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Firefox Lite is dead: development is complete
@Stone heartThis paragraph written by someone else here at Ghacks on another article fits your nonsense perfectly - "Maybe you should try a little harder to read and understand what someone actually said next. times before you answer,…
Whenever Twitter has run into trouble with governments
Members of the Delhi Police force sit outside a door to the Twitter India office in the Crescent Building in New Delhi on May 25, 2021, as police sent a notice to Twitter offices about government tweets reported as "media handled" the day…
Fauci, Facebook: the pandemic spectacle in politics must continue
During the pandemic, intense censorship was applied to scientific theses that the World Health Organization (WHO) did not "recognize". Various scientific arguments on the function of isolation measures or the safety of…
Facebook censors pro-Palestine publications and businesses: former employee
As Facebook grapples with internal allegations of censorship, uneven enforcement and pro-Israel bias, a former Facebook employee exposed the company's systemic policy of censoring Palestinians and solidarity activists…
The personal life of RTE Dermot Bannon in the magnificent house of Drumcondra with his wife and…
Dermot Bannon has made a name for himself as a man who travels the country to redesign homes on RTE's Room to Improve. Here's everything you need to know about the TV icon, from his wife Louise and their kids to his life off the small!-->…
German Deutsche Welle censors critical Israel reporting
Broadcaster bans journalists from covering Israel's "colonialism", "apartheid" crimes, persecution of Palestinians
German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) restricted reporting critical of Israel citing…
Armenians celebrate eminent artist Minas Avetisyan Remembrance Day – Panorama
Today, February 23, marks the remembrance day of Minas Avetisyan, a famous Armenian painter of the twentieth century. In an interview with Panorama.am, artist Narek Avetisyan's son once said: “February 23 was once celebrated as Army…
How Did Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick Die?
The cause of death of the Capitol police officer Brian ill - who died after suffering injuries in the attack on the Capitol, and whose death played a role in the impeachment trial of Donald trump - remains remarkably vague.…
Twitter permanently bans Donald Trump
Following a wave of social media bans and suspensions of services like Facebook and Twitch, Twitter has now announced that it has permanently suspended President Donald Trump's account @realDonaldTrump.
In a statement on his…
#Arbitrary censorship: the political passion of Twitter | Column
Twitter restricted many messages from US President Donald Trump throughout the US electoral process. Its justification was not the violation of rules such as "do not praise violence" or "do not use hate speech", which…
The Mandalorian star reportedly left the show midway through season 2
After months of radio silence, the campaign to promote The Mandalorian has gone through several gears over the past two weeks. The premiere date was revealed with a new logo - though many suspect it was a deliberate move by Lucasfilm…
Fillet of shards? Does the Internet fracture along geopolitical lines?
Concerns are being raised the internet is no longer open to all and has fractured along geopolitical lines or to suit national interests. In 2020, network watchers witnessed internet blackouts and shutdowns in Jammu and Kashmir, and more…
Fillet burst? Is the Internet fragmenting along geopolitical lines?
Concerns are expressed that the Internet is no longer open to everyone and has fractured along geopolitical lines or to respond to national interests. In 2020, network watchers witnessed internet blackouts and shutdowns in Jammu and…
Thousands of ‘brainless’ coronavirus protesters gather in Madrid amid Spain’s…
THOUSANDS of protesters gathered in Madrid over the weekend to declare the coronavirus a "hoax".
Angry dissidents gathered over new rules that made it compulsory to wear masks, but regional security chiefs called them "brainless" and vowed…
Twitter as a political actor
Last week, Twitter shut down around 182,000 accounts it claimed to be linked to the states of China, Russia and Turkey on the grounds that they were "part of a network used to carry out propaganda, attack critics of the…
Apple responds to Chinese government auction again, removes independent podcast apps from App Store…
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Venice Commission condemns Albanian government’s bill censoring online media – Exit
05-06-2020 at 19:22 The Venice Commission criticized the Albanian government's controversial bill, aimed at regulating online media in the country, for suppressing freedom of expression.In their draft opinion on May 28, the…
Race and accessibility in the Mountain Bike community
You're not on Pinkbike for the news, but the violent deaths of George Floyd and so many others have been a catalyst for thought. It's bigger than mountain biking.Some have criticized us for not having spoken earlier, and that's…
Two protests against George Floyd’s death in Humboldt County today – Redheaded Blackbelt
Image of the Humboldt Grassroots Facebook Post call for the Eurêka demonstration at 3 p.m.
