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Thursday 2nd September...

Australia News Aussie News

Blue Nile
Australian nutter MP is caught with 200,000 hits on porn websites
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US News US News

Update: Harmful to Alaskans
Lawsuit challenges Alaskan law that will ban adult material from the internet
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World Censorship Asia Pacific

Up Against the Facebook Wall
Philippines president takes a hammering on Facebook
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Africa Africa News

A Moment of Madness
Zimbabwe bans art depicting 1980 atrocities
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South Asia South Asia

Update: Friendly
BlackBerry enables snooping for the Indian authorities
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Wednesday 1st September...

World Censorship Asia Pacific

Update: BlackBerry BlackOut
Indonesia joins the anti-BlackBerry bandwagon
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World Censorship Middle East

Snoops in your Face
Facebook monitoring in Egypt
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US News US News

Offsite: Dirt Doesn't Stick
US based TechDirt feel protected from British libel claim by newly enacted SPEECH act
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Tuesday 31st August...

Africa Africa News

Update: Fast Times on the Moral High Ground
Film censor flees police after being caught with under aged girl and is then nearly lynched by bikers
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Australia News Aussie News

Update: Zombie Censors
Melbourne Film Festival shows banned film
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US News US News

America Gets Sexualised
American Academy of Pediatrics have a whinge at TV
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World Censorship Middle East

Virtually Oppressive
Oman is set to ban VPNs used to avoid state internet censorship
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Monday 30th August...

EU News West Europe

Update: Censorship Lottery
ISP's oppose Lithuanian internet censorship of gambling sites
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Sunday 29th August...

World Censorship Asia Pacific

Update: Freedom Deteriorating in Thailand
Media and internet under duress
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Saturday 28th August...

EU News West Europe

Update: A Dangerous Book
Flemming Rose to reprint Mohammed cartoons in his book
Burning the Danish flag

World Censorship Americas

Back of Beyond
A boy's bare back offends Canadian ferry company
The Golden Mean ebook

World Censorship Asia Pacific

Update: Revived Mean Mindedness
Indonesian Playboy editor still under duress
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World Censorship Asia Pacific

Update: Softly Softly
The impact of Thai film classification after the first year
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World Censorship Americas

Searching for Gossip
Yahoo and Google found not responsible for linked content annoying to celebrities
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Friday 27th August...

US News US News

Update: God Damn Censors
FCC appeals court decision to prevent them censoring fleeting expletives
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US News US News

Update: Constitutional Challenge
Wikileaks may cause US to reassess balance between free speech and security
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US News US News

Just Say Now
Face book bans marijuana leaf from political campaign advert
facebook banned advert

