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Charles Chao, CEO of SINA: Censorship in China
Charles Chao, CEO and Chairman of the Board of SINA Corporation, discusses censorship in China with insights into how it affects the media as well as individ...

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Facebooks recent policy indecision over the posting of extremely violent videos has again exposed the larger debate over internet censorship versus free speech.

One media strategist contends the best solution for establishing internet standards lies in self-censorship.

Susan Reynolds, whose Carmen Media consults with international businesses on social media strategy and marketing, says its up to each of us to help establish settings and determine what we want to see.

When I think about the controversy, it reminds me that Facebook has become a community gathering place. And that brings up the whole issue of freedom -- the freedom to gather, the freedom of speech, freedom from censorship -- all of these things that Facebook is now facing having to make decisions about, said Reynolds in an interview with the VOA news program International Edition.

The controversy has caused Facebook to waffle on its own policies and desire to become an internet censor.

The debate was sparked by a video that appeared on Facebook back in May, showing a masked man beheading a woman. When the video went viral, Facebook reacted to complaints by banning it and other beheading videos, calling them psychologically damaging for young viewers.

After re-consideration, Facebook overturned a general ban on beheading videos, saying future decisions about the posting of potentially objectionable material would be made on a case-by-case basis.

Reynolds says Facebook would like to get out of the censorship business, and leave responsibility for user-generated content to the user.

For the first time, Reynolds says she recently alerted Facebook to a photo she found objectionable.

It was a picture of someone being tortured in the Middle East. Personally, I thought it was probably not a real depiction, a real photo, but perhaps something edited with Photoshop. And I didnt think it belongs in our newsfeed, especially if its false. So I reported it, said Reynolds.

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CIMA Report: Chinese Communist Party Censorship Expanding Abroad
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Interactive Exhibit: Internet Censorship
Freedom House designed a special exhibit for Google Ideas #39; summit, where users can use an interactive map to learn about internet censorship around the world.

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Chinese Regime #39;s Censorship Extends Overseas
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#39;Scary #39; Censorship, Halloween Costume Crackdown, TIMPF:This Is Political Correctness Police Run Amok
Wake The Hell Up America! What A Joke! PC Police #39;Scary #39; Censorship Halloween Costume Crackdown TIMPF This Is Political Correctness Run Amo.

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Censorship Strikes Again!
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October 26, 2013 - 17:59 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Iran's culture minister, Ali Jannati, has some good news: The country will be reviewing book censorship policies and maybe -- just maybe -- relaxing its book ban in the near future, Huffington Post said.

The encouraging announcement arrives amid what appear to be progressive reforms in Iran under new president Hassan Rouhani, evidenced with particular potency by Rouhani's telephone conversation with the U.S. President Barack Obama, the first U.S.-Iran phone chat since the 1979 revolution.

Under Iran's hard-line former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, countless classics were banned, much to the dismay of Iranian publishers who were required to submit prospective books to the culture ministry for review. As reported by The Guardian, "words such as 'kiss', 'beloved', 'wine', 'drunk', 'pork', 'dance', 'rape', 'dog' and 'meditation'" were prohibited and would lead to censorship, by either text manipulations or total censorship.

Jannati, however, has recognized the absurdity of such restrictions. Quoted by Iranian reformist newspaper Arman, the culture minister said:

I sadly learned that some books were denied permission to be published only on the grounds of personal opinions. I think if the Qu'ran was not a divine revelation, when it was handed to the book supervisory board, they would say some words did not comply with public chastity and would deny it permission for publication.

Even if nuclear talks stall, Iran may regain respect in the literary world if Jannati's promise to review censorship policies becomes reality.

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Censorship, the ultimate silence
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