censorship

Longtime PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel is stepping down to head Freedom House

NEW YORK -- The CEO of PEN America, Suzanne Nossel, is stepping down after more than a decade marked by…

6 days ago

Brazil judge makes new requests to allow X to be reinstated from suspension

SAO PAULO -- Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Friday added conditions for Elon Musk’s X to have…

1 month ago

Internet surveillance firm Sandvine says it’s leaving 56 ‘non-democratic’ countries

Sandvine, the makers of surveillance-ware that allowed authoritarian countries to censor the internet and spy on their citizens, announced that…

2 months ago

Musk deletes post about Harris and Biden assassination after widespread criticism

Elon Musk has deleted a post on his social media platform X in which he said “no one is even…

2 months ago

Kangana Ranaut’s Emergency brings the spotlight on Bollywood’s dispute with Censorship over the years – ETimes Exclusive | Hindi Movie News

Censorship in Bollywood has long been a contentious issue, with filmmakers frequently grappling with regulatory bodies to preserve their creative…

2 months ago

Brazil top court threatens to suspend X operations in latest twist of ongoing feud

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice is threatening to shut down the operations of X, formerly Twitter, in that country unless…

2 months ago

Brazil blocks Musk’s X after company refuses to name local representative amid feud with judge

SAO PAULO -- Brazil started blocking Elon Musk’s social media platform X early Saturday, making it largely inaccessible on both…

2 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg’s letter about Facebook censorship and Biden is not what it seems

2024-08-28 05:10:02 This week Mark Zuckerberg sent Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) a letter outlining how the Biden administration pressured his…

2 months ago

Did Biden’s White House pressure Mark Zuckerberg to censor COVID content? | Censorship News

2024-08-27 20:35:03 Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has accused United States President Joe Biden’s administration of pressuring his team to censor…

2 months ago

Zuckerberg alleges White House ‘pressured’ Meta to ‘censor’ Covid-19 content

2024-08-27 18:50:02 Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled "Big Tech and the Online…

2 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg Apologizes for COVID-19 Content Censorship

2024-08-27 16:35:02 The CEO of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, apologized for censoring COVID-19 content on Facebook during the pandemic, after pressure…

2 months ago

X announces suspension of Brazil operations, alleging ‘censorship orders’ from Supreme Court justice

Social media company X says it will close its operations in Brazil, claiming Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes…

3 months ago

Is Google Blocking Donald Trump Assassination Attempt? What We Know

2024-07-29 19:40:02 A number of Republican figures have noted that Google's search is not showing results for the attempted assassination…

3 months ago

Prominent Algerian opposition figures blast ‘authoritarian climate’ ahead of presidential election

ALGIERS, Algeria -- Eleven prominent Algerian opposition figures wrote an open letter this week, denouncing “the authoritarian climate” surrounding the…

4 months ago

Moroccan ex-minister who defended government critics sentenced to five years

RABAT, Morocco -- Mohamed Ziane, an ex-Moroccan minister of human rights, was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday…

4 months ago

UN panel calls on Belarus to release Nobel Peace laureate from prison

FILE - Ales Bialiatski, the head of Belarusian Vyasna rights group, sits in a defendant's cage during a court session…

4 months ago

San Francisco bookstore fights censorship of LGBT books

Step inside Fabulosa Books in San Francisco's Castro District and you're immediately greeted by what's known as The Big Gay…

4 months ago

Forced to exit India due to ‘work ban’, says French journo | India News

NEW DELHI: A senior French journalist said Thursday he was forced to leave the country after the Union home ministry…

5 months ago

Can a change in the Censor Board’s rating system help ease India’s censorship woes? An ETimes Exclusive |

The Indian audience is no stranger to watching films getting cut, blurred and beeped over the years. One may say…

5 months ago