Tag: Censorship
Kazakhstan’s Internet Shutdowns Could Be a Warning for Ukraine
As Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city, spiraled into chaos last month over rising energy costs and anger at the government, the…
At Beijing Olympics, Question of Free Speech Looms Over Athletes
BEIJING — The conversation at the Wukesong Sports Center veered dangerously from the growth and speed of women’s hockey toward…
Spotify’s Joe Rogan Problem Isn’t Going Away
Still, the backlash intensifies. Civil rights groups organize a boycott. Advertisers pull their campaigns. A hashtag trends. The platform’s employees…
Ahead of Winter Olympics, Beijing Moves to Quash Dissent
Chinese authorities have detained activists in their homes and sent others to jail. Censors have shut down the social media…
‘Maus’ Holocaust Novel Removed From Classrooms by School Board
A school board in Tennessee voted unanimously this month to ban “Maus,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust,…
Cambodia’s Internet May Soon Be Like China’s: State-Controlled
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The day Kea Sokun was arrested in Cambodia, four men in plainclothes showed up at his…