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Feminist Media Censorship Puts Public Safety at Risk
This video discusses the issue of feminist media censorship of: 1. The true incidence of rape and sexual and domestic violence against boys and men and femal...

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Action Cams Chinese Censorship | Swipe
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Ebola Censorship? Who Is The Second Person Tranported By Ambulance In Boston, MA

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Censorship of news coverage on the Hong Kong democracy protests in Mainland China
In September and October 2014 there were massive pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, but Mainland Chinese media presented a very restricted view of there events. Independent international...

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Internet Censorship alive and well
Jim Rizoli on who is behind internet censorship.

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10-07-14-Clip 03-Censorship Hurts-Truth Hurts-The National Black Feminist Book Group
Censorship Hurts - Truth Hurts - In this segment, Black Feminist Women and Men ask: Alice Walker #39;s Possessing the Secret of Joy, a novel about traditions of female genital mutilation, inspired...

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China's Internet watchdog has issued rules forcing real-name registrations on public accounts of instant messaging apps and requiring those wishing to publish or reprint political news to seek prior approval.

China has been stepping up online censorship in recent months.

While the Beijing government say the new rules are aimed at helping the fight against terrorism, rights activists believe the regulations are aimed at keeping tabs on free speech in the relatively uncontrolled world of mobile messaging.

The new rules will impact on popular mobile messaging apps such as Tencent's WeChat, which has almost 400 million users, as well other services such as QQ, also operated by Tencent, Alibaba's Laiwang, NetEase's Yixin and Xiaomi's Miliao. Twitter is banned in China, and can only be accessed using a Virtual Private Network (VPN).

Tencent, which has Asia's largest Internet company, has closed more than 100 public WeChat accounts, the official news agency Xinhua reported Thursday.

China has also told South Korea it has blocked access to two mobile messaging services, Kakao Talk and Line, which it said were used to exchange terrorism-related information.

The instant messaging provider must have professional staff, protect user information and privacy, accept social supervision and report illegal information. The instant messaging provider must register using their real identity.

"Users shall abide by laws and regulations, the socialist system, national interests, the legitimate rights and interests of citizens, public order, social morality and ensure the authenticity of the information they provide," according to the new rules.

Only approved news agencies and websites will be allowed to post or tweet the news, the rules said, and accounts that have not been approved are forbidden to publish or reprint political news.

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TRIST: Circumventing Censorship with Transcoding-Resistant Image Steganography
Christopher Connolly, Patrick Lincoln, Ian Mason, and Vinod Yegneswaran, SRI International.

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Educators are grappling with questions over how much of the Internet should be accessible to students as they distribute tablets and laptops to supplement classroom learning.

"It's a balance between arming our kids with the ability to make really smart choices and making those choices for them in a filtering environment," said Scott Muri, Fulton deputy superintendent for academics told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (http://bit.ly/1w1vQN7 ).

The American Library Association reviewed how school systems comply with the Children's Internet Protection Act, which was passed in 2000 and is meant to block students from accessing sites that are considered obscene or harmful. However, some school systems have gone beyond what federal law requires and have banned social media, email and media streaming sites, according to the AMA.

"We're censoring big chunks of the Internet because we're afraid of certain content," said Deborah Caldwell-Stone, a deputy director with the American Library Association. "Rather than teaching kids how to handle that and . how to be responsible Internet users, we're just blocking things."

The newspaper reported that Fulton County uses a web-filtering committee of teachers, principals and administrators who can make exceptions to which sites are blocked on school-issued devices.

DeKalb County schools Chief Information Officer Gary Brantley said teachers can override filters to show sensitive material if it's determined to have educational value. Brantley said educators should be given the flexibility to make their own judgment calls in terms of what students are able to access online.

Gwinnett schools spokeswoman Sloan Roach said the district allows a review process to allow restricted sites for instructional reasons.

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