Two separate groups will meet today in Humboldt County to protest the George Floyd murder Monday in Minneapolis, Minnesota by four city policemen.…
Internet regulation is necessary but an overzealous bill on online harm could infringe our rights ǀ…
Attempts to curb the internet will take a step further later this month when the UK government gives its official response to its white paper on online mischief released in April 2019. The government's decision - one of the first in the new…
Keith Schembri’s phone disconnected just before his arrest
Keith Schembri's cell phone cut the network about an hour and a half before his arrest at the end of November.
Investigators established that Mr. Schembri's personal iPhone was likely turned off around 5 a.m. on November 26.
He was…
‘Les Misérables’ in concert arrives at the cinema
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8sry0HNhhc
And for once, life didn't kill the dream I was dreaming of. Yes, that's right, my miserable comrades, the last staged concert of Wretched arrives in US theaters for two days in December.…
Field test: 2020 Pole Stamina 140 – The fastest trail bike *
ROSEBIKE FIELD TEST2020 POLE STAMINA 140 FRThe fastest trail bike * Words by Mike Levy, Photograph by Trevor LydenThe Pole Stamina 140 EN was always going to be the most interesting bike in the Field Test. There are no bolts or…
“We can see women’s breasts and men’s private parts”, Hustlers movie…
Malaysians fell in love with Constance Wu when she played Henry Golding's love interest in Crazy Rich Asians, the movie that paved the way for Asian culture-themed blockbusters in Hollywood.
And we couldn't wait when we found out she was…
Will FF7’s remake change the gay bath scene? • Instinct Magazine
Images via Square Enix
Just a few months away from what could be a major release in the gaming world, we're curious this gay scene and character in the game.
If you ask a series of gamers what new game release they are looking forward…
Cubans now have the right to access the Internet from their homes, but at what cost?
Cubans will now be able to access the internet from their homes as the government tries to defend its legitimacy in both the real and virtual world, a government official told AFP.“Cubans support and defend the revolution in all areas, both…
10 most secure Linux distributions for advanced privacy and security
A PC or laptop without any security measures is exposed to the possibilities of being attacked. Linux is one of the most popular operating systems used by individuals as well as organizations and academics. Having secure distribution…
Cody Rhodes on his double entry or nothing, seen as shot at HHH
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) star and Executive Vice President Cody Rhodes spoke to the media after Double Or Nothing last weekend. Cody spoke on a variety of topics, including the appearance of Jon Moxley, opposite his brother Dustin…
Throwback Thursday: Navigating the Maze of Chinese TV Censorship
It's weird, it's wonderful, it's a dive into 11 years of blogging archives. It's Throwback Thursday time ...
This Thursday we're traveling through time to 2011, when the authorities launched a particularly strong offensive on some of our…
‘Sniper 3D Assassin’ Video Game Urges Gamers To Kill Journalists
A twisted video game showcased on Apple and Android devices urged gamers to take down reporters for the headlines before the level was taken down by developers.
"Sniper 3D Assassin", available on iPad and smartphones, had a mission…
Some changes in the application of the code related to cannabis this year – Redheaded…
The Humboldt County Code Enforcement uses a variety of tools and information sources to actively identify, investigate and notice landowners who have unauthorized cannabis operations on their property. If you intend to legally grow…
Runet: Russia wants to “nationalize the Internet”, but what does that mean?
