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 Iran Uses Internet 
 to Spy on Dissidents 

Nokia, Siemens technology allows regime to monitor Internet use

Jun 22, 09 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran has relied on European telecom companies, including Siemens and Nokia, to develop one of the world's most intricate systems for monitoring and censoring the Internet, reports the Wall Street Journal. The regime's surveillance goes beyond blocking access; it gathers information on individual users using a technique known as deep... More »

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Iran • Internet • censorship • Nokia • Siemens • Nokia Siemens • web censorship • Iranian election

OPINION

Obama Should Support Iran's Reformers

Let Mousavi know the US is there for them, ex-Bush officials advise

Jun 17, 09 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Whether or not Iran’s protests coalesce into a full-scale revolt, it seems clear that the Iranian people would like to change their totalitarian government. Barack Obama should help them do it, Bush administration officials Dan Senor and Christian Whiton write in the Wall Street Journal. He could start... More »

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Iran • Bush administration • Barack Obama • censorship • web censorship • Iranian election • Radio Farda

China Orders PC Makers
to Bundle Web Filters

Newly required software strengthens Beijing's controls on Internet

Jun 8, 09 7:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Starting next month all computers in China must ship with software to block certain websites, the Wall Street Journal reports. The government says the move is to block "harmful" content such as pornography from young web surfers, but it could also be used to filter politically sensitive material. The... More »

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China • Internet • censorship • PCs • computer • Internet censorship • Great Firewall of China

(Newser) - The Huffington Post censored a video of young people in Israel using using racial slurs to attack President Obama, and Gawker wants to know why. Max Blumenthal, who shot the film, says a HuffPost administrator told him the clip lacked “any real news value.” Notes Blumenthal: “For... More »

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Israel • censorship • video • Gawker • racial slurs • Internet censorship • Huffington Post • President Obama • Max Blumenthal

 20 Years On, 
 Chinese Youth 
 Forget Tiananmen 

Democracy recedes for today's student generation

May 22, 09 8:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's now been 20 years since the Chinese army rolled into Tiananmen Square, killing hundreds of students in the final push to put down a growing democracy movement. Beijing is anxious as the June 4 anniversary of the massacre approaches; Google "Tiananmen" in Beijing and you'll likely find pages... More »

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China • censorship • Beijing • Tiananmen Square • massacre • Great Firewall of China • apathy • Jay-ZTV

(Newser) - Wal-Mart isn’t selling Green Day’s new album because of explicit lyrics, and the band isn’t happy about it. “They won’t carry our record because they wanted us to censor it,” frontman Billie Joe Armstrong tells the AP. 21st Century Breakdown merits a parental-advisory label,... More »

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entertainment • music • censorship • parental advisory • Wal-Mart • Green Day • 21st Century Breakdown • Billie Joe Armstrong

Controversial Muhammad Cartoon Goes on Sale

Some copies are signed by artists in hiding

Apr 8, 09 3:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Three years after political cartoons of the prophet Muhammad sparked violent riots in Muslim countries, the Denmark Free Press Society is selling prints of the controversial art. Some of the 1,000 copies, priced at $250 each, are signed by the artist, who remains in hiding due to death threats,... More »

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Islam • free speech • Muslims • censorship • religion • Denmark • riots • Danish Mohammed cartoons • Denmark Free Press Society

(Newser) - A Colorado woman who wanted to advertise her vegan diet with an ILVTOFU vanity license plate is out of luck, the Denver Post reports. The state’s DMV maintains a list of banned letter combinations, of which FU is one. “We don’t allow ‘FU’ because some people... More »

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Denver • censorship • Colorado • Department of Motor Vehicles • cars • license plates • vanity plates • tofu

 UK Bans Ad With Lusty 'Pope' 

It caused 'serious offense,' ad council rules

Apr 2, 09 4:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British advertising commission has blocked the use of a dancing, beer-guzzling photo-manipulated "Pope John Paul II" in an advertisement promoting a nightclub, reports the Telegraph. "It was hugely offensive," said a spokeswoman for a Polish organization, one of several Catholics who complained about the brochure. "... More »

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advertising • censorship • religion • nightclub • Britain • Catholic • Pope John Paul II • freedom of speech

China Reportedly Blocks YouTube

Tibet-related videos bring Great Firewall down on video site

Mar 24, 09 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - YouTube is suddenly inaccessible for most of China, the BBC reports. Chinese censors have reportedly blocked the site after finding videos of soldiers beating Tibetans, including monks. China wouldn’t confirm whether or not the site was blocked, saying only that it “is not afraid of the internet.”... More »

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China • YouTube • censorship • Tibet • Internet censorship • Great Firewall of China

