Category Archives: Censorship

DOUBLE STANDARDS - Guest Patrick Henningsen speaks out on Press TV ban
Press TV #39;s top current affairs show #39;Double Standards #39;, invites 21st Century Wire #39;s Patrick Henningsen on the program to discuss the hypocrisy and censorship by the European Commission and the UK #39;s Ofcom regulator for banning Press TV #39;s global news channel from European satellite and cable broadcasting. When it comes to broadcaster integrity, networks like the BBC and CNN should have their licenses revoked for reporting fake news and covering up internal investigations into criminal activity. http://www.21stcenturywire.comFrom:21stCenturyWireTVViews:36 4ratingsTime:12:38More inNews Politics

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Btooom! - Episode 5 Review
The truth on why they are all on that island. Their situations get worse, and funny censorship. ---- Btooom! - Episode 5 Review #12502; #12488; #12453; #12540; #12512; - Episode 5 ReviewFrom:KieadroViews:0 0ratingsTime:02:37More inEntertainment

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PSA OUTAKE 2
"Censorship" PSA outakes filmed by Brandon Hitson, and staring Damon Jordan, and the FAM.From:Cruikshank7Views:0 0ratingsTime:00:23More inComedy

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Let #39;s Play Lucius - Part 7 - Satanic Rituals and Shocking Baths
EDIT: So I just noticed that this was scheduled to upload at 5:00pm PDT the day AFTER it was supposed to come out. Well, shit. Posting it now and hope it comes out in feeds correctly. Guess this at least means a shorter wait for the next part, right? If you like shoddy censorship, this will be your favourite part. Fun fact: that censoring job took over an hour to do, despite being really badly done.From:MildlyUpsetManViews:0 0ratingsTime:24:08More inGaming

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Mike Malloy on censorship of US history in schools (10/26/12)
October 26, 2012, hour 1, last subject of segment 3: Mike then tells a personal story about explaining the treatment of the Native Americans to his 8-year-old daughter and how he learned a jingoistic, hagiographic version of US history in high school. The lyric "all the crap I learned in high school" is from Paul Simon #39;s song "Kodachrome". Savannah photo: http://www.worldsbestbeachtowns.com John Oglethrope photo: Wikipedia CLOSING BUMPER MUSIC: "Are You Drinkin with Me Jesus?" by Jello BiafraFrom:andrewsaccount09Views:3 1ratingsTime:04:44More inNews Politics

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The following editorial appeared in the Washington Post:

As China s prime minister over the past decade, Wen Jiabao was often described as a populist and reformer, sometimes nicknamed Grandpa Wen because of his folksy willingness to meet ordinary people. One of Wen s refrains was that Chinese officials at all levels should declare their personal assets, and those of family members, in an effort to fight corruption. Wen suggested that the information should be published for all to see.

On Friday, the New York Times took Wen at his word and published an eye-opening exposi that revealed that members of his family control assets of some $2.7 billion, including interests in banks, jewelers, tourist resorts, telecommunications companies and infrastructure projects, some of it held in offshore entities. The article marks yet another startling glimpse into how China s leading families, many of them descended from Mao s generation, have used their power to become fabulously wealthy. The ouster of Bo Xilai as boss of Chongqing and the subsequent prosecutions in an alleged graft and murder scandal provided another showcase example this year.

As soon as the Times article was published, China s Internet censors forgot about Wen s desire for more openness. China blocked both the English and Mandarin websites of the Times so that hundreds of millions of its citizens could not read the account online. China also rushed to block mention of the story on popular Twitter-like

A similar Web blackout was imposed this summer after Bloomberg News described the accumulation of assets by relatives of Xi Jinping, who is expected to become China s next Communist Party leader and president.

The sudden blackout belies the supposed confidence of China s ruling elite for having built an economic superpower and shows them to be utterly at odds with the global digital revolution. Their attempt to block it underscores how deeply China s rulers fear that the truth, if fully known, would undermine their legitimacy.

Beyond Wen s personal discomfit, the Chinese leaders are sitting on a powder keg. Public anger is growing at the gap between rich and poor and at an epidemic of official corruption. A survey of Chinese citizens published this month by the Pew Global Attitudes Project showed that 81 percent of those questioned agree with the statement that the rich just get richer while the poor get poorer. Half of the respondents said corrupt officials are a very big problem, up 11 percentage points in four years. Recently, a local official in Shaanxi was ousted after microblogs distributed photos of him wearing expensive luxury watches.

Rather than unplug the Internet, Wen would show more wisdom by reaffirming his earlier desire for more transparency and disclosure. In the long run, it is the only way to build trust with China s people and the only route to becoming a real superpower in today s world.

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Their View: China censorship shows leaders still have much to hide

London, Nov 1 (ANI)

A new law in Russia that aims to protect children from harmful internet content by allowing the government to remove such websites has finally taken effect in the country.

The law was approved by both houses of parliament and signed by President Vladimir Putin in July.

According to the BBC, the authorities are now able to blacklist and force offline certain websites without a trial.

The authorities have claimed that the goal is to protect minors from websites featuring sexual abuse of children, offering details about how to commit suicide, encouraging users to take drugs and sites that solicit children for pornography.

Human rights groups have, however, said the legislation might increase censorship in the country.

According to the report, they call it another attempt by Putin to exercise control over the population.

