Censorship

Turkey appoints trustee to run pro-opposition Halk TV amid opposition crackdown

The move comes days after Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the court-appointed chairman of Turkey's former main opposition Republican People's Party, publicly criticized Halk TV over its coverage.

Turkish anti-riot police officers stand at the bottom of the building during a police raid at the headquarters of pro-opposition Halk TV in Istanbul, on October 14, 2026.
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CNN Senior White House Report Betsy Klein during a television report on a street corner outside the White House grounds after earlier being denied entry, on September 19, 2026 in Washington, DC.

CNN, MS NOW reporters blocked from entering White House after Trump ban on 'fake news' - report

A general view of the Pentagon in Washington, DC, US, March 21, 2025.

Pentagon fires editor-in-chief of US military newspaper, reportedly for opposing censorship


Rights groups ask Russian court to strike down law against war protests

The rights groups want Russia's Constitutional Court to rule that the ban on dissent against the war in Ukraine violates basic freedoms of conscience, expression and assembly.

 Russian conscripts called up for military service line up before their departure for garrisons as they gather at a recruitment centre in Simferopol, Crimea, April 25, 2023.

Meta's oversight board to review moderation of Arabic word 'shahid'

Meta has sought the advice of its oversight board on whether it should continue removing posts that use the word 'shahid' to refer to 'dangerous' individuals.

 Woman holds smartphone with Meta logo in front of a displayed Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta in this illustration picture taken October 28, 2021.

India censors BBC documentary that 'questioned Modi's leadership'

Directions to block the clips from being shared have been issued using emergency powers available to the government under the country's information technology rules.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves upon his arrival to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (not pictured) in Ramallah, in the West Bank February 10, 2018.

Russia denounces Moldova's ban of TV channels as 'political censorship'

Shor, in exile in Israel, has backed protests in Chisinau demanding that Sandu's government resign.

 Servicemen of pro-Russian militia hoist flags of Russia and the separatist self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LNR) outside the Oschad bank branch in Stanytsia Luhanska in the Luhansk region, Ukraine February 27, 2022.

In a first, Turkish court arrests journalist under 'disinformation' law

The arrest comes two months after parliament passed the legislation that President Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party said would protect the public.

 TURKEY’S PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to journalists at the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, earlier this month.

Why the Twitter files revelations are important - analysis

Recent revelations about how social media giant made decisions around the 2020 US election are only the tip of the iceberg.

  Twitter app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022

After 'Ben Shapiro gets gassed first' joke, prominent YouTuber's account suspended

"A few white supremacists successfully lobbied YouTube to suspend me, a Jewish dual citizen of Israel and USA, for antisemitism," said Klein.

 Ben Shapiro

Chinese censors ban printing of ‘anti-communist’ Hasidic woman’s memoir

“Unfortunately this book is not approved to print in China as content involves anti-communist,” said a 1010 Printing representative.

 Chinese censors did not allow a local company to print copies of "The Queen of Cleveland" for American publisher Hasidic Archives.

US appeals court rejects big tech's right to regulate online speech

A US appeals court on Friday upheld a Texas law that bars large social media companies from banning or censoring users based on "viewpoint".

Twitter app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022.

Hong Kong speech therapists found guilty of sedition for 'anti-government' children's books

Critics say that authorities have used the British colonial-era sedition offenses as a tool to silence legitimate criticism of the government, and to stifle free speech.

 Members of uniformed youth group Hong Kong Army Cadets Association raise a Chinese flag during the first national flag raising competition in Hong Kong, China September 4, 2022.