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Lithuania asks users to drop Chinese smartphone over 'built-in censorship
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Vilnius [Lithuania], October 1 (ANI): After finding an inbuilt censorship tool in the Chinese-manufactured phone, the Lithuanian government has urged owners of the phones to replace them.
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China censors criticism of using 'patriotic sentiments': Report
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 30 (ANI): In yet another case of draconian censorship, Chinese authorities have closed the Wechat account of the Chinese Communist Youth League after it issued an article titled "Patriotic Business", that criticised the new phenomenon of using "patriotic sentiments
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PML-N slams Imran Khan over his 'no curbs or censorship of media in Pakist
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 26 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb on Friday slammed Prime Minister Imran Khan over his statement that there were no curbs or censorship of media in Pakistan and his government had given media total freedom.
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Kerala HC dismisses plea seeking instructions to not issue censorship cert
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], August 13 (ANI): Kerala High Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking instructions to the Centre to not issue censorship certificate to the Malayalam film 'Eesho'.
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Twitter unable to comprehend challenges faced by Nigeria: President Buhari
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed disappointment regarding the recent removal of his post by Twitter, saying that the company's censorship policy failed to understand the acute issues the country has to deal with.
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Pak rights commission raises concern over media censorship
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 2 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed "grave concern" over the growing climate of fear, violence, and censorship that currently underpins freedom of expression in the country.
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Journalism in PoK: A saga of intimidation, oppression and censorship
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Gilgit [PoK]/Bern [Switzerland], May 11 (ANI): Journalists and political activists from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit-Baltistan have blamed Islamabad for subjugating their voice and harassment by using draconian anti-terrorism laws.
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Pakistan editors strongly object to new media curb, terms it as 'censorshi
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 29 (ANI): Pakistan's senior media editors have raised alarm over a new directive by the electronic media regulator that has advised satellite television channels not to report on government meetings under progress.
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Media watchdog calls China as biggest jailer of journalists
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Paris [France], April 21 (ANI): China continues to take internet censorship, surveillance and propaganda to unprecedented levels making it one of the world's worst countries for journalists and the 'biggest jailer' of scribes, according to a latest report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
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Artists fear censorship as China tightens grip on Hong Kong
Updated : 5 years, 2 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, 2 months 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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Google, Facebook, Twitter threaten to leave Pakistan over new social media
Updated : 5 years, 6 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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