Resources

104 Resources for

censorship

  • Subscribe to this listing via:
  • RSS
  • Email
Did you mean censorship (104 results)

BNET Resources

World writers decry censorship at Swedish literary meet
STOCKHOLM AFP — Bangladeshi novelist-in-hiding Taslima Nasreen joined international writers gathered at a literary conference in Stockholm Tuesday to deplore how censorship and persecution affect their work. "By writing books, I wanted to do something constructive ... as a result, the fundamentalists ... demanded my execution by hanging," Nasreen...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Bangladesh, censorship, conference, Government, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2008-07-01
Sri Lanka lost 185 soldiers in Jaffna battle: military sources
COLOMBO AFP — At least 165 soldiers were killed and 20 more went missing in a major battle with Tamil separatists this week, military sources told AFP on Friday as journalists complained of unofficial censorship. With reports of higher casualties emerging -- making Wednesday's clash the bloodiest in recent...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, casualty, censorship, Government, HEALTHCARE, MARKETING, rebel, SOFTWARE, soldier
Research articles 2008-04-25
The 'voice' of Prague Spring recalls '68 broken hopes
PRAGUE AFP — Prague Spring, one of the defining moments in the global tumult of 1968, was embodied by the voice of a woman before Soviet tanks crushed this brief interlude and silenced Marta Kubisova for the next 19 years. "The Spring was like a gushing forth of energy...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, censorship, Leadership, Paris, Prague, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, voice
Research articles 2008-04-14
Indonesia apologises for YouTube blockade
JAKARTA AFP — Indonesia ended its blockade of websites carrying a controversial anti-Islam film and apologised to the public on Friday after a string of angry complaints and accusations of censorship. Access was restored to YouTube, MySpace and other prominent sites by the country's main Internet service providers, who...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, censorship, Government, Indonesia, INTERNET, MARKETING, ministry, protest, SOFTWARE, YouTube Inc.
Research articles 2008-04-11
Australia's plans to filter Internet under fire
SYDNEY AFP — An Australian government plan to filter the Internet Wednesday drew criticism from privacy advocates who said it represented the start of state censorship. Communications Minister Stephen Conroy, a member of the Labor team which ousted conservative prime minister John Howard in a November election, wants filters...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, censorship, Government, INTERNET, Labor
Research articles 2008-01-01
Philippine press club in censorship row
MANILA AFP — The oldest press club in the Philippines was embroiled in a freedom of speech row on Tuesday after being accused of censoring a mural depicting the history of media liberty in the country. National Press Club NPC officials said they commissioned and paid 900,000 pesos (20,500...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, censorship, Government, MARKETING, Philippines, president
Research articles 2007-11-06
Intellectual Freedom for Young Adolescents
Although some music lyrics and television content may indicate an overall easing of censorship in U.S. society, authors, educators, young people, and all other individuals who value free access to information continue to face the threat of censorship from people who try to impose their value systems on others. Recently,...
Tags: American Library Association, censorship, Devil, teacher
Research articles 2007-10-01
House listens to hip-hop artists
WASHINGTON -- The speechifiers of Congress got outrapped Tuesday by two hip-hop artists who engaged in a heated and, at times, profanity-laced debate over the sexist and violent language in some hip-hop music. With lawmakers, more used to interrupting witnesses with their monologues, doing more of the...
Tags: censorship, music, U.S. Congress, violence, women
Research articles 2007-09-27
Hong Kong director Wayne Wang hits out at Chinese censorship
MADRID AFP — Hong Kong director Wayne Wang on Wednesday hit out at Chinese censorship as he presented his latest film "A Thousand Years of Good Prayers" about the Chinese immigrant experience in the US, at the San Sebastian Film Festival. "I'm a little sad when I see people...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, censorship, China, director
Research articles 2007-09-26
House hearing criticizes hip-hop
WASHINGTON -- The speechifiers of Congress got outrapped Tuesday by two hip-hop artists who engaged in a heated and, at times, profanity-laced debate over the sexist and violent language in some hip-hop music. With lawmakers, more used to interrupting witnesses with their monologues, doing more of the...
Tags: censorship, music, U.S. Congress, violence, women
Research articles 2007-09-26
Taiwan to release full version of Ang Lee's erotic thriller
