Source: abc.net.au
India has banned access to 17 websites and blogs it says preach messages of religious hatred, an official said.
But in scrambling to obey the order some of India's Internet service providers have simply blocked users from looking at entire domains such as blogspot.com - and the …
This thesis is made in response to the Indian government’s decision to ask Indian Internet Service Providers to block certain blog sites as well as geocities.
Source: iht.com
The Indian government has directed local Internet service providers to block access to a handful of Web sites that are hosts to blogs.
Source: lookingglassnews.org
“Even by modern standards of media-bashing, the volume of vitriol being heaped upon the editors on Manhattan’s West 43rd Street is remarkable,” observed Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz. “New York Rep.
Source: consumerist.com
We hear rumblings. Rumblings that Comcast put up a streaming version of our Nightline appearance on their subscribers-only site, The Fan.
Source: boingboing.net
Is India going down the Chinese path of censorship now? Boing Boing brings a very disconcerting development to our attention, which hopefully will be explained away by some bureaucrat's incompetence.
Censorship; a topic of many heated debates and sometimes deemed unconstitutional. IS it really unconstitutional though? Does it do more harm than good? I believe in moderate censorship, and here is why.
Source: wilmingtonstar.com
Efforts step up to muzzle journalists; forbidden to criticize or speak out against government.
Source: today.reuters.com
Source: commentisfree.guardian.co.uk
From the page:
-- Should journalists, bloggers and activists be held responsible for what others do with the facts they make public? --
Source: ocala.com
From the page:
-- Two inmates have filed a lawsuit against the Indiana Department of Correction to overturn a policy that bars magazines such as Playboy and Hustler. --
Source: After Downing Street
Here's the line up and there are full reports to go with each uncovered gem.
Source: Washington Post
The Associated Press is protesting plans by Fox to bar photographers from its news conferences at the Television Critics Association press tour and says it will not cover the events unless the network changes the policy.
A federal judge in Colorado recently ruled that it was not legal for companies to edit movies in an effort to remove foul language, certain types of violence and nudity.
Source: Robert Scheer Interview
Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist, Robert Scheer was fired by the Los Angeles Times after 30 years. His guess is that it was because of his criticism of the Bush Administration.
Source: yubanet.com
In an extraordinary letter of protest, representatives for 10,000 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency scientists are asking Congress to stop the Bush administration from closing the agency's network of technical research libraries.
Source: news.awn.com
I agree with this ruling. I understand the possible need for this kind of service, but feel it's unacceptable to alter another person's work without their permission.
Source: latimes.com
HOLLYWOOD IS FAMOUSLY obsessed with all the forms and trappings of power, yet few are as coveted as the power to make the final cut of a film.
Source: abc.net.au
The Classification Review Board has banned two books in Australia, considering them to promote jihad and incite terrorism.
The books, Defence of the Muslim Lands and Join the Caravan have been refused classification.
Source: web1.foreignpolicy.com
It’s a lot worse over here [in Iraq] than is reported. The administration does a great job of managing the news.
Source: cbc.ca
From the article:
Deleting swearing, sex and violence from films on DVD or VHS violates copyright laws, a U.S. judge has ruled in a decision that could end controversial sanitizing done for some video-rental chains, cable services and the internet.
I'm going to try and approach this topic with padded gloves, specifically because I'm not American nor a participant in the country and thus its political system. But some things can be discerned on how politics work over there. Firstly, each party has some kind of 'issue'.
Source: newstarget.com
In the past, I jokingly said that broccoli might someday be banned as soon as the public begins to learn about the potent anti-cancer chemicals found in the vegetable.
Source: osusentinel.com
On March 16, Ohio State employees J.F Buckley and Norman Jones filed a harassment complaint alleging that OSU librarian Scott Savage had harassed them by recommending The Marketing of Evil by David Kupelian.
Source: ForeignPolicy.com
In an interview with Foreign Policy, Rod Nordland, the magazine's chief foreign correspondent and former Baghdad bureau chief, says that conditions in Iraq are "much worse" than they're described in the U.S. press.
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