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The Mexican "norteno" band Los Tigres del Norte says it has canceled a planned appearance at an awards ceremony after organizers allegedly asked it not to play the biting political commentary song "La Granja."
Flickr isn’t talking about the “Jokerized” image of President Obama it yanked from its site, and it doesn’t want its users to talk about it either. Turns out, this photo-sharing “community” is more of a business than its customers like to believe.
When Shanghai blogger Isaac Mao tried to watch a YouTube clip of Chinese police beating Tibetans, all he got was an error message.
Lithuania's new president on Thursday criticized a censorship bill passed by lawmakers in the Baltic country that aims to keep information about homosexuality away from children.
The American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday threatened to sue a San Diego County school that refused to let a student present a report on slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk until her classmates got their parents' permission to hear it.
The latest issue of The Economist will not be distributed in Thailand because of its coverage of the country's monarchy, the magazine said.
Nicaraguan writer Sergio Ramirez says his government is censoring him by blocking publication of his prologue to the work of an earlier Nicaraguan poet.
British Internet users have been blocked from accessing an article on popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia over child pornography concerns, the country's Internet watchdog and Wikipedia said Saturday.
Afghanistan's lower house of Parliament passed a resolution Monday seeking to bar television programs from showing dancing and other practices deemed un-Islamic.
An international media rights group called on China to loosen controls on news and personal expression on the Internet, saying the country's system of censorship is an insult to the spirit of online freedom.
Once relatively indifferent to government affairs, Google Inc. is seeking help inside the Beltway to fight the rise of Web censorship worldwide.
Once relatively indifferent to government affairs, Google Inc. is seeking help inside the Beltway to fight the rise of Web censorship worldwide.
The U.S. military asserted that an American soldier was justified in erasing journalists' footage of the aftermath of a suicide bombing and shooting in Afghanistan last week, saying publication could have compromised a military investigation and led to false public conclusions.
US technology firms including Microsoft, Google and Yahoo have come under fire for allegedly helping China monitor suspected dissidents.
Over one thousand internet experts will gather in Greece this week for the first UN-sponsored Internet Governance Forum (IGF) meeting, amid grumblings over the dominant position currently enjoyed by the US.
Here's some news you may never hear about Israel's war against Hezbollah: a missile falls into the sea, a strategic military installation is hit, a Cabinet minister plans to visit the front lines.
Google Inc. co-founder Sergey Brin acknowledged Tuesday the dominant Internet company has compromised its principles by accommodating Chinese censorship demands. He said Google is wrestling to make the deal work before deciding whether to reverse course.
Four U.S. high-tech companies on Wednesday found themselves branded collaborators with the Chinese government in suppressing dissent in return for access to a booming Internet market.
Nobody turns off the microphone on Mick Jagger without a fight. Censorship of their songs during the Super Bowl halftime show was "absolutely ridiculous and completely unnecessary," the Rolling Stones said through a spokeswoman on Tuesday.
"Memoirs of a Geisha" has became the latest movie censored in China despite increased openness, and analysts say communist leaders will likely ramp up ideological controls as outside influences flood the nation.
Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said Wednesday that attempts by governments to censor Web site contents were doomed, because banned information can seep out despite official injunctions.
Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a fallen soldier in Iraq who reinvigorated the anti-war movement, was arrested and removed from the House gallery Tuesday night just before President Bush's State of the Union address, a police spokeswoman said.
Microsoft Corp. says it is setting new policies on shutting down Web journals after its much-publicized squelching of a well-known Chinese blogger at the request of Chinese officials.
Boycott Microsoft BingCritics have accused President Obama of kowtowing to Chinese leaders, by failing to meet dissidents, toning down his criticisms and delaying a meeting with the Dalai Lama.
Dembski Stoops Even Lower: Legal Threats to Silence a CriticFor those who have slightly better memory of recent events than an average gerbil, you'll surely remember that not too long ago, the Intelligent Design folks, with the help of Ben Stein, put together a whole movie about how evilutionists are all a bunch of evil fascists, out to s …
Indianapolis Schools Ban Atheism Websites | Unreasonable FaithThe Indianapolis Public School system has a policy to ban certain websites from being viewed at school. I certainly hated it when I was in high school (we found ways to bypass it if course) but it's a reasonable idea.
Seventh-Day Adventists split over evolution? - The Panda's Thumb...[T]he board of trustess of La Sierra University in Riverside, California, voted to endorse young-earth creationism:La Sierra's board of trustees last week unanimously voted to endorse Adventist beliefs that the world was created in six 24-hour days and said the teaching of e …
President Obama: Don't Lecture China on CensorshipLet's just take the issue of depleted uranium weapons, over 1000 tons of which have been expended in the US invasion of Iraq, most of it in populated areas where millions remain exposed to the radioactive dust of the burned material.