Russian lawmakers on Tuesday backed a bill to experiment with the isolation of the country's Internet (Runet) from the rest of the world to ensure it can remain available and secure in the event of a cyber attack or other incident.This…
Russian Duma passes first reading bill to separate Internet system from global network
The Russian State Duma, the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, passed a bill on first reading on Tuesday to ensure the security and availability of the Russian Internet (Runet) in the event of potential isolation of the global…
Sony Censorship Row returns as adult-rated Switch title is E for Everyone on PS4
Sony recently suffered a backlash as it apparently decided to change its stance on mature PlayStation game content and themes. Japanese developers in particular are seeing their titles censored to varying degrees, and apparently the…
Neko Para Vol. 1 for PS4 remove setting, increase steam
The PlayStation 4 version of Nekopara Vol. 1 was released a day ahead of its scheduled worldwide release date of November 2 in Japan. With recent regulatory news by Sony Interactive Entertainment that resulted…
Chinese dissident artist targets Google for Dragonfly project
A portrait fusing the faces of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Hong Kong Managing Director Carrie Lam, symbolizing Beijing's rampant influence over Hong Kong. Image: BadiucaoUPDATE, November 2, 2018, 9:50 a.m. EST: Motherboard has learned…
Joy for meme fans, despair for musicians as EU lawmakers reject copyright changes
LONDON - Memes makers, rejoice!European Parliament lawmakers on Thursday rejected a new copyright proposal - previously approved by a key EU committee - that digital rights activists say would change the free and open nature of the…
Donald Trump denounces the controversy of Roseanne Barr
Trump is not sure why he never received a call from Disney CEO Bob Iger after "horrible comments" were made about his presidency on ABC.
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Anonymous India continues attacks, drops MTNL site – Technology News, Firstpost
FP staff06 June 2012 17:27:50 ISTThe hacker group Anonymous has struck again in India. This time the victim is the MTNL site. The group posted on their website, saying: "We are against internet censorship. Instead of blocking a few URLs,!-->!-->!--post-info-->…
Libya celebrates Safer Internet Day
The Libyan Internet Society held an awareness program on protecting children online on Tuesday on the occasion of "Safer Internet Day", which falls on February 6 each year.
The program was organized under the auspices of the General…
FCC releases final version of proposal to end net neutrality
The FCC has released the final version of its proposal to kill net neutrality. The full document is almost 200 pages long, so it will take some time for everyone to go through it all. So far, it is clear that the Commission is…
Irish online forum moderators had their personal information leaked after deleting hate speech
MODERATORS OF Ireland's largest internet forum have had their personal information leaked online to ban users who have posted content that breaks rules banning hate speech and racism.
About a dozen…
Eliminate hate speech or pay, says Germany to social media companies
Every six months, companies will be required to publicly report on the number of complaints they have received and how they have handled them.Daily business briefingUpdated August 9, 2021, 1 p.m. ETIn Germany, which has some of the…
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana releases September 12 in North America, September 15 in Europe
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana will launch physically and digitally for PlayStation 4 and PS Vita on September 12 in North America and September 15 in Europe, and for PC via Steam in both regions on September 12, NIS America announced. The game…
Zelda: Breath Of The Wild’s ESRB Rating Makes It Look Like A Full Riot Of Laughter
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is just days away from release, and the Entertainment Software Rating Board's description of the game was recently posted.
The ESRB rating says the epic adventure contains “Fantasy Violence, Soft…
How BBC Persian Uses Instagram and Telegram to Bypass Iranian Censorship »Nieman Journalism Lab
Last month, a fire ravaged an iconic Tehran skyscraper, killing more than 20 firefighters and injuring 70 others when it collapsed.
The fire made international headlines, but it was a particularly significant story for BBC Persian, the…
Hideo Kojima calls Nintendo Switch “transfer” “expansion”
It is 2017 and Hideo Kojima is still talking about "Transfarring". Speaking at RTX Sydney, a two-day video game convention hosted by Rooster Teeth !, the creator of Metal gear The series told IGN that it sees Nintendo's upcoming Switch…
Girls on the bill… but why?
Take a look at any auto show in recent memory and you will notice that there are almost as many women as there are cars, sometimes more… why?INTERNET is full of campaigns for gender equality. And I'm all for that. So what about the…
At least 168 people were sleeping rough in Dublin last night
THE NUMBER OF people sleeping rough in Dublin is at an all time high, according to new figures from the Dublin Simon Community (DSC).
Some 168 people have slept roughly in the capital overnight, an…
Microsoft, Facebook and Google agree to work with government of Bangladesh to remove…
The Bangladeshi government has announced that Facebook and Microsoft have agreed to respond to government requests for inappropriate content on their networks within 48 hours.Google has also agreed to remove the videos from its YouTube…
Instagram removes account for revealing destroyed Serbian churches in Kosovo
The account was part of a larger campaign called "No to Kosovo's Membership in UNESCO". led by Kosovo Serb students, who hope to refuse Kosovo's membership in UNESCO.