TAIPEI AFP — Taiwan censors have approved the release of the full version of director Ang Lee's award-winning erotic spy thriller "Lust, Caution," a report said Saturday. A five-member government committee voted unanimously on Friday that the film could be released rated "R" without any censorship, said the Taipei-based...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, censorship, Government, SOFTWARE, Taipei, Taiwan
Research articles 2007-09-15
Google Inc is Added to the Bellwether Watch list.
M2 PRESSWIRE-26 June 2007-Blue Chip News: Google Inc is Added to the Bellwether Watch listC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:26062007 Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) is Added to the Bellwether Watch list Google, Inc. provides targeted advertising and Internet search solutions worldwide....
Tags: censorship, Columbia Law School, Google Inc., Government, INTERNET, MARKETING, Watch, Web
Research articles 2007-06-26
Google Inc Fighting Web Censorship.
M2 PRESSWIRE-26 June 2007-MarketMinute: Google Inc Fighting Web CensorshipC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:26062007 InvestorIM has been created as a tool for the average investor. The idea is simple, a website where the world can communicate. Do you have a stock related...
Tags: censorship, Columbia Law School, FINANCE, financial, Google Inc., Government, INTERNET, security, Web
Research articles 2007-06-26
Google seeks U.S. support in fighting Net censorship
WASHINGTON -- Once relatively indifferent to government affairs, Google Inc. is seeking help inside the Beltway to fight the rise of Web censorship worldwide. The online search giant is taking a novel approach to the problem by asking U.S. trade officials to treat Internet restrictions as international...
Tags: censorship, Columbia Law School, Google Inc., Government, INTERNET, Leadership, MARKETING, SOFTWARE, Web
Research articles 2007-06-25
Environment group slams Cambodia ban on logging report
PHNOM PENH AFP — Cambodia's ban on a report accusing the country's political elite of illegally plundering the kingdom's forests was denounced as "senseless censorship" Wednesday by the study's authors. The London-based watchdog Global Witness, which released the report June 1, also condemned threats of violence against its staff...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, censorship, environment, Government, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2007-06-06
New tool aims to bypass Internet censorship
WASHINGTON AFP — A new tool aimed at circumventing Internet filters used by some governments was released Friday, offering hopes for freer access to information for activists, journalists and others. The "psiphon" software, developed at the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab, offers more potential for bypassing government censors than most...
Tags: activist, Agence France-Presse, censorship, China, computer, Government, INTERNET, PRODUCTIVITY, software, tool, VPN
Research articles 2006-12-01
Fence Post.(News)(Letter to the editor)
Time to train and arm our teachers In reading the article "Gunmen at Amish school haunted," I was struck by the fact that the gunman had enough time to call his wife and discuss his childhood hauntings. This reminded me that the Columbine shooters...
Tags: censorship, hydrogen, NBC, teacher
Research articles 2006-10-22
Fence Post.(News)(Letter to the editor)
Selective concerns over censorship Perhaps I shouldn't be surprised that, when NBC censored references to God from Veggie Tales Cartoons on Saturday mornings, almost every news agency failed to report on it. You might have thought that the Daily Herald would run a story...
Tags: censorship, congressman, INTERNET, Iraq, MARKETING, NBC
Research articles 2006-10-19
Summer reading about reading.(survey of school librarians and children's librarians about freedom of information and censorship)(information literarcy report of UNESCO)(National Center for Education Statistics' report of student performance)
A number of articles, briefs, reports, and surveys about censorship, copyright, education statistics, literacy, and reading were recently released, and they make for interesting summer reading and meditation. CENSORSHIP PRACTICES AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION: INTERVIEWS WITH SCHOOL AND CHILDREN'S LIBRARIANS REPORT ISSUED ...
Tags: American Library Association, censorship, INTERNET, librarian, MARKETING, survey, teacher
Research articles 2006-06-01
Amnesty launches campaign against online censorship
LONDON AFP — Amnesty International launched a campaign to demand freedom of expression over the Internet because of increasing concern over state censorship and control of online communications. The London-based human rights group used an article in Britain's weekly Observer newspaper to launch the scheme -- irrepressible.info -- and...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, censorship, China, Government, INTERNET, London, SEARCH, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2006-05-27
advertisement
advertisement