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News Friday 3rd February...

Middle East

Dangerous Movies
Egyptian film star sentenced to jail for offending islam

World Censorship

News of censors, censorship and press freedom from around the world.

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Recent World

US News

2nd Feb

Playing Moralists
Oklahoma proposes a sin tax on video games

Middle East

Kuwait Goes GaGa
Music distributor pulls out of Kuwait citing censorship

Asia Pacific

1st Feb

Killer Art
Humourous and youthful book playing on street language is banned in Vietnam

Asia Pacific

31st Jan

Miserable Philippines
Philippines passes law banning internet porn

South Asia

A Violent Culture
Artist beaten up in New Delhi over paintings claimed to be against Indian culture

World News

Human Rights Watch
World Report 2012

US News

30th Jan

Update: Miserable Marriott
Decline in revenue from hotel in-room movies means that porn is not worth the nutter hassle

South Asia

Anti-Porn Law
Censorship has spread like a disease through Bangladesh

West Europe

Offsite: The Right to be Forgotten
EU proposes a bag of worms that will only be untangled by incredibly expensive lawyers

Asia Pacific

Consent Networked Worldwide Struggle Internet

Offsite: Multilayered Firewalls
Inside China's censorship machine

US News

29th Jan

No Joke
McG's This Means War cut for a US PG-13 rating

Aussie News

Offsite: Australia Goes Weak at the Knee at the Thought of Porn
New censorship scheme missing that vital X factor

Africa News

Update: No New Dawn for Tunisia
Tunisia is set for another court hearing in a legal action demanding a block on porn websites

Americas

Beyond Offensive
Newspaper concentration camp cartoon proves a wind up in Argentina

Asia Pacific

Update: Kissing Banned
Thai Channel 3 looks to more child-friendly programming

South Asia

28th Jan

Update: Tattoo Ban
India bans The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Africa News

Updated: Top Speed
TopTV wants to go ahead with its porn channels without waiting for the heel dragging TV censors to give approval

West Europe

Update: Come Off It!
Supporting the hype for Steve McQueen's Shame

South Asia

Privates on Parade
Indian Army orders its personnel to refrain from using social networking websites

Aussie News

Update: Once a Blocker, Always a Blocker
Australia's censorship minister still hankers after state imposed internet blocking

Previous World

East Europe

27th Jan

Updated: Extreme Repression
Russian book censors continue their campaign to ban Hindu holy book as extremist

West Europe

Update: Copy Cats
EU signs up to the ACTA committing to action against copyright infringement

West Europe

26th Jan

Update: Anti-ACTA Protests
Polish demonstrations against the country signing the US led anti-piracy treaty

Africa News

Update: Animated to Violence
Violence outside trial of TV boss who aired Persepolis in Tunisia

Middle East

25th Jan

Update: Murdering Freedom of Thought
Turkish PM unimpressed by French bill to criminalise the denial of the Armenian Massacre. So are Turkish people free to call the massacre genocide?

West Europe

Update: Jamming the BBC
Iranians lobby the UN to end Iranian censorship of foreign media

US News

Updated: Porn Coverage
Los Angeles looks set to require condom use for porn productions

Aussie News

24th Jan

Update: Starting the Parliamentary Game
Bill to introduce and adult rating for games will be introduced to the Australian Parliament in February

West Europe

Update: Censorship Klub
Hungarians protest the closure of a popular radio station

West Europe

Update: Denied by Turkey
French parliament passes bill to criminalise the denial of the Armenian Massacre

South Asia

Update: Even More Miserable
Pakistan starts blocking porn websites

US News

Stereotypically PC Newspaper
US newspaper gets all sensitive over cartoon referencing race

Middle East

Turkish Youth Threatened by Sexy Pop Videos
Turkish TV censor imposes massive fine for sexy dancing in music videos

US News

Updated: Megaupload Megapanic
Filesonic ends sharing on its 'cyberlocker' service in response to Megaupload arrests

West Europe

23rd Jan

Extremely Stupid
Norwegian arrested for posting an internet video calling for the death of Norwegian ministers and royals

Middle East

A Trojan Clothes Horse for Western Influence
Iranian police shut down toy shops selling Barbie dolls

Asia Pacific

22nd Jan

Update: Dangerous Tweets
China expands programme to register users posting to Twitter like website

Middle East

Model Protest
Actress banished from Iran after modelling for topless photo

Middle East

21st Jan

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

US News

Updated: Encyclopedic Protest
Wikipedia to go dark for 24 hours in protest at the proposed SOPA internet censorship

South Asia

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

Africa News

Censored by 100 Policemen
Somaliland TV station closed down

South Asia

20th Jan

Updated: India Tries the Wrong Man
Google India points out to the court that it is not responsible for the content of Google Inc. websites

US News

Update: Megaupload Goes Megadark
Megaupload is shut by US authorities and bosses have been arrested

Asia Pacific

Offsite: Lessons Learnt
South Korea to end compulsory registration of internet forum users

South Asia

Dam Censors
Court considers whether one state is allowed to override an India wide film certificate

East Europe

Couriered Off
Belarus newspaper seized following a story about the prosecution of a human rights activist

Middle East

Up the Revolution
Egypt bans TV programme that has opposed the revolutionary government

Middle East

19th Jan

Update: Dangerous Websites
Iran confirms death sentence for webmasters

West Europe

18th Jan

Update: Stitched Together
New film and stage censorship law proposal in Malta

Middle East

Update: Dubai is Damned Dangerous
British engineer sentenced to jail for saying 'damned mosques' in exasperation at slow building process

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	News: World Censors: 2005 2006 2007 2008 Discontinued
	Web Blocking: Websites blocked around the world
	Campaigns: World campaigns and petitions
	Bloggers under Duress: Bloggers under duress around the world

World Censors Index	Australia: Film Classification Board
	China: SARFT State Adminstration of Radio, Film and Television
	Germany: Video & Game Censorship
	Hong Kong: Home of Category III
	India: CBFC Central Board of Film Certification
	Ireland: IFCO Irish Film Classification Office
	Italy: Film Censorship Committee
	Japan: Eirin Eiga Rinri Iinkai (Film Classification and Rating Committee)
	Malta: Board of Film and Stage Classification
	New Zealand: OFLC Office of Film and Literature Classification
	Pakistan: CBFC Central Board of Film Certification
	Singapore: MDA Media Development Authority
	South Africa: FPB Film and Publications Board
	Thailand: Ministry of Censorial Culture
	UAE: NMC National Media Council
	USA: ESRB Entertainment Software Ratings Board
	USA: MPAA The Motion Picture Association of America

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