Australia News Aussie News

Jerk Choices
Google suddenly restrict Sex Party campaign advert to adults only
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Previous    
 Middle East  Opposite to Freedom Iran bans mention of opposition leaders in the press 25th Aug
 US News  Smoked Out Campaigners herald smoking contribution to MPAA ratings for drop in movie smoking 25th Aug
 West Europe  Cartoon Banners Calls for a ban on media museum's manga exhibition 24th Aug
 Asia Pacific  Cinema only Fit for Kids China ends debate about introducing age classification for movies 24th Aug
 US News  R Words Jennifer Anniston movie bombs over R word gaff or was it the Rubbish Reviews? 24th Aug
 South Asia  Piddling Minor Obscenities Kiss on the shoulder is considered obscene in India 24th Aug
 Aussie News  Major Minor Sex Party Sex Party make a decent show in Australian elections 23rd Aug
 Americas  Blaming the Lads Columbian senator proposes a ban on mildly pornographic magazine covers 23rd Aug
 South Asia  Sensitive Economics The Economist held by Sri Lanka customs 23rd Aug
 West Europe  Cartoon Freedom Easy offence trumps freedom of speech in the Netherlands 22nd Aug
 South Asia  Caste Out Indian film banned for depicting historical struggle 22nd Aug
 Americas  Media Wars Argentina closes ISP wing of embattled media company 22nd Aug
 Americas  Crime Solved Venezuela bans newspaper images of violent crime in run up to election 21st Aug
 Aussie News  First to Fail Australian nutter party on the brink of collapse 21st Aug
 East Europe  Radioactive Censorship Russia censors information about forest fires around Chernobyl 21st Aug
 Americas  Leaf Censorship Canadian theme park objected to Bob Marley t-shirt 21st Aug
 West Europe  Blockheads Whinges at Danish art using Duplo to depict gay sex 20th Aug
 Aussie News  Realistic Compromise Major ISPs will implement minimal website filter hopefully reducing the need for wider government censorship 20th Aug
 Asia Pacific  110,000 Websites Blocked Thailand becoming one of the least free states in the region 20th Aug
 Americas  Gags Gagged Brazil bans political satire in the 3 months before the presidential election 18th Aug
 Middle East  Legislative Arsenal Repressive new internet crimes law in Jordan 18th Aug
 West Europe  Censorship to Protect Tax France orders ISPs to block bookies that undercut ludicrously high gambling tax 17th Aug
 East Europe  10 Days in Jail Russian rapper takes back his apology to the police 17th Aug
 Aussie News  Rated R for Repressed Australian Labor Party proposes state censorship of smart phone apps and games 17th Aug
 East Europe  TV Strike Ukraine TV stations strike over deteriorating press freedom 16th Aug
 Aussie News  Deadly Premonition Another game suffers from Australian censorship 14th Aug
 South Asia  Friendly India wants keys to snoop on email and messaging 14th Aug
 US News  The Conspiracy Continues Acclaimed documentary given restrictive MPAA rating for strong language 13th Aug
 Asia Pacific  Ramadan a Porn Ban Indonesian steps up internet censorship for Ramadan 13th Aug
 Asia Pacific  Back to Norml Pro cannabis magazine continues to publish in New Zealand 13th Aug
 Aussie News  Zombie Censors Melbourne Film Festival to show banned film 12th Aug
 US News  Special Relationship Barack Obama signs law snubbing UK libel judgments 12th Aug
 Asia Pacific  Damaging the Dignity of Human Values South Korean bans well hyped revenge thriller 12th Aug
 Africa News  A Question of Intimidation Sudan bans BBC radio and requires intimidating security questionnaires from journalists 12th Aug
 Middle East  Inappropriate Censorship Egyptian TV to suffer even more TV censorship for Ramadan 12th Aug
 West Europe  Drawing Up Policy Swedish Pirate Party harangued over their defence of cartoon porn 11th Aug
 South Asia  Throwing Shoes Pakistan gives GEO TV and ARY News the boot 11th Aug
 West Europe  Euro Gag Struck off doctor tries for court gag on criticism from victim's family 11th Aug
 Asia Pacific  Campaign for Censorship Reform Enabling the New Zealand consumer to buy, rent and trade a greater variety of filmed entertainment 10th Aug
 Africa News  In the Name of National Security Another South African bill proposes repression of the media 10th Aug
 Africa News  A Change of Censorship Sudan lifts government pre-publication press censorship 10th Aug
 World News  Listen to the Banned CD of banned musicians compiled for Freemuse 9th Aug
 Middle East  Friendly Berry RIM concedes BlackBerry email snooping powers to Saudi 9th Aug
 Asia Pacific  Indonesia Wounded by Balibo Indonesian court confirms the ban on the film Balibo 8th Aug
 US News  Plugging Leaks US press secretary asks Wikileaks to return the disclosed Afghanistan war reports 8th Aug
 South Asia  Rules is Rules Film makers protest against stroppy censor 7th Aug
 US News  Fairly Free California considers political censorship of the internet at election times 7th Aug
 Aussie News  Australian Internet Filter to be Blocked Liberal Party set to oppose state internet censorship 6th Aug
 US News  A Debate Unfinished MPAA impose restrictive R rating on holocaust documentary 6th Aug
 Asia Pacific  State of the Art Repression China sets up ID card swipe system for web access at internet cafes 6th Aug
 US News  Police Bullies FBI demands that Wikipedia takes down an image of the FBI seal 6th Aug
 US News  Prude Attack Gaea the beaver daubed in black paint 5th Aug
 Middle East  Friendly Berry RIM concedes BlackBerry email snooping powers to India but not UAE 5th Aug
 Middle East  Liberal Fifth Columnist Saudi minister's books unbanned 4th Aug
 West Europe  Saw VI Hacked Spain gets a belated and cut release 3rd Aug
 Middle East  Bury Berry UAE, Saudi and India whinge about not being able to snoop on BlackBerry phone users 3rd Aug
 US News  Prurient Interest America Wins As Government Loses Obscenity Trial 3rd Aug
 Aussie News  Dumb and Dumber and Stephen Conroy Vote for the dumbest politician 2nd Aug
 Asia Pacific  Crime of Police Deception Rife in Gisborne New Zealand town police withhold crime news 2nd Aug
 West Europe  Taken For A Ride Malta lawmakers duped into censorship hidden behind child protection law 2nd Aug
 Asia Pacific  Negative Influences Vietnam gets repressive about online games 2nd Aug
 Africa News  Jammed Shut Ethiopian government accused of satellite TV jamming 1st Aug

World News Index  News: US: 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Latest
 News: Americas: 2009 2010 Latest
 News: UK 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Latest
 News: West Europe:  2007 2008 2009 2010 Latest
 News: Middle East: 2009 2010 Latest
 News: Africa: 2009 2010 Latest
 News: East Europe:  2009 2010 Latest
 News: South Asia:  2009 2010 Latest
 News: Asia Pacific:  2009 2010 Latest
 News: Australia: 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Latest
 News: International: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Latest
 News: Press Freedom 2007 2008 Discontinued
 News: World Censors: 2005 2006 2007 2008 Discontinued

World Censors Index  India: CBFC Online (May 2010)
 UAE: City of Restricted Life (April 2010)
 New Zealand: The OFLC (March 2010)
 Japan: Film Censorship in Japan Eirin (March 2010)
 Malta: Censors reveal their guidelines (Jan 2010)
 South Africa: Video game classification guidelines (June 2009)
 Singapore: An interview with a Singaporean film censor (April 2009)
 Hong Kong: Category III (Feb 2009)
 Ireland: Recent developments in Irish film censorship (Dec 2008)
 China: Shared Repression China issues detailed censorship rules for video sharing sites
 Australia: Censoring the Insensible Australia's new censor outlines his approach (Oct 2007)
 Thailand: Ministry of Censorial Culture (March 2007)
 Italy: Censorship of movies, video & TV (Feb 2006)
 Germany: Video Censorship
 USA: The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)

Research

 Games: Violent Video Games Help Relieve Stress, Depression (July 2010)
 Television & Films: Quaint horror films invoke life long fear (June 2010)
 Media: Hollywood films found to feature unsafe practices  (Jan 2010)
 Music: Youngsters who like sex also like pop music (March 2009)
 Internet: Latest: Social Networking Addles Nutter Minds (Feb 2009)
 Advertising Latest: Fair Game? Suitable advertising on websites popular with children (Dec 2007)

 

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