カテゴリー: Censorship
More than 250 newspapers, radio and TV stations have closed in first 100 days of militants’ ruleThe romantic serials have gone after the Taliban warned against racy content, the popular women’s call-in shows were axed after the militants said they didn…
Journalists asked to wear a hijab and broadcasters told to stop showing dramas featuring female actorsAfghan journalists and rights activists have condemned “religious guidelines” issued by the Taliban that restrict the role of women in television, as …
Multibillion-dollar M+ struggles to find a balance between artistic expression and political censorshipA senior Hong Kong cultural official said freedom of expression was not above a China-imposed national security law, on the eve of the opening of a c…
The 2019 protests spawned documentaries that may never see broad release amid growing intolerance of anything linked to the fight for democracyWhen the DVD came back shattered, it felt like a sign. The creators of Hong Kong protest documentary, Inside …
Company cites ‘challenging operating environment’ in announcing site will be replaced with jobs app without social networking featuresMicrosoft says it will shut down LinkedIn in China, citing a “challenging operating environment” as Beijing tightens c…
Defence ministry says certain Xiaomi phones have built-in ability to censor sensitive phrasesLithuania’s Defence Ministry has recommended that consumers avoid buying Chinese mobile phones and advised people to throw away the ones they have now, after a…
China’s nearly 50,000 venues will be encouraged to provide ‘healthy’ songs rather than those threatening territorial integrity or religious policiesChina will establish a blacklist of karaoke songs to ban those containing “illegal content” from karaoke…
Reporters from international outlets have suffered worsening intimidation while covering Henan floodsPress groups have expressed alarm at the worsening intimidation of foreign media in China, often driven by government officials and organisations.As re…
Dainik Bhaskar accuses government of pursuing it on trumped-up charges in response to its reportingCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTax raids have been carried out on the offices of one of India’s most popular newspapers, aft…
A reporter from the 26-year-old Hong Kong newspaper describes its final daysA Hong Kong police national security operation has forced the closure of the city’s most vocal and pro-democracy newspaper, Apple Daily. Its senior executives arrested, compani…
Newspaper’s closure shows how pro-democracy movement and press freedom are being crushedOn Wednesday morning, the Apple Daily reporter Angel Kwan was at a government press conference for the Hong Kong census when her phone started buzzing with notifica…
Networking site tells users that references to Tiananmen Square, even as academic study, are prohibited contentLinkedIn is blocking profiles from being viewed inside China if they mention politically sensitive topics such as the Tiananmen Square massac…
Bao Yinan from East China University of Political Science and Law accused over WeChat statementsA Chinese academic has been suspended by his university after he advocated polygamy on his personal WeChat account, sparking a new discussion around China’…
Observers worry rule change in Chinese city will restrict pro-democracy movement even furtherHong Kong’s censors have been given expanded powers to vet films for national security breaches in the latest blow to the Chinese city’s political and artistic…
I’ve been taken off air and others have been beaten up. Why is the prime minister not standing with us?Once upon a time, Imran Khan and I used to fight for press freedom together in Pakistan. In November 2007, when then military ruler General Pervez Mu…