"Of course there are websites that should not be accessible to children, but I don't think it will be limited to that," Yuri Vdovin, vice-president of Citizens' Watch, a human rights organisation based in Saint-Petersburg, said..

"The government will start closing other sites - any democracy-oriented sites are at risk of being taken offline. It will be [an attack on] the freedom of speech on the internet," Vdovin added.

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Looking back over the past several decades, it's amazing how often collections of words and pictures have rubbed so many people the wrong way.

And just what happened when those collections of words and pictures - you know them as comic books - angered the powers that be can be seen in "Seduction of the Innocent," an exhibition that runs through Nov. 28 at Alternate Reality Comics, 4110 S. Maryland Parkway.

The exhibition is part of the Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival, which is, in turn, part of the Vegas Valley Book Festival. Curated by Las Vegas writer/illustrator Pj Perez, the exhibition features reproductions of rare comic book covers, photos and artwork.

That comics would even be thought of as worthy of censoring might surprise readers who aren't followers of the art form. When a previous iteration of the exhibition was mounted a year ago at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas' Marjorie Barrick Museum, some viewers "were sort of ignorant of" the 80-year history of comic books in America, Perez said.

Last year's showing "served its purpose so well, we decided to bring it back so more people would be exposed to this," he said.

Perez describes the exhibition as a "visual timeline" of key events in the history of comic book censorship since the 1930s. It was then, according to Perez, that comic strips created for newspaper syndication began to be collected into the first true comic books.

Back then, criticism and censorship of comic books were likely to revolve around issues such as vulgar street language, disrespect for authority and stereotypical depictions of ethnic cultures, he said.

By the '40s, the now wildly successful entertainment medium started to become the focus of a backlash that would see comic books blamed for such social problems as juvenile delinquency.

"Obviously, we spend a good amount of time on the mid-'50s," Perez said. "The inspiration for the show's title is, of course, the Fredric Wertham book 'Seduction of the Innocent.' "

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Wednesday, the Russian parliament unanimously adopted a controversial bill that would give them a tremendous amount of control over the Internet. Not so ironically, Wednesday was also October 31stHalloweenthe day of the year that the horrors, specters, and ghouls walk the land (in costume) and in this fashion, Russia managed to costume up SOPA and bring it to their people.

A multitude of open-interest websites banded together to warn against this bill and its potential for becoming a tool of censorshipamid those sites included Yandex, LiveJournal, Mail.ru, and the Russian-language Wikipedia.

Not just echoes of censorshipactual blatant secret censorship

According to the BBC, the bill would create an Internet blacklist, which would not be made public (meaning that the Russian public wouldnt even know what was being banned or why.)

If the websites themselves cannot be shut down, internet service providers (ISPs) and web hosting companies can be forced to block access to the offending material.

The list of banned website will be managed by Roskomnadzor (Russias Federal Service for Supervision in Telecommunications, Information Technology and Mass Communications). It is meant to be updated daily, but its contents are not available to the general public.

Of course, this has drawn the attention of critics who dont like the idea of web censorship, and are even less enthusiastic about the bills portion that keeps the lists hidden from the public. Not only have numerous websites come out against it, but so have human rights organizations who see the obvious gateway to abuse.

Its less about thinking of the children and more about shaming critics

As The Guardian UK explains, the bill was pushed through on the back of one of the modern day political hot-button issues that are so often used to divest people of safety and privacy: the protection of children. Much like how terrorism is used to bypass thoughtful and rational discourse on cybersecurity bills. To this extent the phrase think of the children, is often used to disparage politicians forwarding controversial or flawed bills to control speech. Apparently, Russia is no stranger to this effect.

The need to fight child pornography and illegal content are as important for civil society as the support of constitutional principles like freedom of speech and access [to] information, Yelena Kolmanovskaya, the chief editor of Yandex, wrote in a statement posted on the website on Wednesday. However, she added: The proposed methods provide a means for possible abuse and raise numerous questions from the side of users and representatives of internet companies.

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Forget SOPA, Russia Activates Web Censorship Blacklist Law

Introduction video about my Asperger #39;s Syndrome
Tonight I share my first video, that I have Asperger #39;s Syndrome and that the purpose for me sharing videos is because I want to help others who haven #39;t been diagnosed yet and still living in a world of confusion and hurt. Tonight you see me after many hours of mental and emotional exhaustion and trying very hard to stay on topic with one topic (I meander to and fro normally, I #39;m a train wreck in that regard and already the therapist is considering ADHD on top of Aspergers). Normally I am much more animated or energetic so don #39;t think this is how I normally am! This is what I have to do to remain on topic and get the message out. Thanks for visiting and understanding! And oh, one more thing, I have never been one that appreciated any form of censorship at all. So.. comment away. Positive, negative. Just PLEASE please please folks, please be RESPECTFUL of each other! God bless you all! Oh, one more thing. About my nickname Lysdexic Aspie. One of my features I joke about the most is my dyslexic like nature of mixing all kinds of things together mish mashed or whatnot. Perhaps you have seen those text excerpts of every word misspelled but the letters rearranged, well I can read that stuff actually better than reading the normal words, to be honest. Strange as that might sound. Also I can take words rearranged and make sense out of them but totally miss the meaning of a properly formed sentence. Isn #39;t that odd? Another odd thing but kind of positive in a way oh but in a way it ...From:Lysdexic AspieViews:1 0ratingsTime:05:14More inPeople Blogs

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