Censorship

The Dhaka Literary Festival Defies Attacks on Free Speech

By Casey Quackenbush

Propaganda Reaches Fever Pitch in China

By Charlie Campbell / Beijing

Cambridge University Press Reverses on China Censorship

By Joseph Hincks

Thailand Declares Deadline to Remove Censored Web Content

By Joseph Hincks
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VPN Crackdown Jeopardizes China’s Business Credentials

Apple has removed popular VPN apps in line with a new government crackdown

By Charlie Campbell / Beijing

Winnie the Pooh and Homer Too

Chinese censors temporarily restricted images and mentions of Winnie the Pooh on social-media platforms WeChat and Weibo after some users compared the honey-loving bear to President Xi Jinping.KENYAThe Kenya Film Classification Board in June prohibited...

By Kate Samuelson

Winnie the Pooh Is in Trouble With the Chinese Authorities

Evidently, a cuddly bear is a threat to the world's next superpower

By Joseph Hincks

Internet Censorship: China Shuts Down Weibo's Video Stream

The government wants to "create a cleaner cyberspace"

By Joseph Hincks

Jimmy Kimmel Let the Silenced Valedictorian Finish His Speech

A high school valedictorian whose graduation speech was abruptly cut off got national media attention this week, but on Tuesday night he enjoyed a much bigger platform: Jimmy Kimmel Live!Before the late night host gave...

By Ashley Hoffman

An Israeli PR Company Removed Smurfette From Film Promotion

Bnei Brak has an ordinance against images that 'might incite the feelings of the city's residents'

By Kate Dwyer

The Right to Speech Vs. the Right to Censor

Milo Yiannopoulos is many things: a onetime editor at the alt-right website Breitbart, a gay and partly Jewish man who regularly disparaged gays and Jews, the self-described “most fabulous supervillain of the Internet” and, in...

By Bryan Walsh

Swearing Is Scientifically Proven to Help You *%$!ing Deal

The budding science of profanity shows just how potent it may be

By Katy Steinmetz

China's Latest Deadly Industrial Explosion Spotlights Dire Workplace Safety

Explosion that killed at least 14 came during a key meeting of the Chinese Communist Party and was swiftly censored

By Charlie Campbell / Beijing

These 5 Facts Explain the (Dire) State of Press Freedom Globally

It's not just a problem in authoritarian countries

By Ian Bremmer

China's Censors Take Aim at the Country's Film Industry

Now that Chinese investors own Hollywood studios and cinema chains, a new draft film law could potentially hinder the global film-production process

By Hannah Beech / Shanghai

Photographer Fights Instagram Over Image of Her Six-Year-Old Daughter

Cass Bird is used to taking pictures of her son and daughter. “I’m an artist, mother, photographer, director,” she says. “I like to make work that feels honest and simple or humorous.”That was her intention...

By Olivier Laurent

China Imposes Harsh New TV Regulations

Entertainment censors are pulling most such shows from the air

By Hannah Beech / Shanghai

China's Press Freedom Rating Is Worst Ever

Censorship is intense, and more journalists are jailed in China than in any other country

By Charlie Campbell / Beijing

Architect of China's Great Firewall Blocked by Firewall

Chinese social media was predictably scathing

By Charlie Campbell / Beijing

A Brief History of Facebook's Wooing of China

The social network is banned in the world's most populous nation, but that hasn't stopped founder Mark Zuckerberg from trying to find a way in

By Hannah Beech
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