 UK Bans Jolie Movie Ad 

Sexy scene with guns glamorizes violence: ad authority

Mar 18, 09 11:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The UK has banned a TV ad for a new Angeline Jolie flick, saying it glorifies violence. In a trailer for Wanted, Jolie kisses co-star James McAvoy as they fire guns in a car chase. It implies "that using guns is sexy and glamorous," complains the nation's ad... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Hollywood • United Kingdom • censorship • movie trailer • gun violence • movies • Wanted

Pakistan Blacks Out
TV Station Amid Protests

Info minister resigns
as gov't bars 'anti-establishment' channel

Mar 14, 09 8:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Pakistani TV station that criticized the government in recent weeks has had its signal blocked in some areas of the country on government orders, a station official said. The country’s media clampdown has driven its information minister to resign in protest, another official noted. The station shutdown occurs... More »

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television • Pakistan • censorship • protests • Sherry Rehman • Pakistan lawyers • Pakistan judges

Cute Animal Video Needles
China's Censors

'Grass-mud horse' sounds like something a whole lot dirtier

Mar 12, 09 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two months after it first appeared as a cartoon on a Chinese website, the grass-mud horse is everywhere; videos of the adorable alpaca-like creature have drawn millions of hits, and stuffed animals are for sale. But the grass-mud horse is not a children's cartoon; it's a filthy pun that slipped... More »

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China • Internet • censorship • online videos • Internet censorship

(Newser) - China has canceled two Oasis concerts in April because band member Noel Gallagher appeared at a Free Tibet concert more than 10 years ago, NME reports. The decision “has left both Oasis and the promoters bewildered,” a statement from the band read. Calling the band "unsuitable,"... More »

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China • censorship • concert • Oasis • cancelled • license • Noel Gallagher • Liam Gallagher • Free Tibet

(Newser) - Carlos Slim has a history of intimidating the press, but not the New York Times, which strives manfully to dish the dirt on Mexico’s richest man today, even though he just lent the paper $250 million. Slim loves making such big investments in media companies, but he hates... More »

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media • New York Times • Mexico • censorship • Carlos Slim

Democratic Petition Gains Support in China

Charter 08 first sustained human-rights campaign since '89 Tiananmen protests

Jan 29, 09 11:42 AM CST
(Newser) - An online human-rights manifesto has been gaining support in China, the Washington Post reports. Charter 08 has gathered 8,100 signatures, from ordinary citizens as well as known advocates for democracy. The document, modeled after a document put together by intellectuals in the former Czechoslovakia, demands China’s constitution be... More »

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China • human rights • democracy • censorship • political freedoms • freedom of speech • Charter 08

 China Censors 
 Obama Speech 

President's inclusion of communism as defeated ideology irks government

Jan 21, 09 4:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Chinese censors clipped parts of Barack Obama’s inaugural address from yesterday’s live telecast, including his message for the world’s despots, the New York Times reports. The streaming audio translation was muted after Obama said “communism” in a sentence about using alliances and enduring conviction to defeat... More »

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China • censorship • speech • inauguration • Internet censorship • President Obama • Inauguration Day

Chinese Web Surfers Embrace Facebook Clone

'You have to respect the local user' says Berkeley-educated Facekoo founder

Jan 14, 09 7:09 PM CST
(Newser) - Since its March introduction, Facekoo has drawn 350,000 users and is one of the fastest-expanding social-networking sites in China, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. And, says its Hong Kong-born, Berkeley-educated founder, that’s because it fills a void left by Western sites whose mere translations to Chinese miss all... More »

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China • social networking • censorship • Facebook • website • Internet startups • Internet censorship • Facekoo

OPINION

Fatwa Against Rushdie Set Off Self-Censorship

Edict brought Muslim
culture war to the
West: Hitchens

Jan 5, 09 4:27 PM CST
(Newser) - When Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against Salman Rushdie, Christopher Hitchens knew what it meant: "This was not just a warning of what was to come,” he writes in Vanity Fair, “it was the warning.” A global culture war, between Muslim fundamentalists and... More »

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Iran • Islam • Christopher Hitchens • censorship • religion • Salman Rushdie • Satanic Verses • fundamentalism • fatwa • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Danish Mohammed cartoons • culture wars

China Detains
59 in Tibet for 'Spreading Hate'

Activists accused of targeting ethnic Han migrants via music

Dec 25, 08 1:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Chinese police have arrested 59 people in Tibet for downloading and selling banned “reactionary songs” they say fuel ethnic hatred against migrant Han Chinese, the New York Times reports. The detainees are accused of collaborating with the exiled Dalai Lama to fuel unrest in the troubled region. State media... More »

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China • Internet • censorship • Tibet • Dalai Lama • riots • Lhasa • Tibetan monks • detainees • civil unrest

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