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Twisted Censorship
Twisted Metal computer game has a mixed reception from the world's game censors

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Middle East

3rd Feb

Dangerous Movies
Egyptian film star sentenced to jail for offending islam

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

UK News

31st Jan

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

Asia Pacific

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

UK News

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

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

Previous World

West Europe

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

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

UK News

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

West Europe

18th Jan

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

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 News

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

Middle East

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

West Europe

17th Jan

Extraditing Turkish Injustice
Turkey seeks to imprison Fergie over expose of horrific children's homes citing bollox about privacy

Asia Pacific

Update: Sexually Assertive Women Send Men Gay
At least according to Tokyo book censors

UK News

Abuse in 140 Characters
Ceop call for moderation of twitter feeds

US News

16th Jan

Swatsika Spin
New York gets wound up by jewelry depicting the Buddhist swastika

UK News

Offsite: Detained at Her Majesty's Government's Pleasure
High Court finds that government were unlawful in preventing the BBC from interviewing a man that has been held in detention for 7 years without charge or trial

Asia Pacific

Update: Expressing his Concerns
UN Special Rapporteur visits Thailand with concerns about freedom of expression

US News

15th Jan

Update: MPAA Told Hands off DNS Blocking
Obama speaks out against part of the SOPA internet censorship bill

Aussie News

Offsite: Using a Hammer to Crack an Internet Poster's Nut
A scary new Australian censorship enforcement regime applicable to individuals

Asia Pacific

14th Jan

Update: A Handful of TV Complaints
And New Zealand nutters claim that the county's is going to the dogs

West Europe

Betting on a Free Internet
German courts decide that ISPs cannot be forced to block websites judged to be illegal

South Asia

Ghostly Hype
India's film censor cuts Ghost, hyped as the country's most violent film ever

UK News

Dangerous Links
Man extradited to the US over copyright claims about a website that linked to infringing TV content

US News

13th Jan

Possessed by Censors
The Possession cut down to a children's horror film

West Europe

Giving Sweden a Piece of my Mind
Nutters wound up by cartoon that's supposedly offensive to cannibals

Africa News

Nutter Objects Thwarted
South African advert censor dismisses complaints about Playboy billboard

South Asia

Update: Dictatorship of the Tiny Minority
India's new TV censor makes first report after 6 months of viewer whinges

US News

12th Jan

Update: Red Goes Black
Reddit to go dark to protest SOPA internet censorship

South Asia

Dangerous Musings
Bangladesh Facebook commentator sentenced to 6 months jail for musing about the death of the PM

UK News

11th Jan

Twelve Fucks and Fifteen Cocksuckers
J. Edgar rated 15 for infrequent strong language

US News

Updated: A Long Memory for Fleeting Expletives
US court to hear case regarding a couple of 'fucks' uttered on TV a decade ago

US News

Unfaked Dickheads
Georgia lawmakers consider a bill to criminalise celebrity fake nudes

Aussie News

Stereotypically Complaining
Australian Jewish group complains about stereotypes in TV show The Promise

Aussie News

Update: Shame about the Hype
Steve McQueen's Shame rated as adult only in Australia

Asia Pacific

Festival of Captivity
Burma allows a festival of uncensored short films

Africa News

Not So Democratic Republic of Congo
DRC closes down Radio France Internationale over 'unappreciated' election coverage

US News

10th Jan

Capturing the Nutter Vote
Leading Republicans commit themselves to prosecuting major porn businesses

West Europe

9th Jan

A Disturbed Relationship with Democratic Rule
Germany set to place anti-islamic websites under surveillance

Middle East

Updated: Life in the Slow Lane
Iran set to turn off internet access to the outside world

Asia Pacific

8th Jan

Update: Traditional Propaganda Virtues
Censors proud of unentertaining Chinese TV

UK News

Update: Muddying the Waters
Chinese Embassy accuses Jeremy Clarkson of woeful disrespect of decency and moral standards

South Asia

Offsite: True Blood Without the Blood
India serves up edgy American TV but then makes it incomprehensible via extreme censor cuts

US News

7th Jan

Update: Leaked Judgement
Court confirms requirement for Twitter to hand over data about supporters of Wikileaks

UK News

6th Jan

Update: The Olympic Sport of Gagging
Olympics organisers outline extensive internet gagging for volunteers

Aussie News

5th Jan

Updated: Floating New Ideas for Censorship
Australia bans TV from showing asylum seekers arriving in boats

US News

4th Jan

Offsite: Dissecting Centipedes
Pictorial details of the BBFC and US online cuts to Human Centipede 2

East Europe

By By Internet
Belarus set to turn off internet access to the outside world

Middle East

3rd Jan

Tattoo Taboo
Girl with the Dragon tattoo banned in UAE

West Europe

Sexualised Ireland
Banning padded bras for kids will set the country straight again

East Europe

But Did it Help?
Kazakhstan turns off the internet in response to unrest

US News

Update: People Power vs Media Industry
Jostling for position to support or oppose SOPA

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	News: Australia: 2009 2010 2011 Latest
	News: International: 2009 2010 2011 Latest
	Web Blocking: Websites blocked around the world
	Campaigns: World campaigns and petitions
	Bloggers under Duress: Bloggers under duress around the world

World Censors Index	India: CBFC Online (May 2010)
	UAE: City of Restricted Life (April 2010)
	New Zealand: The OFLC (March 2010)
	Japan: Film Censorship in Japan Eirin (March 2010)
	Malta: Censors reveal their guidelines (Jan 2010)
	South Africa: Video game classification guidelines (June 2009)
	Singapore: An interview with a Singaporean film censor (April 2009)
	Hong Kong: Category III (Feb 2009)
	Ireland: Recent developments in Irish film censorship (Dec 2008)
	China: Shared Repression China issues detailed censorship rules for video sharing sites
	Australia: Censoring the Insensible Australia's new censor outlines his approach (Oct 2007)
	Thailand: Ministry of Censorial Culture (March 2007)
	Italy: Censorship of movies, video & TV (Feb 2006)
	Germany: Video Censorship
	USA: The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)

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	Advertising Easy offence and its effects on children