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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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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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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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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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Pak media going back to Ziaul Haq censorship days, says senior journalist
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Oct 25 (ANI): Senior journalist and author Zahid Hussain has said the Pakistani media is going back to the censorship days of military dictator Ziaul Haq when news content had to be cleared before being printed.
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Growing intolerance against free speech in UK worrying: Lord Indarjit Sing
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], Oct 6 (ANI): Lord Indarjit Singh, a prominent Sikh peer in the House of Lords, who quit a regular BBC show named 'Thought for the Day' amid a censorship row over a segment on Sikh teachings, has said that the growing tolerance against free speech in the United Kingdom is "wor
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Govt. will take decision to censor films on Netflix after consulting stake
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 19 (ANI): Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Thursday that censoring films shown on online platforms like Netflix and other platforms is a matter of discussion and government will take a decision only after consultation with stakehol
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Maryam's interview 'forcefully' taken off air, alleges Pak scribe
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jul 12 (ANI): In yet another incident of media censorship in Pakistan, an interview of PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz with a Pakistani news channel went off air "forcefully" within a few minutes of broadcasting.
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