Russian Parliament Runs Rap Song Contest Amid Crackdown
The Russian parliament on Thursday announced a rap song competition amid a crackdown on contemporary music that evoked Soviet-era censorship of the arts.
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Amicus Briefs Flood Supreme Court in Prison-Censorship Case
Urging the Supreme Court to lift a ban it faces in Florida correctional facilities, Prison Legal News found support for its censorship appeal this month from more than 100 groups across the political spectrum.
Read moreLGBT Inmate Group Accuses Illinois Prisons of Censorship
Several Illinois prisons banned or censored publications, greeting cards and other written materials published by a group advocating for LGBTQ prisoners, it said in a free speech lawsuit filed in federal court in Chicago Thursday.
Read moreFacebook-Censorship Suit Against Maine’s LePage Advances
Maine Governor Paul LePage must face a lawsuit from two constituents whom the Republican has blocked on Facebook, a federal judge ruled.
Read moreRights Groups Urge No Censored Google Search for China
More than a dozen human rights groups have sent a letter to Google urging the company not to offer censored internet search in China, amid reports it is planning to again provide the service in the giant market.
Read moreRights Advocates Blast Law Aimed at Sex Trafficking
Civil rights groups and a digital library claim the Trump administration’s new law targeting websites where sex solicitations are posted is unconstitutional and the most comprehensive censorship of online speech in decades.
Read moreMost Americans Say Social Media Sites Are Biased
An overwhelming majority of Americans believe social media companies are actively censoring political viewpoints they disagree with, the Pew Research Center reported Thursday.
Read moreACLU Sues Kansas School District for Censoring Students
The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against a Kansas school district, claiming that it violated students’ free speech rights.
Read moreUN Accused of Muzzling Media on World Press Freedom Day
In an ironic start to World Press Freedom Day, several journalists and news organizations hosted by the United Nations for a panel discussion Thursday accused the peacekeeping organization of censorship.
Read morePeppa Pig Wins Street Cred, Attracts Censors in China
A cherubic British cartoon character has become an unlikely target of China’s censors as fans use her porcine likeness in rap videos and “gangster” tattoos.
Read moreYouTube Did Not Censor Conservative Videos, Judge Rules
YouTube did not censor videos with conservative views, a federal judge in California ruled in a First Amendment lawsuit against Google.
Read moreUS Sets New Record for Censoring, Withholding Gov’t Files
The federal government censored, withheld or said it couldn’t find records sought by citizens, journalists and others more often last year than at any point in the past decade, according to an Associated Press analysis of new data.
Read moreWhy Not Mute Your Twitter Critics, Judge Asks Trump
A federal judge was critical Thursday about why President Donald Trump did not avail of another Twitter feature to foreclose constitutional issues that arose when he blocked critics.
Read moreLebanon Reverses Move to Ban Spielberg’s ‘The Post’
A Lebanese cinema manager says authorities have reversed a decision to ban Steven Spielberg’s newspaper drama “The Post” ahead of its opening.
Read moreThe ‘Bleeping’ History of ‘Bleeping’ Presidents
President Donald Trump Friday disputed accounts of his referring to Haiti, El Salvador and African nations as “shithole countries” during a White House meeting on immigration 24 hours earlier, saying the “language used by me … was tough, but this was not the language used.”
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Serbia’s Media Stage Blackout Over Pressure on Free Press
Serbia’s embattled independent media staged a blackout Thursday to warn against what they say is Serbian leader Aleksandar Vucic’s muzzling of the press by intimidation, threats and financial pressure.
Read moreTenth Circuit Won’t Give Wyoming’s Ag-Gag Law a Free Pass
Wyoming’s “ag gag” law, enacted to criminalize collection of research data on public and private land, may be unconstitutional, the 10th Circuit ruled, reversing and remanding a 2016 ruling.
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Humanists Say Warden Wrongly Censored Magazine With Rubens Nude
The American Humanist Association claims in court that a Virginia jail warden wrongly denied prisoners copies of its magazine because its latest issue contains images of Peter Paul Rubens’ 16th century painting, “Adam and Eve.”
Read morePrisoner Advocacy Group Decries Censorship at Ohio Prison
A nonprofit advocating for prisoner rights filed a federal lawsuit claiming softcover books it sent to inmates at a privately run prison in central Ohio were sent back because they weren’t pre-approved by management.
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