Censorship
‘Adolf Xitler’ Among 500 Banned Nicknames for China’s President Exposed in Leaked Censor List
The document reveals how a Chinese social media app monitors the news to conduct preemptive censorship.
Twitter Is Taking the Indian Government to Court Over 'Abuse of Power'
Twitter has been in a face-off with the Indian government over the censoring of critical tweets by journalists, activists and human rights organisations.
Lightyear Shows China’s Box Office Has Become ‘Irrelevant’ to Hollywood
Disney has rejected censorship requests from the Chinese government as it refused to remove a scene showing two female characters kissing.
China’s Top Influencer Is Cancelled Over a Piece of Cake
The career of the country’s “Lipstick King” is in jeopardy after he accidentally touched on Beijing’s taboo in his livestream.
The Group Banning LGBT Books Wants to Replace Them With Anti-Gay Propaganda
Moms for Liberty has allied with Republicans across the U.S. to change what public school libraries are allowed to offer.
Why Tom Cruise’s Jacket in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Had Taiwan Moviegoers Clapping and Cheering
Hollywood just did something “unprecedented” with the new Top Gun movie, a film critic said.
Russia Reverses Decision on Blocking Tor Project's Website
It doesn't mean the site or anonymity network itself will necessarily get an easier time in Russia, but a new trial has been set with the Tor Project now involved.
This Florida High School Student Wasn’t Allowed to Say Gay in His Graduation Speech
“It's been absolutely awful. This is my last week of high school, and I haven't thought about that fact once," said Zander Moricz.
Microsoft’s Chinese Bing Censorship Impacts United States Too, Researchers Say
Researchers at Citizen Lab found that Bing censors Chinese politically sensitive names to users in the United States.
Vladimir Putin Explains Why State Media Is Better Than Wikipedia
In the latest salvo in Putin’s long running crackdown against the free encyclopedia, Russia’s president explained why his own experts are better sources of information.
9 Movies That Reveal the Weird Relationship Between China and Hollywood
From 'Django Unchained' to 'Fight Club', here are some of the stranger ways that movies have been tweaked to keep China happy.
Meet the Secretive US Company Building an ‘Unbreakable’ Internet Inside Russia
Backed with funding from the U.S. government, Lantern has spent two years building a peer-to-peer network inside Russia.