Obama promotes internet freedom in China while trying to stifle it at homeWilliam D. Zeranski When any president goes off to a foreign country and states that that government should stop censorship, well, that's a good thing.
The Mao The Merrier Anita Dunn may be leaving with her little red book, but her husband enters as the next White House counsel, bringing experience in suppressing dissent, assaulting the First Amendment and limiting speech. While serving as White House communications director, she was the commandi …
The European BioWar outbreak and the censoring of it by the mainstream news media.The biggest story on the Planet today is the outbreak of a very serious Advanced Biological War virus in Europe. The second biggest story on the Planet is the suppression of this story for almost two weeks by the corporate owned mainstream news media.
Censored gay sex scenes in From Here to Eternity revealedIt is one of the most celebrated images in cinema, an icon of heterosexual romance: Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr kissing as the waves crash over them in the 1953 film From Here to Eternity.
The Nutt Sack Affair (part 493)-- Ben Goldacre on Drug Prohibition & Scientific EvidenceIf you wish to justify a policy that will plainly increase the harms associated with each individual act of drug use, by creating violent criminal gangs as distributors, driving the sale of contaminated black market drugs, blighting the careers of users caught by the police, crim …
EPA Lawyers: Cap-And-Trade 'Fatally Flawed' After stifling a report questioning the science behind climate change, the EPA is censoring two of its lawyers for saying the proposed solutions are also problematical. The debate isn't over.
Call to reform 'repressive' English libel lawsIntimidating and out-of-date laws are silencing free speech and scientific inquiry, a report claims, amid increasing controversy over England's status as "the libel capital of the world".
Beck Loses Domain Dispute, and Domain Owner-- Point Made-- Donates Domain to BeckAn update to this October story.So the dispute filed by Glenn Beck against Isaac Eiland-Hall over the website glennbeckraped andmurderedayounggirlin1990.com has come to an unusual conclusion. Unsurprisingly, Beck lost the dispute.
Net censorship seen liable to WTO challengeCENSORSHIP of the internet is open to challenge at the World Trade Organisation as it can restrict trade in services delivered online, a forthcoming study says.
Grassley Defends Censorship Amendment, Says Webb Commission Should "Do What We Tell Them To Do"Sen. Charles Grassley, author of the censorship amendment to the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, was asked about his anti-speech tendencies by a reporter on a conference call today. The full transcript is below, but here's the most interesting part of what Sen.
Gays are Going About it All Wrong Hey gays, I mean guys, can I talk to you for a minute? Last Tuesdays loss in Maine was a tough blow. 31 states have now shot down gay marriage. Here's the thing, you are going about it all wrong.
Obama Wants Control Of The InternetThe internet chapter of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, a secret copyright treaty whose text Obama's administration refused to disclose due to "national security" concerns, has leaked. It's bad.
Republican Hypocrisy Case #23758740975700935787: Grassley Proposes to Censor Drug War Reform SuggestionsSen. Jim Webb (D-Virginia) has bravely proposed legislation to create a Blue Ribbon commission to conduct an 18-month, "top-to-bottom" review of America's criminal justice system with the goal of bringing U.S.
Too Hot to Handle: The New Yorker Magazine Censors the Word 'Censored' in Report Criticizing Israel!"Censored NY Times Cartoon," the true story behind how the New York Times reneged on running a cartoon critical of Israel, was scheduled to appear in the special November 2 cartoon edition of the New Yorker.
Obama Pushing Secular UN Anti-Free Speech ResolutionThose who would accuse Barack Obama of pandering to — if not sympathy for — Islamists have been handed some powerful new ammunition.
No Thanks, Net NanniesProponents of net neutrality would likely respond that it's necessary to preserve the Web's long-standing openness.
From The Political Commentator (http://politicsandfinance.blogspot.com) MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2009 All The News Considered Fit To Dispense According To The White House That Is
Harry Browne on Net NeutralityAs cynical as I may be about any government solution to any problem, even I am amazed at the level of hubris required to propose threats of physical violence against a person based on the speed of electron flows through wires and computers they own.
Somali jihad group threatens journalists"The news you report is against the jihad and you are not nationalists willing to defend your people and your country," Sheikh Mohamed told reporters....
CNSNews.com - Obama White House Rebuffed, As Other Networks Stand Up for 1st Amendment, Fox NewsBoehner said Democrats are targeting those who don't support their health care plans. Those targets include Fox News and the U.S.
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