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US Book Stirs Debate in Europe on Self-Censorship and Islam (Deutsche Welle)
British author Salman Rushdie and the Danish Mohammed cartoonist are among those in Europe who have protested a US publisher's decision to pull a controversial novel on one of Mohammed's young wives.
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Book Based on Muhammad's Bride Yanked At 11th Hour (Fox News)
In a rare case of self-censorship in the U.S. to preempt possible violent Muslim reaction, one of the world's biggest publishing houses, citing fears of violent attacks by Muslims, pulled the plug on the book before its release date.
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Five Alternatives For the New 'Bleep Photo' Revolutionizing TV Censorship [Morning Sickness] (Defamer)
newVideoPlayer("/stvcat_def.flv", 506, 423,"");A momentous trend apparently began last week in the least likely of places: The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, where the hosts introduced a new...
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Free speech prosecuted, not protected in China (Wharton Journal-Spectator)
In a discussion with a good friend last week, I mentioned how the writer Shi Tao had been imprisoned by Chinese officials in 2004 for leaking their government imposed censorship of any protests commemorating the 15th anniversary of Tiananmen Square.
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Writers accuse Random House of censorship (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
The publishing industry is once again embroiled in controversy, with Random House scrapping plans to publish a novel about one of Mohammed's wives.
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Security and censorship in Beijing not as sinister as it seems (News 1130)
Many Olympic visitors are learning that China isn't what they expected. It's not all secret police and eavesdropping. Paul James has worked in state run media for years and currently hosts an international ...
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Media watchdog slams bids to impose self-censorship (Zawya)
BEIRUT: The Maharat Foundation's watchdog for freedom of opinion and expression in Lebanon stressed in its monthly report released on Monday the need for media outlets to play a role "as a Fourth Estate alongside the state's main powers."
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Media watchdog slams bids to impose self-censorship (The Daily Star Lebannon)
The Maharat Foundation's watchdog for freedom of opinion and expression in Lebanon stressed in its monthly report released on Monday the need for media outlets to play a role "as a Fourth Estate alongside the state's main powers." "Media outlets play two main roles in any society," Maharat said.
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Ask Parky: The Phelps of the Oscars (Guardian Unlimited)
This week, our trivia treasure trove answers your questions on multi-Oscar winners, Jewish pig farmers and censorship
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Hacker exposes alleged Olympics age fraud (CNET)
Security researcher digs into Google and Baidu to find evidence of Chinese gymnasts' ages and finds evidence disappearing as he works, like sand shifting under his feet.
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