Bayonetta is known for her unique fighting style, long hair, sassy comebacks, and sexy moves. Of course, not everyone is a fan of her sultry behavior during battle, causing developer PlatinumGames to introduce a new nudity censorship option to its upcoming game.

Bayonetta 3 is coming out on October 28 and PlatinumGames has reassured fans that the witch will be sexier than ever. But for people who feel more sensitive to sexually graphic content, there will be a revolutionary option called Naive Angel Mode so that more people can enjoy the game without feeling uncomfortable.

By turning it on, you can play right in the living room without having to worry about whats on screen we think, the game developers joked.

The short answer is no, Bayonetta 3 will not be censored. Bayonetta 3 in its original form will have just as much nudity and sexual expression as ever. But now, players can toggle Nave Angel Mode on or off, an option that will censor the game when activated.

While PlatinumGaming was clearly being a bit cheeky with its announcement tweet, fans of the witch were left feeling conflicted about the update. Some said that censorship is wrong, even if its just an option. Others pointed out that the game is rated M, so gamers should already be aware of the content before purchasing the game.

Bayonetta is known for her confidence and sexuality. Some gamers felt that it was counterproductive to have a censorship option, as though Bayonetta should be ashamed of her nudity instead of embracing it.

Some even responded with confusion as to why Bayonettas body was considered inappropriate for some gamers while the gore in the game was being left untouched.

While the majority of responses brought about by frustration over the decision, a few people applauded PlatinumGames for making it an option for people that want to play the game with younger children or their families on hand.

Regardless of how gamers feel about it, those who wish to play Bayonetta 3 without any censorship will still have the opportunity to do so.

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Recently, I read with interest the Fauquier Times article titled Some parents want Kettle Run library to remove 3 books they see as pornographic, violent, datedJuly 6.The local chapter of Moms for Liberty indicates it is targeting three books for removal.

Our school libraries have a policy in place for parents to ensure their own children cant check out books they find offensive, or otherwise inappropriate for their children.It seems like a good solution, but thats not enough for Moms for Liberty.

Amie Bowman, treasurer for the Fauquier County chapter of Moms for Liberty, proclaims the books are inappropriate for all students.

Im always a bit suspicious when an organization becomes the self-appointed censors of what is good for other people, or other peoples children.Somehow, they not only know what is right for themselves, but also for everyone else. They know more than the library staff, and they know more than the other parents.We should all be so skilled.

We all know that historically, both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Communists banned books in their respective countries.As a soldier who stood against Communism in the 80s, and the son of a soldier who fought the Nazis in WWII, I didnt think I would need to stand up against censorship right here in Fauquier County.

Unfortunately, it appears that is where we are.

Max N. Hall, Marshall

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Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote to leadership at Meta last week to press the company about reports it has been "censoring posts containing accurate information about abortion" since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, according to a letter shared exclusively with Axios.

Driving the news: Klobuchar and Warren wrote to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri July 7.

What they're saying: "It is more important than ever that social media platforms not censor truthful posts about abortion, particularly as people across the country turn to online communities to discuss and find information about reproductive rights, Sens. Klobuchar and Warren wrote.

Details: They ask Mosseri and Zuckerberg to answer a number of questions about their policies by July 15, including:

The other side: Meta spokesman Andy Stone had said last month some of the posts were taken down due to improper application of Meta's policy against buying, selling, trading, gifting or requesting pharmaceuticals.

Our thought bubble: This is just the beginning of the challenges online platforms will face from all sides in moderating content related to reproductive medicine as many states move to outlaw abortion.

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Now everyone is walking around wondering what they can say and censoring themselves and, as a result, lowering the standards of discussion and thought. Sounds like 2022, but the guy who said this was arrested 50 years ago this week on a charge of disorderly conduct, profanity. Weve come a long way but seem to be looping back.

Comedian George Carlin was performing at Summerfest in Milwaukee on July 21, 1972, doing his then-current routine noting the absurdity that there are more ways to describe dirty words than there are dirty words: dirty, bad, filthy, foul, vile, vulgar, off-color, blue, naughty, bawdy, saucy, raunchy, street language, gutter talk, locker-room talk, barracks language, indecent, in poor taste, suggestive, cursing, cussing, swearing, profanity, obscenity, and all I could think of were... He then listed what will forever be known as the seven words you cant say on television. I wont repeat them, but I bet many of you can rattle them off from memory.

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The announcement is the latest escalation in an ongoing battle between NSW police and rappers largely based in western Sydney. In 2019, Mount Druitt-based artists OneFour became the focus of police ire. They release drill music a sub-genre of hip-hop that emerged from Chicago a decade ago, before spreading to London, and eventually landing in Australia.

