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Call Of Duty Black Ops 1 CENSORED - Grenade QTE/S.O.G. - Video Game Censorship
Did you know the Australian, German and Japanese versions of Call Of Duty Blacks Ops 1 censor the QTE during the S.O.G. mission where you pull the pin on an enemy #39;s grenade and then push them.

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Snatcher CENSORED - Alice (The Doberman Dog #39;s) Death - Video Game Censorship
Did you know the Sega CD and PlayStation versions of Snatcher censor Alice (the doberman dog #39;s) death scene? In the PC Engine Super CD version there is actually much more blood and gore and...

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Cephus Uncle Bobby Johnson speaks at POLICE CENSORSHIP - Mumia In the Cross Hairs! pt1
POLICE CENSORSHIP - Mumia In the Cross Hairs! Friday the 5th Please forward and distribute widely Cops vs Free Speech How police are threatening Mumia, convi...

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Beijing (CNN) -- Censorship is a part of daily life in China. News articles are erased from online search engines, social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter are banned, and CNN is routinely blacked out for Chinese viewers.

Instagram was a huge hit in China -- until the government banned it during the Hong Kong protests.

"All good things must end," one young Chinese woman told me -- seemingly resigned to the fact that she can no longer post photos on Instagram.

While such restrictions would likely incite mass outrage in many Western countries, citizens in China often have no choice but to relinquish some personal freedom as the government keeps a firm grip on certain aspects of life in this booming society.

China's Communist Party will do whatever it takes to stay in power. Censorship is just one tool -- along with quickly quelling civil disobedience.

Of course, China feels like a utopia of liberty when compared with the repressive North Korean regime. I distinctly remember feeling a sense of freedom and relief when landing in Beijing after a recent visit to Pyongyang.

In the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the average citizen has never heard of the Internet or social media. Contact with the outside world is forbidden for all but the most elite members of this reclusive society. Propaganda rules the television airwaves and fills the pages of state-run newspapers.

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Facebook has published a report detailing the extent of censorship in countries across the world, as well as the number of data requests.

The social network's Government Requests Report reveals the number of times content was blocked per country and the reason why, in its 'mission for transparency'.

Turkey - which recently blocked Twitter and YouTube due to a leaked government audio recording - also blocked 2,014 pieces of data defamation or criticism of Ataturk or the Turkish state.

Further down the blocking rankings, Pakistan is third with 162 restrictions, and Ireland requested 113 blocks.

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The numbers for data requests paint a different picture, with 12,598 between July and December in the US alone.

5,814 search warrants, 5,379 for subpoenas, 486 emergency disclosures and 919 miscellaneous requests put the US at the top of the data request chart, while the UK made 1,906 requests.

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Grand Theft Auto V, Hatred and why censorship can #39;t work in the 21st century. #gamergate
With all the drama in the gaming scene right now, what does the recent call for censorship mean to us gamers?

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Truther Channels UNDER ATTACK Youtube Censorship is OUT OF CONTROL!
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updated 3:25 PM EST, Wed December 24, 2014

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Beijing (CNN) -- Censorship is a part of daily life in China. News articles are erased from online search engines, social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter are banned, and CNN is routinely blacked out for Chinese viewers.

Instagram was a huge hit in China -- until the government banned it during the Hong Kong protests.

"All good things must end," one young Chinese woman told me -- seemingly resigned to the fact that she can no longer post photos on Instagram.

While such restrictions would likely incite mass outrage in many Western countries, citizens in China often have no choice but to relinquish some personal freedom as the government keeps a firm grip on certain aspects of life in this booming society.

China's Communist Party will do whatever it takes to stay in power. Censorship is just one tool -- along with quickly quelling civil disobedience.

Of course, China feels like a utopia of liberty when compared with the repressive North Korean regime. I distinctly remember feeling a sense of freedom and relief when landing in Beijing after a recent visit to Pyongyang.

In the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the average citizen has never heard of the Internet or social media. Contact with the outside world is forbidden for all but the most elite members of this reclusive society. Propaganda rules the television airwaves and fills the pages of state-run newspapers.

Censorship in China

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BEIJING (CNN) -

Censorship is a part of daily life in China. News articles are erased from online search engines, social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter are banned, and CNN is routinely blacked out for Chinese viewers.

Instagram was a huge hit in China -- until the government banned it during the Hong Kong protests.

"All good things must end," one young Chinese woman told me -- seemingly resigned to the fact that she can no longer post photos on Instagram.

While such restrictions would likely incite mass outrage in many Western countries, citizens in China often have no choice but to relinquish some personal freedom as the government keeps a firm grip on certain aspects of life in this booming society.

China's Communist Party will do whatever it takes to stay in power. Censorship is just one tool -- along with quickly quelling civil disobedience.

Of course, China feels like a utopia of liberty when compared with the repressive North Korean regime. I distinctly remember feeling a sense of freedom and relief when landing in Beijing after a recent visit to Pyongyang.

In the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the average citizen has never heard of the Internet or social media. Contact with the outside world is forbidden for all but the most elite members of this reclusive society. Propaganda rules the television airwaves and fills the pages of state-run newspapers.

Censorship in China

The Sony hack story has received limited news coverage in China. Stories have appeared on CCTV's newscasts and in newspapers like China Daily, though with far less prominence than some other international news outlets.

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Sony Pictures made "The Interview" available online on Wednesday, widening distribution of a comedy that triggered a massive cyberattack blamed on North Korea, after backtracking on a decision to cancel the movie's release that was criticized as self-censorship.

The film was available for rental on Google Inc's (GOOGL) Youtube site as of early Wednesday afternoon. Microsoft Corp (MSFT) and Sony itself are also showing the comedy, the studio said, a day after agreeing to release it at some 200 independent theaters.

"It was essential for our studio to release this movie, especially given the assault upon our business and our employees by those who wanted to stop free speech," Sony Entertainment Chief Executive Michael Lynton said in a statement. "We chose the path of digital distribution first so as to reach as many people as possible on opening day, and we continue to seek other partners and platforms to further expand the release.

The movie, which stars Seth Rogen and James Franco and is about a fictional plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, triggered the most destructive cyberattack ever to target a U.S. company, resulting in the release of hundreds of embarrassing emails and confidential data.

In addition to YouTube Movies, Google Play, Microsoft's Xbox Video, the comedy will be available on a dedicated website, http://www.seetheinterview.com, to rent for $5.99 or buy for $14.99. No cable or satellite TV operator has yet agreed to make "The Interview" available through video on demand (VOD).

The showing is a chance for Google and Microsoft, which have been bit players in a VOD market dominated by Apple Inc (AAPL), Amazon.com Inc (AMZN) and cable and satellite operators, to raise their profile.

Google said it had weighed the security implications of screening the movie - described by reviewers as "profane" and "raunchy" - after Sony contacted the company about a week ago about making it available online.

"IMPOSING CENSORSHIP"

"Given everything thats happened, the security implications were very much at the front of our minds," Google's chief legal officer, David Drummond, wrote in a blog post. "But after discussing all the issues, Sony and Google agreed that we could not sit on the sidelines and allow a handful of people to determine the limits of free speech in another country (however silly the content might be)."

Google has an "enormous" infrastructure that is well tested in fighting off denial of service and other attacks, said Barrett Lyon, principal strategist with F5 Networks and an expert in Internet network security. "I wouldn't imagine seeing 'lights-out' at YouTube," he said, adding that Microsoft could be more vulnerable

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