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25 US Congress members urge President Trump to follow India's lead and ban
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 16 (ANI): Expressing concern over TikTok's censorship of user content to advance the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) foreign policy aims, a set of 25 US Congressmen and Congresswomen have urged President Donald Trump to "take decisive action to protect the American
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Shakil-ur-Rahman case highlights Pak's attempt to throttle media freedom
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 8 (ANI): Pakistan has been known to strangle press freedom by imposing censorship or arresting journalists for some bizarre reasons. The owner-editor of Jang, nation's most powerful media conglomerate, Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman's appearance in court on Wednesday has aga
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Indian newspapers, websites not accessible in China
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 30 (ANI): Amid ongoing border tension between China and India following the June 15 standoff, the Indian newspapers and websites are not accessible in China.
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Lawsuit filed against Trump for signing executive order targeting social m
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 4 (ANI): A lawsuit has been filed against US President Donald Trump for signing an executive order on preventing online censorship that seems to violate the freedom of speech of individuals on social media platforms.
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US Senator introduces 3 bills to punish China over censorship amid pandemi
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], May 22 (Sputnik/ANI): US Senator Ted Cruz announced that he introduced three bills to counter Chinese propaganda and hold China accountable for what he described as medical and political censorship that helped fuel the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
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No movies promoting violence to be allowed in Punjab, says Capt Amarinder
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Feb 25 (ANI): Punjab will not allow screening of any movie seeking to promote gangsterism and violence in the state, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday asserted in the House, saying his government would also approach the Censor Board in this regard
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Plea in Delhi HC seeks guidelines on censoring of online speech by social
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 16 (ANI): A petition was filed in the Delhi High Court on Monday seeking a direction to the central government to frame guidelines to ensure that online speech is not "arbitrarily censored" by the social media websites.
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Panipat movie row: Censor board should intervene, says Rajasthan CM
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Dec 9 (ANI): Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday said that the Censor Board should intervene and take cognisance over the issue of the portrayal of Maharaja Surajmal in film 'Panipat'.
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YouTube CEO defends content recommendation mechanism
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
California [USA], Dec 2 (ANI): YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has defended the video service giant's content recommendation system amidst rising controversies, including extremism and child sexual exploitation.
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Hindu Jangagruti Samiti urges Censor Board to halt 'Dabangg 3' certificati
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Nov 27 (ANI): The Maharashtra and Chattisgarh branch of Hindu Janjagruti Samiti has raised concerns over a particular scene in Salman Khan's upcoming film 'Dabangg 3' and has asked the Censor Board to eliminate the sequence as "it hurts religious sentiments".
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US Treasury Dept. sanctions Iran's Information minister over internet rest
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 22 (ANI): The United States Treasury Department on Friday imposed sanctions on Iran's Information Minister Mohammad-Javad Asari Jahromi for his role in the Iranian regime's wide-scale internet censorship.
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'Bala' Ayushmann's first movie to be released in Saudi Arabia
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 11 (ANI): Here is the good news for movie buffs out there. 'Bala' is the first Ayushmann Khurrana's movie to be released in Saudi Arabia.
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