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  • September 2008

    • Saudi Judge: Kill Offending Broadcasters

      Guardian (UK)  |  Sep 12, 08 4:45 PM CDT

      Saudi Judge: Kill Offending Broadcasters

      (Newser) - The highest judge in Saudi Arabia says “it is permissible” to murder owners of satellite TV networks that broadcast questionable material during Ramadan, the Guardian reports. When a caller to his radio show asked about channels featuring “bad programs,” Sheik Saleh al-Lihedan responded, “What does the owner of these networks think, when he provides seduction, obscenity and vulgarity? … Certainly it’s permissible to kill them.” More »

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      Saudi Arabia  • censorship  • Sharia law  • Ramadan  • satellite TV  • fatwa

    • GOP Plays Down Book-Ban Controversy

      Associated Press  |  Sep 12, 08 10:37 AM CDT

      GOP Plays Down Book-Ban Controversy

      (Newser) - Sarah Palin’s inquiries into book-banning were hypothetical and entirely appropriate, a McCain campaign spokesman said today, trying to clamp down on the growing online controversy. As mayor of Wasilla, Palin on three occasions asked the head of the library if she’d have a problem with banning books. The librarian said she would, and Palin soon fired her, saying she didn’t feel she had her “full support.” More »

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      Sarah Palin  • censorship  • Wasilla  • books  • libraries

    • Should This Game Be Banned?

      Guardian (UK)  |  Sep 11, 08 3:24 PM CDT

      Should This Game Be Banned?

      (Newser) - Muslim Massacre , a Web-based game where players aim to “wipe out the Muslim race,” has earned widespread condemnation from Islamic groups, the Guardian reports. In the game, the US has declared war on Islam and the unnamed “American hero” slaughters terrorists and civilians alike to face Osama bin Laden, Muhammed—and ultimately Allah. More »

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      Internet  • terrorism  • racism  • censorship  • Muslim  • Internet censorship  • islam

    • Journalist Shot Dead by Russian Cops

      New York Times  |  Sep 1, 08 6:00 AM CDT

      Journalist Shot Dead by Russian Cops

      (Newser) - A Russian journalist known for his opposition views was fatally shot in the head after his arrest at an airport yesterday, reports the New York Tiimes . He was shot as he sat in a police car on his way to interrogation, according to officials. Authorities labeled the death of Magomed Yevloyev accidental and are opening an investigation. But human rights advocates called the shooting suspicious and expressed concern about a new era of crackdowns on dissent in Russia. More »

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      Russia  • journalism  • censorship  • journalist

  • August 2008

    • At 840M Viewers, China TV Wins Global Attention

      New York Times  |  Aug 22, 08 9:01 AM CDT

      At 840M Viewers, China TV Wins Global Attention

      (Newser) - This year's Olympic opening ceremonies, perhaps the most watched television event in history, were a huge programming coup for CCTV, one of the main propaganda conduits for the Chinese government. CCTV has a larger audience than every major TV station in the US and Europe combined, writes the New York Times . And global companies seeking Chinese customers are beginning to take notice. More »

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      China  • television  • censorship  • propaganda  • Chinese economy  • Rem Koolhaas

    • China Blocks iTunes Over Pro-Tibet Album

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Aug 21, 08 5:10 PM CDT

      China Blocks iTunes Over Pro-Tibet Album

      (Newser) - The Chinese government has blocked access to Apple’s iTunes music store for providing free downloads of a pro-Tibet compilation to Olympic athletes, the Telegraph reports. Users reported a blackout Monday, shortly after the Campaign for Tibet notes that 40 Olympians had downloaded the record. Only the Chinese iTunes store is blocked, however—people in China can access other countries' stores with foreign credit cards. More »

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      China  • Internet  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Apple  • Tibet  • censorship  • iTunes

