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China censors Obama speech

Obama's historic trip to China was marred last night by censorship. His speech held in a town hall-style suffered from black outs and poor quality. The speech intended for the people of China never reached the majority.

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According to the New York Times, "The Grass-Mud Horse" is a mythical creature whose name in Chinese sounds like "fuck your mother". These horses face a problem: invading river crabs that are devouring their grassland. In spoken Chinese, river crab sounds very much like harmony, which in Chinas cyberspace has become a synonym for censorship.

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China To Ease Internet Censorship

China will ease its restrictions on Internet access during the Olympic Games.

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Russian prosecutors eye Internet censorship

The Russian prosecutor's office wants tough anti-extremism laws to be extended to the Internet, state newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta reported on Wednesday, prompting fears of growing media censorship.

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People's reactions to government censorship depend on their views of President Bush

How people respond to the U.S. government's attempts to censor some war-related images comes down to whether or not they are supporters of President Bush, a new study suggests.

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China's citizen reporters dodge censors and critics

China's muzzled media and burgeoning internet have given citizen reporters an audience and an opportunity, however fleeting, to spread news quicker than government censors can control it.

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China fights to stamp out online dissent

This week's Chinese Communist Party Congress highlighted once again that China is committed to keeping a tight rein on political dissent.

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China's eye on Internet

The "Great Firewall of China," used by the government of the People's Republic of China to block users from reaching content it finds objectionable, is actually a "panopticon" that encourages self-censorship through the perception that users are being watched, rather than a true firewall, according to researchers at UC Davis and the University of New Mexico.

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Pearl Jam's anti-Bush lyrics censored

Pearl Jam fans and Internet watchdogs were up in arms overnight after it was revealed that AT and T censored portions of the rock band's live concert, which was cybercast on Sunday.

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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Censores

The GEM Listing Committee of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "GEM Listing Committee") publicly censures the Company for a breach of Rules 19.34, 19.48 and 19.49 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Growth Enterprise Market of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "GEM Listing Rules").

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Writers Association Protests Censorship In Iran

The Writers Association in Iran has issued a statement protesting state censorship and what it calls "the elimination of literary works" by the government, Radio Farda reported.

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