WNA Globe

World News by Wild Rose

#censorship ร—

The Ban: A censorship loophole during the conflict in Northern Ireland

A censorship saga about how the voices of republican leaders in Northern Ireland were banned by the British government.

โ€˜Defangingโ€™ Aung San: Myanmarโ€™s generals wage war on memory

Across Myanmar, the statues are vanishing one by one. Military-backed authorities blame โ€œincorrect proportions and shapesโ€. Unofficially, analysts see a deliberate attempt to erase the presence of independence hero Aung San from public life โ€“ and with it, the legitimacy of the elected government the junta overthrew. Revered as the countryโ€™s founding father, Aung San founded its military, united its diverse ethnic groups and spearheaded the nationalist movement that ultimately wrested...

Iranโ€™s government spars with state TV as mediators push talks with US

Gov't accuses IRIB of 'censorship' after parts of president's speech not aired; station rejects 'improper attributions'.

Hong Kong checks โ€˜almost every book shipment from Taiwanโ€™

Taiwanโ€™s Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) says Hong Kong customs has stepped up scrutiny of โ€œalmost every book shipmentโ€ from the island, while a logistics company has separately told bookstores to ensure their orders would not breach the cityโ€™s national security laws. Independent bookstores and logistics companies also confirmed on Wednesday that customs had stepped up checks on book shipments from Taiwan in recent months. In a reply to the South China Morning Post, a spokesman for the Customs...

Why is India vetting books in Kashmir in search of โ€˜anti-nationalโ€™ content?

Authorities in disputed region are auditing school, college and public libraries to look for โ€˜objectionableโ€™ material.

After pro-separatist book fiasco, J&K L-G calls for examination of websites of J&K varsities, colleges for anti-India content

The L-Gโ€™s move came days after a book, titledย โ€˜Great Personalities and Legends of J&Kโ€™, profiled Kashmir separatist leaders

South Korea โ€˜fake newsโ€™ law triggers free speech, censorship fears

A viral YouTube video, a one-star review on a delivery app, a heated post on a parenting community โ€“ all of these will fall under the same legal standard in South Korea starting next Tuesday. The revised Information and Communications Network Act, widely known as the โ€œfake newsโ€ law, introduces punitive damages for YouTubers with more than 100,000 subscribers and high-traffic TikTok accounts if they display what authorities define as โ€œunlawfulโ€ content. Platforms such as Naver, Kakao, Google and...

A plane crashed into a tower in Beijing but China is not saying what happened

The collision left holes on the side of the tower, but Beijing has scrubbed other visible traces of the incident.