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Open and candid exchanges about the national economy have helped authorities pinpoint problems and find quick solutions, but the silencing of prominent financial writer Wu Xiaobo could put a dent in those lively debates.
- The home ministry says it hopes to prevent the streaming of LGBTQ, communist and Islamophobic content on platforms such as Netflix
- Local filmmakers have been wary of censorship rules for years with two such individuals having faced criminal action for their content
On the face of it, India still has a vibrant media. But to many journalists, leadership changes and diluted coverage illustrate how PM Modi has effectively brought the industry to heel.
Trained on data in 11 Southeast Asian languages including Vietnamese, Thai and Bahasa Indonesia, SEA-LION aims to lessen reliance on Western models developed for English.
Expats was shot in Hong Kong but is not being shown there. This has happened before with films, such as The Kite Runner, set in and partly filmed in Afghanistan, and A Clockwork Orange, shot in the UK.
A body representing Hong Kong filmmakers expresses surprise after the city’s film censors, according to a source, required M+ museum to remove the name of a 1993 Chinese film in order to show it.
30-year-old All Sages Bookstore is a landmark in Beijing’s intellectual landscape thanks to owner and once prominent dissident Liu Suli.
NPC releases draft amendment to the Emergency Response Law: ‘no institution or individual shall fabricate or spread false information about emergencies’.
Chinese mini series with catchy plot lines have quickly grabbed eyeballs but regulators are on the lookout for vulgar content.
For Anwar Ibrahim, 2023 was dominated by efforts to stymie Malaysian politics’ lurch to the right and push back against Israel’s brutal assault on Gaza. Michelle Yeoh’s Academy Award win provided a bright spot, however.
Several Malaysian films such as Tiger Stripes and Rain Town have won acclaim at international film festivals.
The People Power Under Attack 2023 report cited an increase in censorship under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s administration despite his pro-reform pledge.
Politicians say the move seems to ‘stifle freedom of expression’ in Nepal and call for regulations to counter abuse of social media instead.
Barbie screenings, books about dystopias such as George Orwell’s 1984: in Ivanovo, a library named after the British writer counters Kremlin propaganda about the war in Ukraine and helps visitors ‘feel free’.
K-pop singer Lisa of megastar group Blackpink gets ban from China’s Weibo, with fans linking it to her burlesque show at the Crazy Horse club. Actress Angelababy, who reportedly saw the show, banned too.
The online rally drew mostly youngsters, with users’ avatars congregating on a virtual field while holding Malaysian and Palestinian flags.
New rules a bid by Beijing to provide cyber environment that is good for ‘physical and mental health’ of over 191 million internet users aged under 18.
The social media platform said its software had a bug that affected all accounts around the world, and had ‘nothing to do with the subject matter of the content’, Meta spokesperson Andy Stone wrote.
Toughened requirements on which apps Apple can offer in China are set to make it difficult for locals to download banned foreign apps like Instagram and YouTube, while also making life harder for app developers.
The Nostr social media protocol has elicited such enthusiasm in users that there are dedicated podcasts, newsletters and conferences, including in Hong Kong.
Generative AI-based tools were used in at least 16 countries to distort information on political or social issues over the period June 2022 to May 2023, according to the annual Freedom on Net report.
The government said US-based Malaysian author Boey Chee Ming’s When I was a Kid 3 contained material that was ‘likely to be prejudicial to morality’.
A vocal critic of ex-president Rodrigo Duterte and his deadly drug war, Ressa has long maintained that the charges against her and her news website Rappler were politically motivated.
Chai ignited public discussion about air pollution in 2015 with a documentary that fell foul of censors.
Hungary is forcing bookshops to place any books containing LGBTQ content in closed plastic wrapping, deeming the titles unsuitable for minors. But some booksellers are fighting back.
If legislation becomes law, studios wanting federal funding will have to agree not to alter a film’s content ‘in response to or in anticipation of’ Beijing’s request.
Meta’s new Twitter rival, Threads, is topping China’s iOS app charts, despite Western social media apps like Instagram and Facebook being banned in the country by its “Great Firewall”.