“We have sent letters accompanied by photos and videos that talk about…
White House promises new VA OIG chief
Last week, the White House promised to appoint a new head of the VA OIG for the besieged watchdog arm tasked with maintaining the honesty of the Department of Veterans Affairs.Former Acting Inspector General Richard Griffin retired on July…
How to Ruin a Career in Electronic Music, by Ten Walls
Last year I interviewed Anna Lunoe upstairs at Q Nightclub in Seattle while Lithuanian producer and DJ Ten Walls performed under us.During the interview, Lunoe spoke about the importance of calling people up on their bullshit because the…
Elderly man just received bed after 82 hours on trolley
Update 8:58 p.m.
AN OLDER MAN spent over 80 hours on a cart at Galway University Hospital waiting for a bed, only getting one late that evening.
The 79-year-old man, who suffers from several underlying…
Saudi Arabia adopts new rating system, will also call for certain games to be banned
Here in the United States, we fight censorship all the time. Visitors to this site are more than likely aware of these battles against Puritan thinking, but what we face here in the United States is nothing compared to what others are…
Target’s Grand Theft Auto V ban leaves us no one to blame
How do you analyze the news that Target has decided to give in to the pressure, to a strong petition of 41,000 people and has deleted Grand Theft Auto V shelves. How you react to that ?
I've struggled with this since the second I heard…
Computer users who undermine national security could be jailed | Law
Government plans that mean computer users deemed to have harmed national security, human well-being, the economy or the environment will face a life sentence have been criticized by experts who warn the new law could be used to target…
Youths tried in Iran for posting YouTube video dancing to Pharrell Williams song “Happy”
The trial of six young Iranians accused of "undermining public chastity" after dancing to Pharrell Williams' hit song Happy for a YouTube video has started in Tehran. Amnesty International UK campaign chief Champa Patel condemned the trial…
Iran releases students detained for dancing to Pharrell Williams’ Happy after singer speaks…
Iran releases students detained for dancing to Pharrell Williams' Happy after singer speaks out on their ordealEveryone in the video has been fired except for the director, human rights defenders in Iran tweeted on Wednesday.One of the…
The “father of the Internet” calls on users to defend him
Sir Tim Berners-Lee. Photo: Reuters
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the Internet, in an interview with the Guardian published on March 12, 2014, calls for the creation of an online Magna Carta. The reason he needs this bill…
Greece: when satire cannot be tolerated
On January 16, Greek blogger Filippos Loizos, head of the satirical Elder Pastitsios Facebook page, was found guilty of "malicious blasphemy and religious insult" and sentenced to 10 months in prison, suspended for three years.
Loizos…
The Perfume Genius music video that was banned by YouTube for “adult content” / Queerty
Part of the nature of YouTube's DIY infrastructure is that it often relies on viewers to flag content as inappropriate. It's good if someone posts nude videos of their unsuspecting neighbor, but not so good when homophobes use it to…
Hobo With A Shotgun Blu-Ray Review – Capsule Computers
HOBO WITH A HUNTING RIFLEStudio: Your dead productionsEditor: TransmissionFormat: Blu-Ray (Commentary), DVDRelease date: Outside nowPrice: $ 34.99 - Available here
Overview
Rutger Hauer is a homeless man on a mission…
Kremastics – Salem-News.Com
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By Daniel Johnson Salem-News.com
For half a century or more, the American people have been bloody fools. It may be too late to do anything about this; in fact, it…
Japan and the Armenian Genocide
A forgotten episode of international humanitarian aid
The devastation and immense human suffering caused by the recent earthquake in Haiti prompted a huge international humanitarian response. Japan once again found itself participating in…
The copyright cycle: originally a censorship tool, attempted as an incitement tool … Return to…
of the-inevitable-return department
If you want to understand copyright law, its history, and how it has been abused, you should really read this excellent overview from law professor and intellectual property lawyer Lydia Pallas Loren…
‘South Park’ is edited by Comedy Central – The Marquee Blog
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"South Park" is often paged. But usually not like that.
On Wednesday, the conclusion of the two-part story involving the Prophet Muhammad was shown with a number of audio spots covered in beeps and images hidden by a…
IKEA PS Collection in Milan
Milan 09: Swedish furniture brand IKEA showed up in Milan for the first time this year, showcasing its PS collection by designers such as Front and Hella Jongerius. Above: IKEA PS SÅGA…