MTV, which recently made a super smart and exciting YouTube-combating move by making its music video collection available online, just ruined it. They’ve censored Weird Al.
Cuba Censors Popular Cuban Blogger
The Cuban government has blocked access to one of the country’s most popular blogs, "Generacion Y."The blog written by Yoani Sanchez is critical of the Cuban government but remains widely read receiving 1.2 million visitors in February. Readers in Cuba who try to access her blog receive an "error downloading" message.
Skype Accused Of Helping Chinese Censors
An American-based distributor of underground software that helps Chinese citizens get around government firewalls and access censored websites is accusing Skype of aiding the government by redirecting users to a website monitored and filtered by Chinese authorities.
BBC: Flickr Censors Comments
BBC NEWS | Technology | Yahoo ‘censored’ Flickr comments More news on the recent censorship by Yahoo of Rebekka Gudleifsdóttir from the BBC.
Google Censors China Olympics Criticism
The motto of next year’s Olympic games in China is “one world, one dream.” Online, the world is actually split up into several countries, each with their own limited view, made possible through national censorship of the web.
Google Images China Censors – Friend and Foe?
“For Internet users in China, Google remains the only major search engine that does not censor any web pages.”
– The Google Team, 2004
YouTube Censors Religion Criticism?
Outspoken atheist Nick Gisburne claims that the staff of Google-owned YouTube deleted his account simply because he posted a selection of Quran quotations, among other religious criticism. In a video he released on February 8th, he states:
YouTube Censors Islam Critic?
At YouTube, You can say pretty much whatever You want, as long as it’s not about Islam. If that’s not true, YouTube user Nick Gisburne begs to differ after his account – his entire account – was deleted for its "inappropriate content." What exactly did he say? Well, nothing really. He let the Koran speak for itself.
Search Censors Can’t Swat A Sparrow
One Chinese blogger stays on the move, uses multiple blogs, and says the demand for non-corrupt political officials is the real foe of censorship.
US Technology Censors Burma Web Use
The OpenNet Initiative claims the oppressive regime of Myanmar uses technology from a California company to censor Internet usage.