5:51AM

Hunan censor tells of battle against pornography

14 May 2013

A month after Hunan's anti-pornography department busted a provider of indecent videos, provincial television got a rare interview with one of the officials in charge of looking through the seized...

3:53AM

'You have to watch it even if you don't want to,' says senior pornography censor in China

13 May 2013

A month after Hunan's anti-pornography department busted a provider of indecent videos, provincial television got a rare interview with one of the officials in charge of looking through the seized...

2:42PM

Seven subjects off limits for teaching, Chinese universities told

10 May 2013

Mainland universities have been ordered to steer clear of seven topics in their teaching, including universal values, press freedom and civil rights, two university staff said, offering an insight...

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Censors plan to back off on brazen Bollywood

6 May 2013

India's all-powerful censor board is planning a lighter approach to Bollywood after decades chopping tens of thousands of film scenes, from onscreen kisses to violent endings.

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Censorship holds back Chinese progress

3 May 2013

World Press Freedom Day, celebrated today, was designated by the UN in 1993 to remind governments of their duty to uphold free speech and the free press, as outlined by Article 19 of the Universal...

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Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

EU fails to adapt to borderless world

4:35AM

Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

2:53AM

New regulations in China ban journalists from quoting foreign media

On the day Chinese journalists woke up to news that the New York Times won a Pulitzer for its report on former Premier Wen Jiabao's family fortune, China's media regulator issued new regulations...

12:06PM

Myanmar must not gag its media

Of all Myanmar's reforms, few are as fundamentally important to the nation's people as media freedom. The recent launch of four privately owned newspapers - the first of 16 given approval to...

3:03AM

'How much longer for us?' ask Chinese after Myanmar ends media censorship

Netizens - anxious about media censorship in China - experienced both envy and excitement on Tuesday, a day after privately-owned daily newspapers hit Myanmar’s streets for the first time in...

2:08PM

No criticism of Maoism: Dubious 'media guidelines from censors' circulate internet

A list of purported new guidelines for Chinese media banning criticism of former leader Mao Zedong was circulated online during the weekend, causing cheer among leftists and disdain among liberals...

5:11PM

Guangdong University sets up student group to monitor internet discussion

Guangdong Baiyun University formed a committee nicknamed the “Red Army of the Internet” to monitor students’ online activities, Chinese business magazine Caijing reported on Tuesday.

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INTERNET

Users urge Google to keep Reader website tracker running

Outrage over Google's decision to pull the plug on Reader flooded the internet as lovers of the service for tracking website updates lobbied to keep it alive. A "Keep Google Reader Running"...

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