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US State Dept: Corruption, Censorship Plague Bulgaria

Source: Sofia News Agency – http://www.novinite.com and http://www.sofianewsagency.com Original Article Found Here Bulgaria is still plagued by chronic corruption and problems with free speech, according to the US Department of State‘s 2010 report on the state of human rights. The

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Posted in Human Rights, Religious Censorship

Virtual Censorship – Revenge and Retribution

Source: CSO Retribution and revenge have long been methods to suppress and prevent the spoken word from being heard.  Even the threats of retribution are many times enough to stop actions from occurring. We see such actions in politics everyday

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Censorship of a Classic Promotes Revisionist History

Source: The Smith College Sophian – By Katie Thorp Mark Twain‘s controversial novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, has once again become the subject of much debate. NewSouth Books recently announced that it will publishin a version of Twain’s work

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Posted in Corporate Censorship

Craig Boehman vs. Mark Ethridge on Censorship

A debate with NewSouth Books author, Mark Ethridge Transcript Provided By Craig Boehman Craig Boehman February 14 at 7:27am Dear Mr. Ethridge, I am campaigning against the censoring of Mark Twain by NewSouth Books and Dr. Alan Gribben. Do you

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Posted in Corporate Censorship

Book Censorship is ‘Patronising’ Students

Source: Times of Malta The Arts Students Association (ASA) has reiterated its position against censorship in the light of the recent book controversy in secondary schools and at University. The organisation is in favour of age guidelines and certification but

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Posted in Corporate Censorship

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Posted in Corporate Censorship, Human Rights

Egypt: Demonstrators Defy Riot Police, Censorship

Source: Human Rights Watch Internet Blackout Threatens Rights The Egyptian people are on the streets demanding reform and a government whose police no longer attack them. After decades of torture and brutality, the Egyptian government is all too comfortable beating

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Posted in Human Rights

Recent Censorship Rewrites History, Music & Modern Art

Source: Pipe Dream – By Kathleen Rubino Censorship plays a crucial role in society; however, recently, censorship may seem to be going a bit too far. Classic novels are reworked to be more politically correct — songs by popular rock

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Posted in Corporate Censorship

Censorship: Is Book Burning Next?

Source: The Jamestown Press – By Sam Bari A couple of weeks ago I thought the New Year was off to an auspicious beginning. I wrote about the advent of the Kindle, Sony, HanLin and IRex wireless e-book readers and how

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Posted in Corporate Censorship

Word Play After The Tuscon Tragedy Now On Over-Sensitive Censorship?

Source: Allvoices Tucson tragedy has sent us on word censorship and political correctness overdrive? January 19, 2011]—–As usual, we are doing the same old dance of over-reacting to a tragedy. What happened in Tuscon, Arizona, was horrific by anyone’s standards,

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Posted in Corporate Censorship

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