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ByteDance censored content critical of Chinese government in Indonesia
ByteDance censored content it perceived as critical of the Chinese government on its news aggregator app in Indonesia from 2018 to mid-2020. Read more…
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Alibaba and founder Jack Ma summoned to Indian court over censorship
An Indian court has summoned Alibaba and its founder Jack Ma after former employee says he was wrongfully fired over censorship issue. Read more…
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Is the golden age of social media coming to an end?
The journeys of the social media giants has been nothing if not fascinating. From doubtful beginnings, Facebook went through several stages. Read more…
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Facebook agreed to censor anti-state posts after Vietnam slowed traffic
Facebook’s servers in Vietnam were taken offline early this year, slowing local traffic to a crawl until it agreed to censor anti-state posts Read more…
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India mulling censorship of streaming platforms such as Netflix
India is deliberating potential censorship on streaming platforms such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, a senior government source claims. Read more…
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Turkey launches sweeping oversight for all online content
Turkey has granted its radio and television watchdog sweeping oversight for all online content, including streaming platforms and online news outlets Read more…
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Chinese censors work hard to erase news of Hong Kong protests
Chinese censors are working hard to erase or block news of the Hong Kong protests on social media and search platforms amid a surge in local interest. Read more…
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China ‘cleans up’ internet in apparent censorship campaign
China launched a new campaign to clean up its internet, state media said, amid a fresh wave of apparent censorship by Beijing Read more…
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Bing outage in China not censorship block
Search engine Bing’s outage in China last week was a technical error, rather than an intentional censorship block Read more…
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Who needs govt web censorship when you have Tumblr?
ITEM: Microblogging site Tumblr banned “adult” content from its site as of December 17th. And the reasons behind it highlight the amount of control that web giants have over what people can and can’t see online. Read more…