Censorship

Some movies seem to trigger some unexpected reactions from the censors.

One lawmaker called the whole thing a "stupid and ridiculous" hearing, while several others left the room.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs criticized Caroline Beresford's vulgar tweets and said they will take "appropriate action" against her.

Chinese authorities are cracking down on criticism of Xi Jinping’s plan to stay in office for more than two terms.

A major cybersecurity firm is at the center of a free speech debate involving Nazis, ISIS and, bizarrely, a cookery website.

“The current bastards in power are as insignificant as the ones then,” one disgruntled critic tweeted.

teleSUR English has nearly 400,000 Facebook "likes." Their Facebook page went back up on Wednesday after speculation from its staff and readers of censorship by the social media giant.

The renowned book, “The New Jim Crow” by Michelle Alexander, is not allowed in two New Jersey state prisons, according to prison documents obtained by the ACLU of New Jersey and released Monday.

Content restrictions increased drastically after a video of a school shooting surfaced on Facebook.

A petition to remove a painting by Balthus is rejected by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Good move, anti-censorship organizations say.

Russia could ban Facebook as early as next year.

The censorship push comes amid a strengthening of Chinese patriotism following the re-election of Xi Jinping to a five-year presidential term.

For a long time it was wrongly assumed that activism, feminism and human rights were only threatened in only in non-Western countries, but what happened in Turkey could happen anywhere.

Amid arguments about censorship on college campuses, elementary school libraries are becoming settings for these debates as well, with the majority of Republicans believing texts featuring LGBTQ characters don't belong there.

The Harry Potter series was the most challenged book last decade. Now, books with LGBT characters are most at risk.

From Alexei Navalny's "crooks and thieves" jibe to the manatee that keeps waiting around, Russians have found innovative ways to criticize the government online.

Officials unveiled the Book Garden, a giant academic complex on Wednesday.

China considers the "vulgar" websites a threat to public order.

The Ethiopian government has pulled internet access multiple times in recent years. This time, fears of exam leaks might be behind it.

The plan calls for efforts to improve "positive propaganda" and comes on top of recent regulations to control online news.

Beijing's internet regulators will urge the tech firm to "tighten up checks" on apps available in the Apple store.

Other children's books in the firing line include "Peppa Pig" and Roald Dahl's "James and the Giant Peach."

The network had irked the socialist government with various reports, including one alleging that Venezuelan passports and visas were being sold illegally at the embassy in Iraq.

Amnesty International slammed the law as a "draconian" attempt to stifle criticism.

Weiwei says no artist has "reacted to the political victimization of a fellow artist."

If the situation were reversed, editors would be outraged.

The 1972 "Napalm Girl" photograph shows a naked girl and other children running from a bombed village.

Facebook says restrictions on nudity are necessary on a global platform.

Parliament is set to vote on proposed ban on ads that “exploit sex.”

Imogen Wilson, 22, was accused of violating “safe space” at a council meeting at Edinburgh University.