In a historic move, film censorship in Italy has officially been abolished. The country has abolished state censorship of films by scrapping legislation that has been in place since 1913, which allowed the government to censor and ban movies such as Pasolini’s Salò or the 120 Days of Sodom and Bernardo Bertolucci’s Last Tango in Paris.

Italy abolishes film censorship: Movies won't be censored on religious, moral grounds

A man was sentenced to eight years in prison on Tuesday in Vietnam for “anti-state” posts made on his Facebook account. "Opposing the state" According to the country’s security ministry, the man, Nguyen Quoc Duc Vuong, 29, is facing the charges of “making, storing, spreading, information, materials, items for the purpose of opposing the state”.

'Danger to society': Vietnam jails man for 8 years citing Facebook posts critical of government

After a series of controversies regarding hate speech and delivering misinformation, Facebook has announced that the social media giant will flag all "newsworthy" posts from politicians that break its rules, including those from the President Donald Trump.

Facebook to flag all 'newsworthy' posts from politicians that break rules

After US President Donald Trump ordered to shut down websites that he feels stifle conservative voices, White House has said Donald Trump will sign an executive order on social media companies on Thursday.

Donald Trump  to sign executive order on social media on Thursday

Senator Ted Cruz is preparing to introduce a bill targeting the efforts of film studios to accommodate the restrictive censors of the country. The legislation will be called The Stopping Censorship, Restoring Integrity, Protecting Talkies Act” (SCRIPT Act).

Senator Ted Cruz puts an end to altering movies for Chinese audience

A senior Sri Lankan minister accused social media giant Facebook on Monday of censoring comments he made questioning the citizenship of presidential election frontrunner Gotabhaya Rajapakse.

Sri Lanka minister slams Facebook over 'censorship'

A controversial law that would allow Russia to cut internet traffic from international servers came into force Friday, prompting fears from rights activists of online isolation.

Controversial Russian law to control internet now enforced

Pakistani opposition parties have accused Prime Minister Imran Khan of intimidating broadcasters into a blackout on television coverage of his critics after several TV channels were briefly taken off-air and opposition protests and news conferences passed unreported.

News TV blackouts in Pakistan draw fresh accusations of censorship

In Pakistan, press freedom is an oxymoron. It is surely guaranteed by the country's Constitution, but it doesn't seem to be implemented. Voices of dissent have been muzzled time and again.

Press censorship continues unabated in Pakistan under Imran Khan

Pakistani authorities Wednesday vowed to carry out a "massive" crackdown targeting hate speech and extremism on social media, as a minister boasted arrests have already been made.

Pakistan announces 'massive' social media crackdown

A court in Vietnam has jailed a man for 14 years for attempting to overthrow the state, in cahoots with a group based in the United States, the Ministry of Public Security said on Wednesday.

Vietnam jails man for 14 years for attempting to overthrow state

Netflix Inc and home-grown rival Hotstar plan to adopt self-regulation guidelines for content streamed on their platforms in India in an effort to prevent potential government censorship, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Netflix, Hotstar to self-censor content before govt does it: Sources

Over the last few days I?ve seen with a sense of dismay a ?tu-tu main-main? over NDTV censoring its journalists.

Don't mourn the loss of free media till you pay for your news

The media censorship comes for allegedly 'having content that supports terrorism and extremism as well (as) publishing lies'

Egypt blocks 21 websites, including Al Jazeera: State news agency

One source told the British news outlet, 'Facebook cannot keep control of its content...It has grown too big, too quickly'

Facebook's internal policies guiding moderators revealed for first time: The Guardian

The portal reported rumours published on Facebook that Sajeeb Wazed Joy had died in a plane crash, but it made clear that they were false

Bangladesh police raid news website over 'false rumours' of PM's son's death, detain 3 journalists

Campaign of pressure peaked after publishing stories on 'Panama Papers' leaks. New editors have been recruited from state-owned agency Taas

Russian editor alleges he was fired for angering Kremlin

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