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Chinese viewers balk at 'Bohemian Rhapsody' film censorship
AP, Published on 27/03/2019
» BEIJING: A huge fan of rock legends Queen, Peng Yanzi rushed to see "Bohemian Rhapsody,'' the biopic about the band's late lead singer, Freddie Mercury, while he was travelling in Britain last October.
Trump announces anti-censorship lawsuit against Facebook, Twitter
AFP, Published on 08/07/2021
» WASHINGTON - Former US president Donald Trump on Wednesday unveiled a class-action lawsuit against Facebook, Twitter and Google, escalating his years-long free speech battle with tech giants who he argues have wrongfully censored him.
Soft power committee announces changes to censorship rules
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 05/01/2024
» The National Soft Power Strategy Committee has announced changes in censorship rules for Thai movies, saying such curbs limit creativity and are no longer relevant to Thailand's social reality.
Hong Kong satirists say self-censorship already blunting dissent
AFP, Published on 24/06/2020
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong satirists, cartoonists and journalists say self-censorship has already begun blunting critical voices as fears crescendo over China's plan to impose a sweeping anti-subversion law on the restless city.
'South Park' creators issue mock apology over China censorship
AFP, Published on 08/10/2019
» BEIJING - The creators of "South Park" have issued a mock apology to China after censors scrubbed their popular animation from the Chinese web.
Trump social media 'censorship' claim is fake but widely believed
AFP, Published on 26/08/2018
» WASHINGTON - There is little evidence to back up Donald Trump's persistent claim that social media firms "silence" or "censor" conservatives, but the notion has nonetheless gathered widespread acceptance among his considerable following.
Censorship, surveillance and profits: hard bargain for Apple in China
New York Times, Published on 18/05/2021
» GUIYANG, China: On the outskirts of this city in a poor, mountainous province in southwestern China, men in hard hats recently put the finishing touches on a white building a quarter-mile long with few windows and a tall surrounding wall.
Censorship row as India army blocks film on gay soldier
AFP, Published on 18/02/2022
» NEW DELHI - Critically-acclaimed Indian filmmaker Onir wanted to direct a movie inspired by a gay army major who resigned and came out in a blaze of publicity -- but despite the country's democratic status the military stopped it being made.
Malaysia shelves web traffic re-routing plan after censorship concerns
Reuters, Published on 08/09/2024
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's communications minister Fahmi Fadzil said he has directed the communications regulator not to re-route web traffic through local domain name system (DNS) servers, according to a post on social media platform X on Sunday.
Chip war and censorship hobble Chinese tech giants in chatbot race
AFP, Published on 22/03/2023
» BEIJING - Search giant Baidu's lacklustre unveiling of its chatbot exposed gaps in China's race to rival ChatGPT, as censorship and a US squeeze on chip imports have hamstrung the country's artificial intelligence ambitions.