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Artists fear censorship as China tightens grip on Hong Kong
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 22 (ANI): in order to tighten control over Hong Kong and purge dissent, Beijing may pressure a new museum in the city to remove exhibits that displease China in the opening exhibition.
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New rules for OTT platforms focus on self-classification of content instea
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 4 (ANI): Referring to the new guidelines laid down by the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry for the Over-the-top (OTT) platforms, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said that the new rules focus on self-classification of content instead of
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'Bad Sign': Mexican President on suspension of Trump's social media accoun
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], January 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has called social media blocks on incumbent US leader Donald Trump a "bad sign" for freedom, expressing "serious" concerns about the private tech companies' might to "silence and censor".
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Google, Facebook, Twitter threaten to leave Pakistan over new social media
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 22 (ANI): With Pakistan government announcing new "draconian" rules for social media, which aims at giving blanket power to authorities to censor digital content, Information and Technology giants like Facebook, Google and Twitter have threatened to leave the c
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Pakistan's online spaces for dissent, freedom of expression shrinks, while
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 28 (ANI): Online space for dissent and freedom of expression has shrunk in Pakistan, while hate speech and digital surveillance has increased, informed a press statement from the Freedom Network group on Wednesday.
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Taiwan, India growing closer amid Chinese aggression, censorship: Report
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 19 (ANI): Taiwan and India do not have formal diplomatic ties but their citizens have bonded over a shared feeling of being targets of Chinese aggression and censorship, reported The Diplomat.
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China censors vice presidential debate when Pence was questioned about com
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], October 9 (ANI): China's censors blocked the live coverage of the vice presidential debate Wednesday night when Mike Pence was asked a question about the communist nation.
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China knew how virulent COVID-19 was, says Pompeo
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Wisconsin [US], September 24 (ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said that the Chinese Communist Party knew how virulent COVID-19 that originated in Wuhan was adding that Beijing censored and made courageous whistleblowers who tried to sound the alarm disappear.
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'Draconian' secuirty law not a solution for Hong Kong's crisis: Outgoing
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Aug 19 (ANI): The "draconian" national security law of Hong Kong is not a solution to the city's political crisis, according to outgoing European Union diplomat Carmen Cano adding who says she observed "growing fear and self-censorship" among Hongkongers.
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IAF shoots letter to censor board objecting to its 'undue negative portray
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 12 (ANI): The Indian Air Force (IAF) has written to the Central Board of Film Certification complaining against its "undue negative portrayal" in the movie Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl', which is scheduled for a release on Netflix today.
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Imran Khan continues to throttle voices of press criticising Pak govt, mil
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], August 3 (ANI): Pakistan has been known for strangling press freedom by imposing censorship or arresting journalists over bizarre reasons. The recent abduction of Mattiullah Jan, a reporter and a critic of Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, has again brought forth Khan's a
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Trump asks federal regulators to examine social media, free speech: Whi
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 29 (Sputnik/ANI): The Trump administration has asked US federal regulators to determine whether current internet laws protect social media companies from being sued for altering or otherwise censoring free speech, the White House said in a statement on Wednesday.
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