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 China's Great Firewall Back Up 

Censorship, relaxed during Olympics, on rise again as economy slows

Dec 16, 08 3:43 PM CST
(Newser) - China has quietly reinstated the web censorship lifted during its Olympics image cleanup, the New York Times reports today. As in the past, the tightening comes as growing unemployment raises the government’s fears of social unrest. The government defended its right to censor sites that violate Chinese secession laws,... More »

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China • media • censorship • Taiwan • 2008 Beijing Olympics • secession • Internet censorship • web censorship

(Newser) - A British website is accusing churches of political correctness after they made changes to age-old Christmas carol lyrics, the Telegraph reports. Vicars say the edits aim to remove gender-specific or racially charged words, but the editor of a Christian site calls it "a festive car crash. Half the congregation... More »

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censorship • religion • politically incorrect • website • Christian conservatives • Britain • Christmas • Church of England • A Christmas Carol • war on christmas

OPINION

Spam Filters Silently Censoring Your Email

Internet blacklists invisible but powerful

Nov 29, 08 10:54 AM CST
(Newser) - With spam running rampant across the net, in-boxes have become heavily armed fortresses against the unsolicited hordes. Unfortunately, we’ve overdone it, writes James McGrath Morris in the Washington Post. Morris recently discovered that spam filters would gobble up the latest issue of his newsletter, the Biographer’s Craft,... More »

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email • spam • censorship • Internet censorship

OPINION

Fear Not, Righties: Fairness Doctrine Isn't Coming Back

Democrats won't restore required balance to airwaves

Nov 23, 08 10:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Conservatives are beating their war drums with warnings that the Obama administration will torpedo them by reinstituting the so-called fairness doctrine. If he does—the policy calls for broadcasters to air opposing viewpoints—it could be big trouble for Rush Limbaugh and another denizens of the right-wing talk circuit. But... More »

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censorship • Rush Limbaugh • Fox News • broadcasting • political correctness • cable news • fairness doctrine

 China Nixes 
 Chinese Democracy 

Album title means new G'n'R record faces wall of Chinese censorship

Nov 22, 08 9:08 AM CST
(Newser) - China's government-owned music monopoly has told record stores not to waste their time trying to order the first new Guns N' Roses album in 17 years, the Wall Street Journal reports. Officials say the title alone—Chinese Democracy—would probably be enough to doom it, but a reference to the... More »

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China • censorship • Falun Gong • rock bands • Guns N' Roses • rock music • Chinese officials • Axl Rose • Chinese Democracy

McCain-Endorsing Papers Lose Seats on Air Obama

But Fox News keeps its spot

Oct 31, 08 12:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama campaign has kicked reporters from the New York Post, Washington Times, and Dallas Morning News off its campaign plane, and as the Drudge Report was quick to note, all three papers endorsed McCain. An Obama spokesman confirmed the report, but said it was not politically motivated,... More »

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Barack Obama • censorship • Obama 2008 • plane • Election 2008

 Tales From Crypt 
 Casts Palin 

Tales From the Crypt  takes a swipe at censorship with Palin cover

Oct 21, 08 9:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pop culture can’t get enough of Sarah Palin right now: The vice-presidential candidate will grace the cover of Tales From the Crypt’s next issue, reports the New York Daily News. In a swipe at Palin's book-banning inquiries as Wasilla mayor, she brandishes a hockey stick at three of... More »

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censorship • horror • comics • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Wasilla

GLOSSIES

China's Great, Baffling Failure: Public Relations

Beijing completely misses 'crass value of cultivating the press'

Oct 16, 08 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s no secret that China is moving into position as a global superpower, writes James Fallows in the Atlantic, and this only further highlights its leaders’ baffling inability to understand how the country is viewed from the outside—and how to change those opinions for the better. Officials just... More »

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China • free speech • censorship • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Hu Jintao • Internet censorship • Great Firewall of China • Chinese Communist party

Saudi Judge:
Kill Offending Broadcasters

Sheik urges fatwa on owners of channels
with 'corrupt beliefs'

Sep 12, 08 4:45 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

GOP Plays
Down Book-Ban Controversy

Party says Palin's censorship questions were hypothetical

Sep 12, 08 10:37 AM CDT
(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... More »

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censorship • libraries • book • Sarah Palin • Wasilla

 Should This Game Be Banned? 

Web-based game, where aim is to 'wipe out the Muslim race,' hard to regulate

Sep 11, 08 3:24 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Islam • Internet • terrorism • censorship • Muslim • racism • Internet censorship

Journalist
Shot Dead by
Russian Cops

Activist shot as he
sat in cop car
after arrest: officials

Sep 1, 08 6:00 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Russia • censorship • journalism • journalist • North Caucasus

At 840M Viewers, China TV Wins Global Attention

Western companies line up to advertise on propaganda network

Aug 22, 08 9:01 AM CDT
(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 ... More »

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China • television • propaganda • censorship • Chinese economy • Rem Koolhaas • China Central Television • CCTV

 China Blocks iTunes Over Pro-Tibet Album

Compilation was offered free to Olympians

Aug 21, 08 5:10 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

analysis

Twitter Helps Chinese Blogger Tell His Story

Citizen journalist is forced to leave Beijing, but he plans to return

Aug 14, 08 8:06 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Anti-Obama Bloggers Claim Censorship

Writers say Google allowed unwarranted freeze of their accounts

Aug 5, 08 7:25 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Barack Obama • Google • censorship • blogger • blogs

OPINION

Media at Full Boil Over China Restrictions

Awarding Olympics to 'dictatorial regime' was 'drastic mistake'

Aug 5, 08 4:40 PM CDT
(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... More »

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China • censorship • 2008 Beijing Olympics

 China Censors Web
 for Olympic Journos

Sites deemed objectionable blocked, despite promises

Jul 30, 08 10:22 AM CDT
(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... More »

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China • Internet • censorship • 2008 Beijing Olympics

China's New Artist Policy Could Ban Spielberg

Director's Darfur protest stunt may run afoul of Beijing leadership

Jul 18, 08 4:33 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Take That Bjork: China Bans Performers Deemed a Threat

Protests, incendiary artists will not be allowed in the country, the new rules say

Jul 18, 08 9:35 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

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