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EC to check social media posts
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 20/12/2018
» The Election Commission (EC) yesterday welcomed a proposal for the poll agency to monitor use of social media platforms during the election campaign and curb misleading or false information in a timely fashion.
Google developing censor-friendly search engine for China
AFP, Published on 02/08/2018
» BEIJING: Google is crafting a search engine that would meet China's draconian censorship rules, a company employee told AFP on Thursday, in a move decried by human rights activists.
South Korea retracts guidelines on look-alike K-pop stars
AFP, Published on 20/02/2019
» SEOUL: Government guidelines aimed at promoting more diversity in South Korea's K-pop world have been withdrawn after critics said they amounted to state censorship of a booming industry.
EU decries US sanctions against anti-hate campaigners
AFP, Published on 24/12/2025
» BRUSSELS - The European Union and some member states reacted sharply Wednesday to US sanctions imposed on five European figures involved in regulating tech companies, including former European commissioner Thierry Breton.
Russia threatens YouTube after suspension of German RT channels
AFP, Published on 29/09/2021
» MOSCOW: Russia on Wednesday threatened to block YouTube and take other retaliatory measures, after the US video-sharing platform blocked the German-language channels of state broadcaster RT.
Brazil's internet bill row, explained
AFP, Published on 12/05/2023
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Messaging app Telegram calls it an "attack on democracy," Google says it "seriously threatens free speech" -- but what exactly is in Brazil's controversial measure to regulate disinformation online?
Iron curtain falls on Hong Kong cinema as censors demand cuts
AFP, Published on 21/09/2021
» HONG KONG: Once renowned for world-class cinema, Hong Kong's film industry was already struggling before the latest hurdle -- Chinese mainland-style censorship as authorities take their purge of dissent into the cultural sphere.
Turkey tightens grip on social media with new law
AFP, Published on 29/07/2020
» ISTANBUL - Turkey's parliament on Wednesday passed a controversial bill giving the government greater control of social media and criticised by human rights advocates as an attempt to increase online censorship.
Welcome to the year of censored social media
News, Leonid Bershidsky, Published on 04/01/2018
» This year, don't count on the social networks to provide its core service: an uncensored platform for every imaginable view. The censorship has already begun, and it'll only get heavier.
China bans nationalist blogger who rallied against tech giant
Bloomberg, Published on 24/08/2022
» China has blocked the social media accounts of a nationalistic blogger who waged a campaign against a major Chinese tech firm, in the latest censorship of an outspoken patriotic voice.