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Google employees protest against China search engine
AFP, Published on 17/08/2018
» WASHINGTON: Hundreds of Google employees have signed a protest letter over the company's reported work on a censor-friendly search engine to get back into China.
Reforming Thai cinema
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 03/06/2024
» It has been eight months since the National Soft Power Strategy Committee was established under the government of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin. Meanwhile, the Thai film industry, supported by the Thailand Creative Culture Agency, has not seen any significant changes.
Microsoft 'waiting to find out' why Bing went offline in China
AFP, Published on 25/01/2019
» BEIJING: Microsoft is still trying to figure out why its Bing search engine temporarily went offline in China, the company's president said following speculation that it could have been blocked by censors.
Art freedom under fire
Oped, Editorial, Published on 13/08/2025
» The Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC) is in hot water after it succumbed to pressure from the Chinese embassy by censoring an art exhibition on its premises.
Russian Nobel Peace Prize newspaper suspends publication
AFP, Published on 29/03/2022
» MOSCOW: Russia's top independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, whose chief editor last year won the Nobel Peace Prize, on Monday suspended publication until the end of Moscow's military action in Ukraine.
'I don't let fear hold me back': Vietnam filmmakers challenge censors
AFP, Published on 22/10/2020
» HANOI - Sex, violence and LGBT relationships have long been taboo for Vietnam's film censors, but they are now finding their way into the open as a new wave of directors push the boundaries set by the nation's conservative communist leaders.
Nida chief says controversial poll 'untimely, unfair'
Online Reporters, Published on 29/01/2018
» The results of an opinion survey on the luxury watches affair involving Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon were shelved because the report was untimely and could unfairly influence matters, the president of the National Institute of Development Administration (Nida) said on Monday.
Minister: TV channels 'mean well' by blurring plastic bags
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 03/01/2020
» The environment minister has sprung to the defence of TV stations ridiculed on social media for blurring out single-use plastic bags to discourage their use, saying their decision was "well-intentioned".
Minister defends blurring of plastic bags
News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/01/2020
» The environment minister has sprung to the defence of TV stations ridiculed on social media for blurring out single-use plastic bags to discourage their use, saying their decision was "well-intentioned".
Michelangelo's David not censored at Expo, officials say
AFP, Published on 07/10/2021
» DUBAI: Standing tall in Italy's pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai is an exact replica of Michelangelo's statue of David, but most visitors will see just the head. For the rest of the naked body, they'll have to lean in and peek.