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Shooting the Messenger

online reporting by INDependent journalist Dean Sterling Jones

Tag: Censorship

  • Hates Speech

    Former BBC Wales Head of Public Affairs Leighton Andrews calls for European regulation of Facebook and Google Leighton Andrews, the former Head of Public Affairs for BBC Wales, has called for European law makers to regulate U.S. Internet giants Facebook and Google. Former Head of Public Affairs for BBC Wales, Leighton Andrews (source) In two…

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  • WordPress Yields to Putin

    WORDPRESS CENSORS PUTIN-HITLER MOCK PHOTO on request of Russian state media watchdog Roskomnadzor. UPDATE, November 26, 2024: Automattic has rejected a demand from Roskomnadzor to censor this post. A couple of months ago, Russia’s state media regulator Roskomnadzor sent a complaint to WordPress demanding that it remove a doctored photo of Russian President Vladimir Putin dressed as…

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  • Erdoğan Strikes Again

    WordPress geo-blocks Turkish political blog that posted cartoons by internationally renowned satirical cartoonists following court order from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Last month, İstanbul lawyer Ahmet Özel filed a complaint with WordPress on behalf of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The complaint, in the form of a court order, requested that WordPress restrict access to a Turkish…

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  • Unfurnished

    Award-winning reporter Tristin Hopper says The National Post geo-blocked his article about UK celebrity injunction after being contacted by internationally renowned law firm Fasken Martineau Last month, I blogged about efforts by David Furnish—husband of pop singer Elton John—to censor journalists and Internet users from reporting or discussing his alleged extra-marital affair with another married couple. Furnish…

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