Latest Censorship Stories

InternetReputation.com announces specialization in removal of old court records and judgments. Denver, Colorado (PRWEB) December 01, 2012 The search engine experts at InternetReputation.com are pleased to announce that the award-winning reputation management firm is now removing old court records and judgments for clients with tremendous success. In a world that’s driven by information, InternetReputation.com is offering valuable services to individuals and businesses that are concerned...

Enid Burns for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Gamers are often early adopters when Windows puts out a new operating system. The new OS often brings with it faster speeds, enhanced graphics and richer sound; all the elements that make for better gameplay. A ban on games with a mature rating in the European Windows 8 store may have discouraged gamers from upgrading PCs, tablets and other devices. That is, until Microsoft decided to lift the ban and allow games such as Assassin's...

NEW YORK, Oct. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), the non-profit self-regulatory body for the video game industry, today announced a streamlined, no-cost service for assigning ratings to all digitally delivered games. ESRB's new "Digital Rating Service" utilizes a brief but detailed online questionnaire to assess not only a product's content and age-appropriateness, but also interactive elements, including the sharing of personal information or...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Freedom2Connect Foundation (F2CF) announced today the appointment of Craig A. Newman to the position of Chief Executive Officer. F2CF, a private non-profit corporation, supports and facilitates global internet freedom by leveraging private and public funds with governmental funding for the freedom2connect (f2c) program at Radio Free Asia. Mr. Newman is a partner and member of the Executive Committee at Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP,...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Here’s another story for the sarcastically-titled “Shocker…” file: China’s communist government is taking steps to further censor content shared on the web. China’s broadcasting and internet regulators now require any Internet video provider must prescreen every video before posting it online. The State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (SARFT) announced these new censorship rules this week as they answered...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The Russian parliament yesterday unanimously decided to adopt a bill which allows them to exercise a greater control over the Internet. Now, many Russians are worried this is just the first step to widespread censorship by the Russian government. Only one man stands between this bill and the law: Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin. Similar to the Internet protests which occurred when the U.S. Government voted on bills SOPA and...

Is social media censorship a means to quell a modern uprising? Some politicians and law enforcers during the political turbulence of 2011 thought so but recent research suggests that uncensored citizens experience less violence and longer periods of peace between outbursts than communities subject to censorship. These new findings appear in the Bulletin of Sociological Methodology, published by SAGE. A consensus is forming around Internet censorship in the wake of last year's uprisings,...

Twice per year Google publishes a report that gives users a look at the number of requests made by government and private agencies to remove internet content. In their most recent report an alarming up-tick of requests has been noted not only by Google, but by many who watch the supposedly democratically free nation’s requests. Undisclosed Location, South America. (PRWEB) June 24, 2012 Google’s transparency report has served to show the internet community just exactly how intrusive...

NEW YORK, May 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The art world, long the object of censorship, is now censoring artists, claims Sarah White, The Naked Therapist. In what she calls a clear case of anti-woman, anti-naked, and anti-artist prejudice, West Chelsea Artists Open Studios (WCAOS), perhaps one of the world's most important open studio events, initially accepted Sarah White as a photographer/performance artist on April 19, but then "blacklisted" her on May 1. The alleged censoring came...

Congressmen are trying to get a bill approved that would see that video games with an "E" rating and above are equipped with a health warning label. Congressman Joe Baca (D-CA) and Frank Wolf (R-VA) introduced a bill on Monday that would force game publishers to print warning labels on their products to warn parents of possible aggressive behavior. If approved, game labels would have to read: "WARNING: Exposure to violent video games has been linked to aggressive behavior." The...