Tag: Censorship

FILE - This Dec. 6, 2013 file image posted on his official Instagram account shows Iranian President Hassan Rouhani hiking in the Tochal mountain area north of Tehran, Iran. A court in Iran has ordered that the photo-sharing app Instagram be blocked in the Islamic Republic over privacy concerns, the semiofficial Mehr news agency reported Friday, May 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Office of Hassan Rouhani via Instagram, File)

Report: Iran court orders Instagram blocked

ALI AKBAR DAREINI · May 23, 2014 10:59 am

Vimeo urges Indonesia to reconsider its ban

Washington Examiner · May 22, 2014 10:04 am

In this frame grab taken from video posted to YouTube, people dance to Pharrell Williams' hit song "Happy" on a rooftop in Tehran, Iran. Police in Iran have arrested six young people and shown them on state television for posting the video. While the song has sparked similar videos all over the world, in Iran some see the trend as promoting the spread of Western culture. And women are banned from dancing in public or appearing outside without the hijab in the Islamic Republic. (AP Photo)

‘Happy’ video arrests highlight tensions in Iran

Ali Akbar, dareiniadam-schreck · May 21, 2014 11:40 pm

Cuban blogger’s news site blocked after going live

MICHAEL WEISSENSTEINANDREA RODRIGUEZ · May 21, 2014 7:42 pm

FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2012, file photo, a man raises his hand during at Google offices in New York. People should have some say over the results that pop up when they conduct a search of their own name online, Europe's highest court said Tuesday, May 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

European court: Google must yield on personal info

Toby Sterling · May 13, 2014 10:49 pm

Indonesia bans video sharing site for nudity

Washington Examiner · May 13, 2014 11:43 am

In this photo taken April 11, 2004, Chinese dissident Xiang Nanfu shares an Easter meal with other Chinese dissidents at a brick home in Houbaihujian village, on the outskirts of Beijing. Xiang who supplied information to to a dissident-run U.S.-based news website has been detained on charges he made up stories that disparaged the Chinese government, police announced Tuesday, May 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China detains man who wrote for foreign website

Didi Tang · May 13, 2014 9:14 am

An online streaming website shows a description of American TV show "The Big Bang Theory" but it no longer have access to episodes in the series on a computer screen in Beijing Sunday, April 27, 2014. Chinese authorities have ordered video streaming websites in the country to stop showing four popular American TV shows, including "The Big Bang Theory" and "The Good Wife," representatives from two sites said Sunday. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China video site: US TV show ban not policy change

Louise Watt · April 28, 2014 12:38 pm

FILE - In this April 1, 2014 file photo, New Zealand actor Russell Crowe poses for photographers at the premiere of his film "Noah" in Paris. Malaysia and Indonesia have banned the biblical epic "Noah," joining other Muslim nations that forbid the Hollywood movie for its visual depiction of the prophet. Film censors in both countries said Monday, April 7, 2014, that the portrayal of the ark-building prophet by Crowe was against Islamic laws. Depictions of any prophet are shunned in Islam to avoid worship of a person rather than God. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

Malaysia, Indonesia ban biblical epic ‘Noah’

Washington Examiner · April 7, 2014 10:53 am

Turkish court backs Twitter but site still blocked

Suzan Fraser · March 29, 2014 7:21 am

Turkey moves to block YouTube but attempt fails

Desmond Butler · March 27, 2014 7:20 pm

Erdogan says Twitter shutdown order came from him

Washington Examiner · March 23, 2014 2:08 pm