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In many countries, journalists have to fight censorship when trying to publish critical stories. The organization Reporters Without Borders has launched a website to publish stories otherwise suppressed by the censors.

When something is banned, it's bound get people curious. Videos and images that are suppressed, therefore, often spread like wildfire on the Internet: the topless photos of Kate Middleton, future queen of England, were online everywhere within hours. And it's this principle that Reporters Without Borders now wants to use for journalistic content.

"We believe that there has to be a platform to publish stories that are being censored in the very countries where they should be published," Matthias Spielkamp, board member of Reporter Without Borders in Germany, told DW. The focus is explicitly on well-researched features by journalists who, because of a lack of press freedom, cannot publishtheir storiesin their country's newspapers, TV or radio.

The website is not meant to be platform like WikiLeaks and isnot intended to bea place for tabloid stories, Spielkamp explained. The project is getting financial support from the European Union, the city of Paris and from donations.

Support for censored authors

One of the first stories published is from Morocco, whereOmar Brouksy is no longer allowed to workas a publisher. In October, the government withdrew his accreditation because the journalist had beenoverly critical of the royal family's role during a recentelection.

Brouksy's text, however, continues to be available online. Reporters Without Borders published the piece in agreement with the author on their website, wefightcensorship.org. Online with text,the page also explainswhy each story is being censored.

The website offers to publish anymaterial that's being censored in an author's home country.Articles are sent anonymously, and in a way that the author's identity cannot be traced. Reporters Without Borders, which itself does ask for the author's identity to check whether the story is credible,offers to keep the writers anonymous for their own protection,explained Spielkamp.

Should the stories not be writtenin English or France, they will be translated for the page. All the material will also be offered for download, and even outrightcopying of an entire workisencouraged. Readers can post the stories on social media networks as well as on a list of regional services.

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Editor's note: The artwork, which can be seen lower in this story, may be offensive to some readers.

The talk at the Newark Library these days has nothing to do with an anticipated book collection, the next visit by schoolchildren or a lecture on Brick City history.

Its all about a huge drawing hanging in the second-floor reference room, raising so much ruckus that the head librarian has had to cover it up so no one can see what it shows.

Its covered with cloth and thats the way many employees want to keep it.

Kara Walker, a renowned African-American artist who examines race, gender, sexuality and violence, created the drawing. It depicts the horrors of reconstruction, 20th-century Jim Crowism and the hooded figures of the Ku Klux Klan.

But thats not what has people upset.

One part of the drawing shows a white man holding the head of a naked black woman to his groin.

"I didnt notice it at first," said Kendell Willis, a library services employee. "Then I looked up and was blown away."

Willis sent Library Director Wilma Grey an e-mail, and so has Sandra West, a library associate who called Walkers work disgusting. She said several employees came to her expressing shock that the library would display such graphic artwork.

"It can go back where it came from," West said. "I really dont like to see my people like this. We need to see something uplifting and not demeaning."

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Censorship and the Vietnam War Bumper Sticker. Plus a Really Bizarre Ending.
My Site: http://www.theawesomearchfiend.com Twitter: twitter.com BlogTV and Chat Room: http://www.blogtv.com Live show archive: http://www.blogtv.com I saw a bumper sticker today about the Vietnam War and saw it as a promotion for an unnecessary censorship. Just something I found in my daily life that I decided to make a video out of. That is all.From:TheArchfiendViews:1502 115ratingsTime:12:08More inPeople Blogs

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Censhorship on School
This is a speach on censorship I made for school. I hope its satisfactory because I tryed to not lookat a paper so I had to puase alot in order to remember what information I wanted to focous on. also I llook away from the amera alot in oder to think not cause I #39;m nervous. I hope its okay.From:KaitlynD3Views:1 0ratingsTime:00:15More inEducation

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Citizen Journalists in China
Full Episode: youtu.be When you hear "journalist in China," what do you think of? A reporter for state-run media? Someone who works for a major international news organization? Or a citizen journalist trying to skirt censorship? If you #39;re the latter type of journalist, you face more than just censorship. You could face long prison terms and even torture. Especially if you breach a politically sensitive topic at a politically sensitive time. That #39;s what happened to self-taught Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen, who was recently given an International Press Freedom Award from the Committee to Protect Journalists. We sit down with Madeline Earp, senior Asia researcher for CPJ, to talk about his case, and what it #39;s like for citizen journalists in China today.From:NTDTVViews:7 1ratingsTime:00:20More inNews Politics

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Youtube censors and blocks recent vlog from playing on mobiles
Youtube censors and blocks recent vlog from playing on mobiles... Youtube... wtf is this shit ? why you being a dick , supporting mindless censorship which indicates you have no freaking brain ? You supporting the anti-ET agenda , you xenephobic towards ETs ? and hybrids like myself ?From:LadyDanielle ZanaViews:2 0ratingsTime:01:15More inNonprofits Activism

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Anonymous - You, ITU, Internet Censorship
Mirrored and Voice from http://www.whatistheitu.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- What is the ITU?: en.wikipedia.org Was ist die ITU? (german): de.wikipedia.org ITU Homepage: http://www.itu.int on Twitter they are @ITU ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Articles EU: tech.slashdot.org (english) EU: netzpolitik.org (german) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- We are anonymous We are legion We do not forget We do not forgive Expect usFrom:HiluxanonViews:25 3ratingsTime:03:59More inNonprofits Activism

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The Death Of The Orange Lion
After suffering more censorship than 9 and half weeks, finally here it is again... the upgraded version that is expected to create more controversy than before. Never seen new effects included and re-mastered THX audio, more dramatic than Titanic or even the Lucas Films saga.From:Eduardo CifuentesViews:1 0ratingsTime:01:05More inEntertainment

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Being a dick on the Wii U - Nintendo censorship test by Zoomingames
We test the censorship apparatus of Nintendo in the Mii Verse of the Wii U. Yes, we are being dicks in the video (sorry!), but we felt we had to test it. How fast did Nintendo respond to our harassment? Turns out: pretty fast. Drawing dicks, swearing, spoiling and being an ass is not allowed in the Mii Verse. Follow us on Twitter - http://www.twitter.com Or like us on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com Have a look at our channel - http://www.youtube.comFrom:ZoominGamesViews:302 162ratingsTime:02:21More inGaming

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