Drill is known for its faster, heavier sound and raw lyrics that focus on the grittiness of street life violence, drug-dealing and run-ins with the police. Musically its different to what NWA and Tupac sounded like, but thematically its similar: artists born and raised in low-income suburbs, stigmatised by politicians and the media, who have a lived experience of the justice system and living in overly policed communities, turning to music and art to tell their stories.

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NSW police have gone to extraordinary lengths to stop OneFour from performing. Theyve claimed the group are linked to outlaw bikie gangs, and that their lyrics which reference the so-called postcode wars between gangs associated with different suburbs are inciting violence.

Police have admitted to doing everything in [their] power to make the groups life miserable until they stop rapping about these topics. So far, that has included shutting down their shows before they can perform, raiding the homes of the artists, issuing their management with legal orders preventing them from associating with the members of the group, and trying to get their music pulled from streaming platforms.

Its an intervention without precedent in Australian music history. Whats even more remarkable is that its happening decades after similar debates in the US as though police in Australia have paid zero attention to the real causes of social harm and gang violence (inequality, a lack of opportunity, intergenerational poverty). According to the University of Sydneys Professor Murray Lee, who researches the connection between criminology and drill music, the genre is a symptom of cultural violence, not a cause.

Its a realisation that seems to be well understood in the US, where hip-hop has become the most popular form of music, and as a result of that popularity has helped mainstream discussion around police violence and racism. The fact that Australia appears to be three decades behind that conversation is an indictment on the power weve bestowed on police to control what kind of art can be created and expressed, and an indictment on the politicians whove let them get away with it.

The fact an FBI letter trying to intimidate NWA hangs in a museum is symbolic of where that kind of attempt to crush artistic and social expression leads. Maybe one day there will be a similar museum piece for Australian hip-hop artists. On the current trajectory though, I wouldnt count on it.

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A day after the Lok Sabha Secretariat released a booklet that restricted the use of terms like jumlajeevi, baal buddhi, ashamed, and abused among others, calling it unparliamentary, the Opposition Thursday hit back and said that the ban was uncalled for.

Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi tweeted, What is the point of parliament if you cant be creative in your criticism? Jumlajeevi ko jumlajeevi nahi bolnege to kya bolenge? Banning words is uncalled for!

Creativity, punch, messaging, assault on senses thru words 2bring about reform, tellingly putting across a point all casualties under new Parl dictionary of unparl words!!how can hypricrisy, ashamed, abuse etc be banned?learn robust, incisive, penetrating debate from uk parl, he added.

The Lok Sabha secretariat booklet listing out unparliamentary words and expressions comes ahead of the Monsoon session beginning July 18, during which the use of words like anarchist, shakuni, dictatorial, taanashah, taanashahi, Jaichand, vinash purush, Khalistani and khoon se kheti would also be expunged if used during debates or otherwise in both the houses. The Lok Sabha secretariat has further listed words like dohra charitra, nikamma, nautanki, dhindora peetna and behri sarkar as unparliamentary expressions, according to the booklet.

Slamming the move, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said, All words used by the Opposition to describe the reality of Modi Sarkar now to be considered unparliamentary. What next Vishguru.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra tweeted and said The governments intention is that when it indulges in corruption, it doesnt want anyone to call it corruption, rather label it as a masterstroke. They use jumlas like 2 crore jobs, doubling of farmers income, but want us to say thank you for that.

Reacting to this, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra asked why the list of parliamentary words for the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha did not include the word sanghi. She attacked the government for selecting words used by Opposition to describe how BJP destroying India and banned them.

Lashing out at the governments decision, Trinamool Congress MP Derek OBrien said that he would ensure that he uses such basic terms. He also challenged the Speaker to suspend him.

Session begins in a few days. Gag order issued on MPs. Now, we will not be allowed to use these basic words while delivering a speech in Parliament: Ashamed. Abused. Betrayed. Corrupt. Hypocrisy. Incompetent. I will use all these words. Suspend me. Fighting for democracy, he said.

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Over the years multiple Hollywood films have been banned in China if they did not meet country's censorship standards. However, it seems the tides have changes with big budget Hollywood flicks actually deciding to refrain from releasing in Chinese markets

New Delhi: Chinese censorship of Hollywood movies commenced a long time ago. One of the first movies to reportedly be banned in China was The Ten Commandments, in 1923. A silent religious epic movie, it was banned in the country under a category of 'superstitious films' owing to its religious nature.

The 1925 movie Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ and 1931's Frankenstein would follow suit. Over the years many movies have been banned in China, owing to a number of reasons - from portraying a Chinese flag, to casting actors or having filmmakers who have not found favour with the government of the country.

