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Censorship

  1. naomi wolf
    Vagina Censored by AppleSiri, why does the iTunes store keep f*cking doing this? 
    By Kat Stoeffel
  2. neighborhood news
    NYPD Watching Over ‘Murderers’ Mural WallThe artist will need to get permission for his next painting.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  3. Unearthing Steve Allen and Lenny Bruce’s Unaired Discussion on Free SpeechThe Paley Center for Media, which has locations in both New York and LA, dedicates itself to the preservation of television and radio history. […]
    By Ramsey Ess
  4. censorship
    NYPD Paints Right Over Political ‘Murderers’ Mural Because They Said SoThe public art was sanctioned by the building’s owner.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  5. technology
    Google Not in the Business of Censoring People Who Pee on Their PassportsThe company has updated its transparency report, including a special entry from Canada.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  6. the internet
    Twitter May Restrict Tweets in Certain Countries if Required By LawSome censorship with a bit of transparency.
    By Brett Smiley
  7. international intrigue
    Putin Not So Hot on Angry Internet CommentersHis campaign website has an online suggestion box.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  8. India Court Orders 21 Websites to Remove ‘Objectionable Content’Sites include Google, Yahoo, and Facebook.
    By Menachem Kaiser
  9. scandals
    Consensual Sex Story Is Tearing Yeshiva University ApartAn essay in the student newspaper about premarital relations has caused an “uproar.”
    By Joe Coscarelli
  10. censorship
    Walmart Won’t Sell Daily Show Alum’s God ‘Memoir’: ‘I’m Not Sure Why They’d Sell Keith Richards’s Memoir But Not God’s’“Although these stores seem to have no qualms about selling piles of God’s two previous works.”
    By Mark Adams
  11. ink-stained wretches
    LaSalle Student Newspaper Rebels Against AdministrationOfficials demanded the paper hold a story about a teacher hiring strippers.
    By Mike Vilensky
  12. the future is coming
    Apple Bans ‘Ex-Gay’ Christian App That Promised to ‘Cure’ HomosexualityInitially, Apple gave the app preapproval and a 4+ rating.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  13. [redacted]
    U.S. State Department’s Anti-Censorship Strategy? Funding the BBCTo develop anti-jamming technology so citizens in Iran and China can access the news.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  14. lady gaga
    Lady Gaga Gets Gagged by MalaysiaBeing “Born This Way” doesn’t fly there.
    By Julie Gerstein
  15. censorship
    Roger Ebert Has Strong Feelings on Huck Finn ControversyVery strong, uncensored feelings.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  16. censored
    China Is Not Backing Down to PornChina’s anti-pornography campaign is going strong.
    By Mike Vilensky
  17. google
    China’s War on Google Stemmed in Part From Leader Googling HimselfOf course!
    By Mike Vilensky
  18. censorship
    The New Pornographers Forced to Cancel Show Owing to Nonexistent Connection to Pornography“After weeks of discussion and consideration, the irony of the band’s name was impossible to explain to many.”
    By Amos Barshad
  19. censorship
    What Songs Were Made Better By a Radio Edit?From “banging” to “making love.”
    By Amos Barshad
  20. american idol
    American Idol Producers Retroactively Censor Katy PerryUnfortunately, they forgot to excise the performance’s most egregious offense.
    By Mark Graham
  21. the take
    Yale Ends Violence in Our Time by Banning Onstage Weaponry