Censorship
hideCensorship is the suppression of speech or deletion of communicative material which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or inconvenient to the government or media organizations as determined by a censor.
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News tagged with censorship
Microsoft Gets Patent for Patently Offensive Audio Content
Oct 28, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft recently obtained a patent designed to create an Automatic Censorship of Audio Data For Broadcast . The invention is intended to act as a filter for live broadcasts where it is impracticable to delete or make inaudible certai ...
Google to leave China April 10: state media
Mar 19, 2010 |
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US Internet giant Google will close its business in China next month and may announce its plans in the coming days, Chinese media reported on Friday, after rows over censorship and hacking.
Australia defends mandatory Internet filter
Mar 14, 2010 |
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Australia Sunday defended its plan to block some Internet content, such as that featuring child sex abuse or advocating terrorism, after a media rights watchdog warned it may hurt free speech.
Norway court rejects industry bid to block The Pirate Bay
Feb 10, 2010 |
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A Norwegian court has rejected a record industry appeal against telecoms operator Telenor for refusing to block access to popular file sharing website The Pirate Bay, a plaintiff said Wednesday.
Norway court snubs call to block The Pirate Bay
Nov 06, 2009 |
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A court in Norway on Friday rejected calls from the entertainment industry to force communications giant Telenor to block its customers from accessing popular file sharing website The Pirate Bay.
Web site tracks world online censorship reports
Aug 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- When Shanghai blogger Isaac Mao tried to watch a YouTube clip of Chinese police beating Tibetans, all he got was an error message.
Yahoo! summit champions human rights online
May 06, 2009 |
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Human rights trump doing business, Yahoo! chief executive Carol Bartz insisted at a summit of Internet allies combining forces to battle censorship by oppressive regimes.
Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft urged not to censor search
Mar 06, 2009 |
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Rights groups called on Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft on Friday not to censor their Web search engines one day next week to help protest cyber censorship.
Many wired Chinese unfazed at possible Google exit
Feb 01, 2010 |
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(AP) -- A world without Google? They can imagine it just fine in China. After all, it's not like losing "World of Warcraft."
China says no limits on use of Google's Android
Jan 27, 2010 |
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(AP) -- China tried Wednesday to assure mobile phone companies using Google's Android operating system that they won't be hurt by a dispute over Web censorship, saying the technology will be allowed if it ...
Google scraps China cell phone launch amid dispute (Update)
Jan 19, 2010 |
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(AP) -- Google on Tuesday postponed the launch of its mobile phone in China, adding to the potential commercial fallout of its dispute with Beijing over Internet censorship and e-mail hacking.
Google search engine's future in China is unclear
Jan 15, 2010 |
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(AP) -- Google Inc. is enjoying an avalanche of good will because of its threat to leave China over e-mail hacking attacks against dissidents.
China's response to Google threat: 'Obey the law' (Update)
Jan 14, 2010 |
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(AP) -- China's government gave little indication Thursday that it's willing to loosen its control over Internet search results, pushing Google Inc. closer to the brink of closing up shop and leaving the ...
China nabs 5,400 people for online porn in 2009
Jan 01, 2010 |
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(AP) -- Chinese authorities caught nearly 5,400 suspects last year in a crackdown on online pornography and have vowed to strengthen Internet policing.
China moves to control online music industry
Sep 10, 2009 |
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China has announced that all songs posted on music websites must receive prior approval and foreign lyrics must be translated into Chinese, in a new push to control online content.
