China Media Project has published a translation of an extended article by Qin Shi at the Mang Mang newsletter, detailing the work and attitudes of some of China’s legions of low-paid, overworked ...
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China began censoring some tariff-related content on social media on Wednesday after U.S. "reciprocal" tariffs on dozens of countries took effect, including massive 104% duties ...
The New York Times has a superb article today about techniques used by the Chinese government censors the Internet. Perhaps most eye-opening was the fact that search engines and Web sites employ ...
The difficulty with the history of censorship is that it looks so simple: It pits oppression against freedom of expression. But if one looks harder, it appears more complicated—and full of surprises.
Numerous references to cocaine, sexual innuendo galore and a protagonist who can’t go a minute without dropping an F-bomb. China’s film censors had their work cut out for them with ...
Then the entire comment section mocked them! Another commenter responded, "You’d like the machinery of violence to be a bit more gentle?" Their point was that the tools of violence are meant to be ...
CHENGDU, China — In 2018, the censors who oversee Chinese media issued a directive to the nation’s entertainment industry: Don’t feature artists with tattoos and those who represent hip-hop or any ...
State media drove social media discussions around phrases like: “America is fighting a trade war while begging for eggs.” By Vivian Wang Reporting from Beijing Chinese censors appeared to be carefully ...
Mark Zuckerberg’s Jan. 7 backflip ending Facebook censorship is welcome. “We’re going to get back to our roots and focus on reducing mistakes,” he said, “simplifying our policies, and restoring free ...
When Atlanta censors barred the Negro-problem film Lost Boundaries, Producer Louis de Rochemont decided to put up a fight (TIME, Nov. 28). Through federal courts, he spent $25,000 fighting the censors ...