# censorship - Saturday 25 April, 2020
# Censorship
# Censorship
Lam Wing-kee was a bookseller from Hong Kong who disappeared and then reappeared in custody of mainland China’s authorities.
# censorship - Thursday 28 November, 2019
# Censorship
# Censorship
TikTok initially denied it removed the clip but later admitted it, claiming it was done in human error.
# censorship - Sunday 22 September, 2019
# Léigh Mé
# Léigh Mé
The banning of Irish language books was less frequent even though the authors produced writing which dealt with provocative themes.
# censorship - Tuesday 30 April, 2019
# Freedom Of Speech
# Freedom Of Speech
The coalition has called for the act to be repealed “in the name of personal freedom and mutual respect.”
# censorship - Wednesday 18 July, 2018
# Social Media Giant
# Social Media Giant
Channel 4 sent an undercover reporter into Facebook’s offices to get an insight about how it makes decisions on what to delete.
# censorship - Sunday 24 June, 2018
# Filtering
# Filtering
Internet users have been warned that even their beloved memes are at risk.
# censorship - Friday 11 May, 2018
# Not Together
# Not Together
The performance featured two men dancing on stage.
# censorship - Saturday 4 November, 2017
# Censorship
# Censorship
Afghan authorities said that it was just “testing new technologies” when explaining the reasons for the ban.
# censorship - Saturday 30 September, 2017
# Separate Appearances
# Separate Appearances
Playboy magazine lost its founder this week with the death of Hugh Hefner.
# censorship - Monday 22 May, 2017
# Ira Comments
# Ira Comments
The Guardian has published documents which claim to reveal what posts are and aren’t allowed on Facebook.
# censorship - Sunday 14 May, 2017
# Don't Mention The War
# Don't Mention The War
The Russian TV station changed the script so as to not insult Putin.
# censorship - Saturday 25 February, 2017
# Read Me
# Read Me
Comedians are at the forefront of a battle against an assault on free speech, writes Seán Connolly.
# censorship - Sunday 12 February, 2017
# Censorship Board
# Censorship Board
The ruling was over the comedy-drama JollyLLB 2.
# censorship - Monday 7 November, 2016
# Great Firewall
# Great Firewall
The law bans anything that damages national honour or disturbs economic or social order.
# censorship - Monday 9 May, 2016
# Japan
# Japan
Megumi Igarashi said she will fight the charges.
# censorship - Saturday 12 March, 2016
# Censorship Row
# Censorship Row
The film was shunned by more than 1,100 cinemas which are owned by the Church.
# censorship - Tuesday 5 January, 2016
# Hong Kong
# Hong Kong
The men are feared detained by Chinese authorities.
# censorship - Sunday 20 December, 2015
# censorship - Friday 7 August, 2015
# Busy
# Busy
Waterford Whispers yesterday removed an article after receiving a letter from O’Brien’s legal team.
# censorship - Wednesday 5 August, 2015
# CTRL ALT DEL
# CTRL ALT DEL
“There’s no thinking behind the decision,” said one expert.
# censorship - Friday 12 June, 2015
# Censorship
# Censorship
The student says he felt pressured into making the decision.
# censorship - Thursday 21 May, 2015
# Censored
# Censored
“My rights have been trampled upon, my freedom of expression has been trampled upon.”
# censorship - Wednesday 25 March, 2015
# Off The Air
# Off The Air
“This is not just a political issue, it’s my life.”
# censorship - Wednesday 15 October, 2014
# Censorship
# Censorship
The BBC is complaining to Chinese authorities about the blocking.
# censorship - Wednesday 6 August, 2014
# Censorship
# Censorship
A censorship order sought and secured by the Australian government sets a precedent for all common law countries – including Ireland.
# censorship - Wednesday 30 July, 2014
# Superinjunction
# Superinjunction
The orgnaisation promised a big announcement last night. Here’s what it’s about.
# censorship - Wednesday 23 July, 2014
# Toadally Uncool
From The Daily Edge
# Toadally Uncool
This is a thing that is happening.
# Right To Be Forgotten
# Right To Be Forgotten
The ECJ ruling is a godsend for criminals who want to scrub their record clean – and sets a worrying precedent for empowering governments to act beyond their borders.
# censorship - Friday 18 July, 2014
# Rated R
# Rated R
A penguin with two dads, children adopted from China, and an American favourite.
# censorship - Tuesday 24 June, 2014
# censorship - Friday 21 March, 2014
# Tweet Tweet
# Tweet Tweet
The social network was highlighting corruption allegations against the Prime Minister’s inner circle.
# censorship - Tuesday 18 March, 2014
# X Rated
# X Rated
The board have not met since June 2008 and its future is being considered by the Government.
# censorship - Tuesday 11 March, 2014
# Censorship
# Censorship
Recep Tayyip Erdogan said last week that the government was considering shutting down Facebook and youTube in a bid to prevent secretly wiretapped recordings from being leaked.
# censorship - Thursday 6 February, 2014
# Freedom Of Expression
# Freedom Of Expression
The new law will allow the Turkish government to block access to websites and request users’ communications and traffic information from providers without a court order.
# censorship - Wednesday 29 January, 2014
# Panti Bliss
# Panti Bliss
The term ‘homophobia’ refers to an irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against gay people… So why it is not permissible to state that a group that actively campaigns against same-sex marriage is homophobic?
# censorship - Friday 24 January, 2014
# Censorship
# Censorship
And everyone struggled to keep a straight face in the Dáil this morning…
# censorship - Tuesday 21 January, 2014
# Censorship
# Censorship
Rights groups have criticised the move saying it allows the Chinese government to further control freedom of expression.
# censorship - Wednesday 8 January, 2014
# Censorship
# Censorship
It is not clear why the move was taken as there has been little written about the country in recent days.
# censorship - Friday 22 November, 2013
# Freedom Of Speech
# Freedom Of Speech
Eric Schmidt believes that better encryption methods will help prevent governments from restricting freedom of expression.
# censorship - Friday 6 September, 2013
# Selfie Censorship
From The Daily Edge
# Selfie Censorship
We’re scarlet, SCARLET.
A couple of afternoon thundershowers
Max: 17 °C
Min: 10 °C
Mostly cloudy, a little rain; breezy
Max: 17 °C
Min: 10 °C
A stray shower; breezy in the afternoon
Max: 16 °C
Min: 12 °C
