There's Nothing Like Naked Censorship

 

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer confronted China's Xi Jinping about alleged human rights violations during a meeting at the Group of 20 summit in Brazil.

Chinese officials quickly interrupted and ordered British journalists out of the room https://t.co/60QnnWLj8g pic.twitter.com/qCdFRq7HYp

— Bloomberg TV (@BloombergTV) November 18, 2024

Israeli officials seize AP equipment, citing alleged media law violation

Israeli officials have seized a camera and broadcasting equipment belonging to The Associated Press (AP) news agency in southern Israel, accusing the news organisation of violating a new media law by providing images to Al Jazeera.

Hong Kong bans protest song 'Glory to Hong Kong' after ruling overturned...

A Hong Kong court has banned a protest song popular during pro-democracy demonstrations this Wednesday with authorities then demanding that online platforms remove it.

Israeli police raids Al Jazeera office after shutdown order, seizes equipment

Israeli police raided Al Jazeera’s office in occupied East Jerusalem after Netanyahu's government decided to shut down the network's local operations in Israel. Video on social media showed officers removing camera equipment. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the closure of Al Jazeera's office, effective immediately, following a discussion by the Security Cabinet. Al Jazeera condemned the move and says it'll pursue all available legal channels in response.

Russia: Strongest repression since the Soviet Union?

 Russia's crackdown on opponents of the war in Ukraine has been well documented. But lately, the Kremlin has stepped up its efforts to stifle criticism, leading to what some are calling the widest campaign of repression since the Soviet Union.

China, from censorship to awakening

 

Mao's death was followed by a very short period of freedom of expression in China. Known as the "Beijing Spring", it was part of the new head of state Deng Xiaoping’s desire to distance himself from the mistakes of the Cultural Revolution. A brick wall near Tiananmen Square in Beijing briefly became the site of a democracy movement after Mao's death in 1976. People travelled from all over China to put up posters on this "Democracy Wall". They demanded accountability for the tens of thousands of people murdered and imprisoned during Mao's Cultural Revolution.

How Turkish authorities prevented reporting from earthquake-affected areas

In Turkey, journalists trying to report on earthquake-affected areas have repeatedly been prevented from doing so by authorities. The organization Reporters Without Borders has documented numerous violations of press freedoms. DW’s correspondent Jack Parrock met a group of women in Brussels who say they’re working outside of mainstream Turkish news organizations, to help provide the public with a clearer picture of what’s actually happening on the ground.

Students detained over planned screening of BBC Modi documentary

 

Several students at Jamia Millia Islamia university have been arrested ahead of the planned screening of a BBC documentary about the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The documentary looks at Mr Modi’s actions during the Gujarat riots in 2002, when nearly 1,000 people died.

India's government has tried to stop the documentary being shown.

Police in riot gear were deployed to the university's gates and university officials said it would not allow "unauthorised gatherings."

Chinese police: Delete photos or face arrest at Shanghai Covid protest site

Chinese police are making people delete pictures from their phones along the road in Shanghai where large Covid protests took place over the weekend.

Protesters in China demand Xi Jinping step down | DW News

 

Unrest is growing in China over the country's strict COVID-19 measures. Fresh protests have broken out in major cities, with hundreds rallying at Beijing's elite Tsing-hua University, chanting 'we want freedom.' Many also held up blank sheets of paper in a symbolic protest against state censorship.

The exiled Russian journalists challenging Kremlin censorship

 

Hundreds of journalists have left Russia since the authorities passed a law threatening prison terms for those who contradict the Kremlin’s narratives on Ukraine.

Russia’s leading independent media outlets are now almost all based abroad.

BBC Monitoring’s Jennifer Monaghan explores the challenges they face.

Censorship, arrests, shutdowns: Putin crushes Russian media

 

Having taken the country to war, Putin is also pushing it into an information black hole. Journalists are being controlled, silenced and even driven out.

Russia is experiencing a Stalinesque crackdown on reporting that smacks of the Soviet era; the mere mention of the word “war” in relation to Ukraine can now land journalists in prison for up to 15 years.

WATCH: Russian TV staff walk off set after final broadcast

 

 

One of Russia’s last independent news outlets TV Rain has stopped broadcasting indefinitely after coming under pressure for its coverage of Ukraine. The channel, also know as Dozhd, ended its final broadcast by showing staff walking off set on Thursday. Russia's telecommunications regulator accused the channel of "inciting extremism, abusing Russian citizens

China allegedly stops German campus book event

 

Alarm bells in Germany as book talks at two university campuses were cancelled – allegedly due to pressure from China. The online events were to mark the publication of a new biography: "Xi Jinping, the Most Powerful Man in the World," co-authored by two German journalists. But the publisher told local media that the talks were abruptly called off after Chinese interference, including from the consulate in Düsseldorf.

Australian universities have also fallen  victim to pressure from the Chinese government to cancel events and prohibit student organizations from protesting against the abuses of the Chinese government.  

China – Ai Weiwei's struggle for truth

 China has become even more powerful since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. Yet the country remains difficult to understand. Not least because its government continues to restrict access to reliable information.

Study Debunks Conservative Censorship in Media Claim

 CENSORSHIP BY BIG TECH: A new study debunked the claim that social media platforms are silencing conservative voices.

Raids and internet blackouts: Myanmar’s military vs protesters

 

Myanmar’s military is battling a civil disobedience movement that is growing online. Plus, Britain’s digital divide and the learning lost in lockdown.

A civil disobedience movement is growing in Myanmar; young people are using social media to organise and keep citizens and the outside world informed.

Who will win the battle over the future of the internet?

 China’s president says he wants to work with other countries to build a shared cyberspace community.

China has long been pushing for a greater role in global internet governance.

Now it says it wants to build a common cyberspace community.

Two Things Trump Loves: Walls And Hating Journalists

Donald Trump will be traveling to India for two days next week to insure that the racist fool who hates the poor isn't confronted by such unpleasantness. The Indian government has built a half-kilometer long wall to protect the Orange Assholes eyes from having to see how the poor really live.   Additionally the government of Gujarat is evicting 45 families from their near the cricket stadium where a love fest of hate will be held.  A similar event took place last fall in Houston for Narendra Modi.    Modi is the former First Minister of Gujarat.

As very one knows the Mango Moron has a great affinity for walls that are to marginalize those he sees as lesser or other.  In other words anyone who isn't white and not him. 


China has announced that three journalists from the Wall Street Journal will have the press credentials revoked and be expelled from the country following the publishing of an opinion column which criticized that governments handling of the coronavirus outbreak.   

Donald Trump love to have that kind of power.  Press censorship carried out at his whim as hates any reporting which casts him in an unpleasant or negative light.  If how the power he'd imprison all the journalists from those news outlets that believes are not only enemies of the state but his enemies as well. 

The silenced YouTube stars of Indian-administered Kashmir (BBC video)

Kashmiri Kalkharabs is a YouTube channel based in Indian-administered Kashmir.

The satire channel touched on social, political and cultural issues and had a large following in the region.

However, since the internet was blocked back in August, when the region was stripped of its semi-autonomous status and divided into two federally-administered territories, YouTubers like Kashmiri Kalkharabs have been effectively silenced.