Tag: Censorship
China ends retaliation on social media sites
China lifted its three-day block on 16 of the country’s Twitter-like services, including the two largest, which are Sina’s and Tencent’s microblogging sites. China said [Read More…]
Shakespeare film banned in Thailand
The Film Board has banned “Shakespeare Must Die” by director Ing K, saying the movie’s political content would cause divisions in the country. “Shakespeare Must [Read More…]
Egyptian member of parliament calls for web porn ban
Salafist MP Younis Makhioun, of Egypt’s religious and conservative al-Nour party, yesterday requested a debate on banning pornographic websites. In 2009, a court ordered such [Read More…]
Facebook Unsure of China as a Market
Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg (马克·扎克伯格) may want to come to China, but the company’s IPO filing certainly lowers expectations. In its recent IPO filing with [Read More…]
Indian court forces Facebook, Google to censor content
Google India and Facebook have removed web pages considered offensive to India’s political and religious leadership to satisfy a court order in a censorship case. [Read More…]
Thailand endorses Twitter’s censorship policy
Thailand has endorsed Twitter’s new censorship policy to block tweets in accordance to a particular country’s laws, calling it a “welcome development”. Thailand’s Information and [Read More…]
Twitter to allow censorship of posts on a country by country basis
The microblogging service Twitter has changed its software support for censoring posts. With the new updates, Twitter can now withdraw individual posts and accounts in [Read More…]
Why US pornmakers remain unfazed by Thailand’s ‘tough stance’ on the exploitation of women
Thailand’s pornography trade..going..going..bong This is American Tony Poer. He sees himself as smart and handsome, nay even a look alike of footballer David Beckham, so [Read More…]