    • Twitter Helps Chinese Blogger Tell His Story

      Globe and Mail  |  Aug 14, 08 8:06 PM CDT

      Twitter Helps Chinese Blogger Tell His Story

      (Newser) - Twitter gets a bad rap for its often less-than-substantive musings, but every now and then the service proves its "true potential" as an Internet tool, writes Mathew Ingram in the Toronto Globe and Mail . Case in point: When a Chinese citizen journalist recently traveled to Beijing, the authorities hustled him out of the city on false pretenses. Fellow Twitterers picked up his story and translated his posts. More »

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      China  • Internet  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Beijing  • censorship  • blogger  • Twitter

    • Anti-Obama Bloggers Claim Censorship

      New York Sun  |  Aug 5, 08 7:25 PM CDT

      Anti-Obama Bloggers Claim Censorship

      (Newser) - A rash of bloggers running anti-Obama sites are charging that Google took away their soapboxes, the New York Sun reports. Many of their blogs were temporarily suspended, likely after being flagged as spam by Obama supporters. Google reactivated the conservative blogs the next day, but those involved are not satisfied with the company’s apparent lack of safeguards. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Google  • censorship  • blogger  • blogs

    • Media at Full Boil Over China Restrictions

      Der Spiegel  |  Aug 5, 08 4:40 PM CDT

      Media at Full Boil Over China Restrictions

      (Newser) - As the Beijing Games draw near, journalists are worrying about the Chinese government's handling of a swarm of international reporters in an otherwise heavily censored society. Der Spiegel compiles commentaries from varying German sources, all of which agree that the decision to award China the 2008 Olympics was misguided at best. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • censorship

  • July 2008

    • China Censors Web for Olympic Journos

      BBC  |  Jul 30, 08 10:22 AM CDT

      China Censors Web for Olympic Journos

      (Newser) - Journalists covering the Olympic games in Beijing will not be allowed access to websites deemed objectionable by the Chinese government, the BBC reports, in spite of promises from the IOC that Internet access would be unfettered. Blocked sites include pages related to the Falun Gong spiritual group, as well as human rights organizations like Amnesty International. More »

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      China  • Internet  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • censorship

    • China's New Artist Policy Could Ban Spielberg

      Hollywood Reporter  |  Jul 18, 08 4:33 PM CDT

      China's New Artist Policy Could Ban Spielberg

      (Newser) - Steven Spielberg or his films could be banned from China under the new rules barring artists seen as a threat to national sovereignty, the Hollywood Reporter notes. Spielberg rankled Chinese leadership when he publicly withdrew from an artistic advisory board for the Beijing Olympics in protest of the nation’s trade arrangements with Sudan. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Sudan  • Darfur  • Beijing  • censorship  • Steven Spielberg  • free speech  • artistic expression

    • Take That Bjork: China Bans Performers Deemed a Threat

      New York Times  |  Jul 18, 08 9:35 AM CDT

      Take That Bjork: China Bans Performers Deemed a Threat

      (Newser) - Entertainers deemed a threat to China’s sovereignty will not be allowed to perform in the country, the New York Times reports. The Ministry of Culture warned it will conduct background checks and ban those who “advocate obscenity or feudalism and superstition” or "take part in activities that harm our nation’s sovereignty." The ban is the newest in a string of policies aimed at curbing political dissent prior to the Beijing Olympics in August. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Tibet  • censorship  • entertainment industry  • human rights abuse  • political protest  • Bjork

    • 1,000 Tibetan Monks Jailed to Prevent Protests

      Times (UK)  |  Jul 7, 08 2:35 AM CDT

      1,000 Tibetan Monks Jailed to Prevent Protests

      (Newser) - The Chinese government has jailed more than 1,000 monks in an effort to prevent protests during the Olympic Games, reports the Times of London. Three large monasteries are empty near Lhasa, where hundreds of monks and supporters held protests amid gunfire in March. The government is holding the monks—many of them young ethnic Tibetans—in nearby prisons and detention centers, according to sources