Most recently, the 29th movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), Taika Waititi directorial Thor: Love and Thunder, Chris Hemsworth's fourth solo outing as the God of Thunder (the first for any MCU superhero), became one in a long line of movies which is not likely to receive a release date in the territory due to the inclusion of LGBTQ+ characters and scenes.

Reports suggest that it is unlikely the movie will be given the nod by Chinese censors owing to plot points such as Korg's two fathers, his onscreen moment with another Kronan and references to Valkyrie being bisexual.

However, Thor: Love and Thunder is not the only movie to face the wrath of Chinese censors in recent years. Movies like Marvel's Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings as well as Eternals were not released in mainland China either. The movies were expected to be huge draws in the Chinese market, given their ethnic bent in storyline, but they never released. There were reports that Simu Liu, the superhero of Shang-Chi and Eternals' director Chloe Zhao had received the cold shoulder for reportedly criticising the country's government years ago.

But when did it all begin?

While China has for years maintained strict censorship on movie content, Isaac Stone Fish in his 2022 book America Second, How America's Elites are making China Stronger had revealed how the Chinese government ordered a total rewrite of James Bond's Tomorrow Never Dies, the original storyline of which involved China taking over Hong Kong. On the government objecting, producers ditched the script and ordered a complete rewrite.

The Bond change marked a turning point in China-US censorship, with the demand for changes becoming a norm.

But are things still the same? It seems a wind of change has blown over Hollywood, with many movies deciding to go against Beijing appeasement when it comes to releasing movies in China. Tom Cruise starrer Top Gun: Maverick, which is easily one of the highest grossers in its 2019 trailer removed the Taiwanese and Japanese flags from Cruise's bomber jacket - appeasing Beijing. However, once investor Tencent TCEHY reportedly dropped out, the symbol was reinstated on Mavericks iconic jacket.

Following the change, executives at Paramount no longer expected a release in China. A similar move was exercised by Disney and Pixar, who were asked by China to remove a brief same-sex kissing scene from Lightyear. Disney declined the cut. Similarly, Sony faced flak in China when they were asked by Chinese regulators to cut out or minimise the appearance of the Statue of Liberty in Spider-Man: No Way Home. The studio reportedly refused, making it the third big-budget movie in recent years to not release in China.

Sony sacrificed big bucks, letting go of millions in additional revenue by standing up to Chinese censorship. Chinese censorship requesting the removal of the iconic Statue of Liberty, for Sony to be allowed to showcase in China, also illustrated how aggressive Chinese bullying of the US movie industry had become.

But not anymore

Industry experts are of the opinion that China's clout has receded, mainly because the China movie market is not what it used to be. Recent months have seen movie studios begin to rethink their strategies, with Chris Fenton, former president of DMG Entertainment and author of the book Feeding the Dragon: Inside the Trillion-Dollar Dilemma Facing Hollywood, the NBA, and American Business, stating that there is a 100 per cent shift in how Hollywood regards the Chinese censorship.

As per reports, China no longer guarantees big revenues, and while in 2020 it may have been the biggest movie market in the world, the favours have tilted towars the US once again. Theatres in the States opening in full boom post COVID, even as China maintains a strict 'zero COVID' policy.

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With free VPNs getting more and more popular, research conducted by Hola investigates just how effective such services are in their protection and how much theyll be required in the future.

VPN software has become rather common, with many users across the world utilizing it for a variety of reasons. Some individuals just want some protection from cybercriminals, others are paranoid about the government tracking their every movement. Overall, VPNs are a useful investment since theyre typically not that expensive and pride users with a comfortable degree of online privacy that they can then utilize as they wish. Online privacy nowadays is generally difficult to come by, what with every website that exists attempting to track your data via necessary cookies. Third party advertisers have used the likes of Facebook and Google as their starting points, so its nice to not encounter weirdly specific ads every now and then.

A major point of discussion throughout Holas research article is geopolitical interference on the internet. Certain countries across the globe have certain forms of online censorship that affect the average citizens surfing. China and the UAE are prime examples, with many publicly accessible platforms having been already banned in these countries. In fact, Hola lists China, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam as some of the biggest offenders of censorship; naturally to the chagrin of local internet users (which consists of everyone these days). Hola, which is itself a free VPN service, led a poll for the publication, which revealed that 82% of the sample population sees VPN usage increasing in the coming years. Of the Chinese respondents for this poll, 93% shared the same sentiment, expressing concerns over censorship accelerating in the coming times.

TechRadar, writing on Holas research as well, cited its top picks for free VPN software; ProtonVPN, Privado, and Hide.me were some of the most popular and well-regarded names that popped up. Its always good to do your research Before using free VPN software; theres no knowing if and when youll accidentally run into malware.

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