Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg alleges Biden officials pressured Meta for Covid content censorship, claiming they would often scream and curse at executives for compliance.

Zuckerberg claims Biden officials would 'scream' to enforce Covid 'censorship' on Facebook

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has alleged that the US government had pressured his company to censor content related to COVID-19 at the peak of the global pandemic. The billionaire said he regretted the company's decision to comply with the demands.

Mark Zuckerberg reveals Biden administration 'pressured' Meta to censor Covid-related posts

US lawmakers are concerned about China's great firewall technology being exported to control information abroad. Experts warned this could create a Global Network of authoritarian surveillance. Watch in for more details!

US Committee urges action against China's censorship tech

Australia's Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones on Monday (Apr 22) strongly criticised Elon Musk's social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), labelling it a "factory for trolls and misinformation.

Australian MP responds to Musk's 'global censorship' remark, calls X a 'factory for trolls and misinformation'

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) set new streaming laws in Canada. All online services with audio or video content — including social media — that meet a revenue threshold in Canada will have to register with the federal broadcast and telecom regulator by Nov. 28. New regulations raise concerns over freedom of speech in the country.

Poilievre: Warned about Justin Trudeau's online censorship law

China has found another way to censor its people. It has got to do with the kind of clothes that people wear. A new draft law proposes to ban speech symbols and pieces of clothing that hurt the nation's feelings.

China proposes new censorship laws

US House Democrats made an unsuccessful attempt to remove Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. from a hearing on federal government censorship. The hearing on 20 July was held to examine the "federal government's role in censoring Americans, the Missouri v.

House Democrats fail to censor Robert F. Kennedy Jr over Covid, race comments

One of the harshest acts of censorship since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 is the classification of Meduza, the largest Russian independent news site, as an "undesirable organisation.

Russia bans largest independent news website Meduza, calls it a 'security threat'

Twitter CEO Elon Musk claims that the U.S. government had paid the platform to censor information. What happens when a democracy starts behaving like a dictatorship? Listen in to Molly Gambhir.

Gravitas: Musk: U.S. government paid Twitter to censor information

The latest and the ninth instalment of the 'Twitter Files' has uncovered a web of coordination between the tech giant and US government agencies. Releasing the latest instalment on Christmas eve, Substack writer Matt Taibbi claims that it goes beyond the FBI which was acting as the "doorman to a vast programme of social media surveillance and censorship, encompassing agencies across the federal government – from the State Department to the Pentagon to the CIA.

Twitter Files 9.0 reveals a web of ‘social media surveillance, censorship’ by not just FBI, other agencies too

The Chinese government has decided to implement the highest “emergency response” level of censorship in the wake of the Covid protests, according to leaked directives accessed by AFP.

China to implement ‘emergency’ level censorship over zero-Covid protests: Report

Chinese citizens in Guangzhou, a 19 million-person manufacturing powerhouse, are venting their frustration after their city became the centre of a widespread Covid outbreak, forcing yet another round of lockdown measures, but it is difficult to express open criticism on China's heavily censored internet.

Chinese are using Cantonese to criticise zero-Covid amid heavy censorship

An American citizen was arrested in Saudi Arabia, subjected to torture, and given a 16-year prison term because of tweets he wrote while in the United States. Saad Ibrahim Almadi, a 72-year-old retired project manager who now resides in Florida, was apprehended last November while visiting family in the kingdom and was convicted earlier this month, according to his son, confirming information that was previously reported by the Washington Post.

US citizen sentenced to 16 years in prison by Saudi court over critical tweets

As part of a crackdown on dissent, Chinese authorities have heightened surveillance and harassment of government critics ahead of the Communist party's impending 20th congress, its most important political meeting.

Dissenters in China jailed and persecuted as Beijing gears up for communist party's congress

WION campaign against YouTube censorship succeeded as YouTube was forced to unblock WION after global outrage. Twitter registered +6.2 million reach on #YouTubeUnblockWION.

Tech giant YouTube forced to unblock WION after global outrage

Reuters report revealed how the media is controlled and analysts believed that crackdown could worsen soon. As per the report, Turkiye's opposition media is being targeted by govt bodies.

Reports: How Turkish media is drowning in censorship

The United Arab Emirates stated on December 19 that it will no longer censor films distributed in theatres, the country's latest effort to improve its image as a liberal hub that attracts global visitors.

A bold new move: UAE not to censor adult content in films shown in its theatres

Hong Kong authorities have passed a new law censuring films that it perceives to “endorse, support, glorify, encourage and incite activities that might endanger national security.

Hong Kong passes law that can censor even past films, to safeguard 'national security'

When it comes to art and artistic expression, a debate always rages as to where the boundaries of freedom give way to so-called 'obscenity'. In digital age and in times of social media, though the general acceptance and understanding appears to have improved, art still finds itself at odds with online rules of propriety.

Tired of 'censorship' on nudes, Vienna museums open OnlyFans account

There has been little to laugh about in Cuba lately. But on a recent episode of "El Enjambre," a weekly podcast produced on the island, the three hosts were howling at the latest form of censorship by the state-run telecommunications company.

Despite censorship and poor internet, Cuban podcasts are booming

A Singaporean news website often critical of authorities had its licence suspended Tuesday for failing to declare funding sources, regulators said, with a rights group slamming the move as "unacceptable censorship".

Singapore news site suspended, critics fear censorship

In its crackdown on "celebrity culture," Beijing has removed the name of one of China's biggest stars from video platforms. As Beijing continues to clamp down on the entertainment industry and fan culture, Chinese billionaire Zhao Wei, also known as Vicky Zhao, has found herself the latest target of this internet takedown.

'Shaolin soccer' star Zhao Wei becomes the latest victim of Beijing's celebrity crackdown

Hong Kong will scrutinise past films for national security breaches under a tough new censorship law announced on Tuesday in the latest blow to the financial hub's political and artistic freedoms.

Hong Kong censorship law to check old films for national security breaches

A television station in Iran covered a Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspurs and Manchester United, however, the live telecast had over 100 shots censored due to the presence of a female referee in the match.

Iranian TV censors Premier League match over 100 times due to woman referee

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