Tag Archives: Censorship

• Activists criticise Google plans to develop censored search in China 23 August 2018 | Tibet Sun Online News This post has 3 comments

  A coalition of 170 Tibet support groups from around the world has demanded that Google immediately drop its plans to develop a censored search app in China. ...

• Facebook deletes post on Tibetan monk’s self-immolation 27 December 2014 | Austin Ramzy This post has no comments yet

  A prominent Tibetan writer says Facebook deleted her post on the self-immolation of a monk in Sichuan Province, raising concerns about politically motivated censorship. ...

• Tibet propaganda boss vows to “seal” internet to stop separatists 14 May 2014 | Megha Rajagopalan This post has no comments yet

  Tibet's top propaganda official vowed to "seal and stifle" the internet in an effort to defang separatist groups in the Himalayan region, China's cabinet said on Wednesday. ...

• India introduces Central Monitoring System 8 May 2013 | Phil Muncaster This post has no comments yet

  India’s privacy laws are not strong enough to protect individuals in the face of such potentially invasive powers. ...

• Writers press China on media freedom 4 May 2013 This post has one comment

  Some 200 leading writers appealed Friday to China to respect freedom of expression and free jailed authors, describing the country's strict censorship as a stain on a vibrant culture. ...

• China bans Kraftwerk from festival over Tibet show 28 March 2013 This post has no comments yet

  China has forbidden German electronic band Kraftwerk from performing at a music festival there, because of past support for Tibet. ...

• Creaking Internet needs to get the rebuilders in 12 January 2013 | John Naughton This post has no comments yet

  A new network architecture, with all its desirable "security" features, might stifle the creativity that the old, open and uncontrolled, network enabled. ...

• Censored China newspaper to publish ‘as normal’ 9 January 2013 This post has no comments yet

  A Chinese weekly newspaper at the centre of rare public protests about government censorship will publish as usual on Thursday, a senior reporter said, following reports of a deal to end the row. ...

• China celebrities back protest newspaper 8 January 2013 This post has no comments yet

  Chinese bloggers, celebrities, and foreign media campaigners threw their support behind journalists at a newspaper enmeshed in a censorship row, after a rare protest for press freedom. ...

• Chinese protest against media censorship in Guangzhou 7 January 2013 | Neil Connor This post has one comment

  Hundreds of people demonstrated in support of media freedom in China on Monday outside the offices of a newspaper at the centre of a censorship row, in a rare public display of anger on the issue. ...