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News Friday 3rd February...

ASA Watch

Wounding Religion
ASA censure of bollox claims about healing by prayer causes offence to religious group

UK Censorship

Groucho Marx got it right when playing dictator Rufus T Firefly in Duck Soup. He clearly had Tony Blair and Gordon Brown in mind

If any form of pleasure is exhibited,
Report to me and it will be prohibited.
I'll put my foot down. So shall it be!
This is the land of the free!

Freedoms are eroding rapidly in the UK. This section covers UK censorship news particularly where it is attributed to UK government and politicians.

Thanks to Freeworld for the quote

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Recent UK

ATVOD Watch

2nd Feb

Impaired Judgement
ATVOD bluffs that hardcore might seriously impair under 18's that see it

PCC Watch

1st Feb

Update: Envisaging a Compensation Culture
David Hunt proposes a new press regulator with the ability to fine newspapers that break its rules

ASA Watch

Mild Sexualisation
ASA re-visit previously cleared lap dancing poster in the light of new more restrictive censorship rules

BBC Trust

Overcautious BBC
BBC Trust explain why the BBC censored the words 'Free Palestine' from a rap performance

Houses of Parl

31st Jan

Searching for Censorship
Open Rights Group reveal media industry proposals to hobble internet searches that reveal copyright infringing material

UK TV News

Update: Chi Onwurah Recommends
A new series of Geordie Shore

PCC Watch

Comment: Misery Objects
Page 3 nutters have their day at the Leveson Inquiry

UK News

30th Jan

Update: Same as Iran and China
Tor website blocked by O2 and 3 mobile networks

Houses of Parl

Update: Rating the Birds and the Bees in the Bonnet
Andrea Leadsom meets the BBFC to discuss ratings for sex education material

UK TV News

29th Jan

Update: Depressing
Channel 4 opt out of another series of Frankie Boyle's Tramadol Nights

Houses of Parl

Updated: Easy Offence of the Day
TV presenters pick up some trivial flak

UK News

Gesture Politics
Police specialist hate crimes unit swoops into action over monkey gesture

ASA Watch

27th Jan

Tweet Treat
ASA to investigate advertising tweets for Snickers after claims that it was not clearly marked as advertising

UK TV News

Gypsy Blood
Viewers complaint about bare knuckle fighting and animal cruelty

Ofcom Watch

Update: Dangerous Words
The word 'mong' as explained by Ricky Gervais

ASA Watch

Discarded Whinge
ASA dismisses whinge about clothing advert set backstage with drinks bottles and clutter

Houses of Parl

Update: Rare Let Up
Britain set to relax live music restrictions

Previous UK

ASA Watch

26th Jan

Fifty Years of Easy Offence
ASA celebrate 50 years of censoring adverts with a new logo

ASA Watch

Pro Choice
Advert rules to updated to allow ads from commercial groups offering abortion services

ASA Watch

GaGa at ASA
ASA dismiss whinge about Lady Gaga TV advert

Ofcom Watch

Update: Dangerous Words
The word 'Retard' slips out during a live discussion on ITV's This Morning

Ofcom Watch

Offsite: Censorship on Demand
TV Censor suggests that video on demand should be censored more like TV than internet

UK News

Piss Poor Policing
Police censor shop window display claiming a public order offence

UK News

25th Jan

Update: Depraved
The CPS still stands by its ludicrous opinion that the sight of an actress licking urine tends to deprave and corrupt R18 viewers

ASA Watch

Balls Out Bawled Out
ASA whinge at poster for Steel Panther album

Ofcom Watch

Update: Moral Censors
Ofcom has another whinge at late night babe channels Sport XXX Girls and Northern Birds

UK TV News

Pattison Cackles
Trivial Mediawatch-UK whinges about sex scenes in the BBC drama Birdsong

UK News

Insulting Law
NSS challenges the law: an insult should not be a criminal offence

Ofcom Watch

24th Jan

The Reality Game
ITV documentary footage claiming to be the IRA attempting to shoot down a helicopter was in fact footage from a video game

UK News

Diary: Blasphemy!
Talk on how British law is being used as a de facto blasphemy law

UK News

22nd Jan

Offsite: Don't You Believe It!
Strong religious belief is no excuse for intimidation

ASA Watch

Fantasy Whinges
ASA clear TV trailer for the remake of Conan the Barbarian

Gov

Update: Late Night Pub Levy
Yet more suffocating legislation to stop British people enjoying themselves and making money

Ofcom Watch

21st Jan

Update: Ofcom Censors Iranian Propaganda TV
UK TV censor revokes licence from Press TV citing lack of UK editorial control

UK News

Diary: February 11th 2012
A Day to Defend Free Expression

UK News

Diary: Next Step for Protecting Children Online
The next one sided talk shop in a series of Westminster Forums

UK News

Diary: Tempting Failure
Performance art event forced to find a new venue after licensing censorship

ASA Watch

Miserable Advert Censors
ASA whinge at reference to getting laid in student night club event flyer

UK TV News

Updated: Mission Accomplished
Indian High Commission complains to the BBC over the TOP Gear Christmas Special

ATVOD Watch

20th Jan

Who Pays the Ferryman?
Ofcom confirms on appeal that TV channels are responsible for paying the exorbitant ATVOD fees rather then VOD platform provider, Virgin

Gov

19th Jan

Gambling on More Censorship
David Cameron alludes to another route to suffocating people's fun and the economy

Houses of Parl

Update: Addicted to Whingeing
Keith Vaz kicks off yet another Early Day Motion to take a pot shot at video games

Houses of Parl

Mann vs Men
Miserable MPs propose a discriminatory law to criminalise paying for sex with young adults aged 18 to 20

UK News

Update: Parents Not Whingeing Enough
UK censors to push their ParentPort one-stop complaints website

UK News

Offsite: It Shouldn't be a Crime to Insult Someone
Section five of the Public Order Act has a corrosive effect on free speech. It's time to roll back the culture of offence

ASA Watch

The Easily Offended will Just have to Stay Offended
ASA turns down claim of religious offence by bus advert for underwear

UK News

Offsite: You Can't Read This Book
Why libel tourists love London

ASA Watch

18th Jan

ASA's Brains Have Been Abducted
ASA ludicrously demands that served internet adverts accurately adhere to impractical age restrictions on both the advert and the context where it is served

UK News

Violent Threat Silences Debate
University debate about sharia cancelled after blatant threat of violence from a man who turned up at the event

UK TV News

Brat Slap
A smacking on Coronation Street sets off a few tweets

UK News

Update: Democracy Fails in Hull
Councillor suspended for 20 weeks for trivial insult in tweet

UK News
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	Customs Seizures since the change of guidelines in 2000
	Piss Poor Standards at Derby Trading Standards (Oct 2005)
	Non Consensual Punishment Crown Persecution Service on spanking (Dec 2003)
	Model Persecutions Cheshire police excel in persecution (July 2003)