Tencent says regulatory crackdown not reason for big tech selloff
Tencent Holdings Ltd. denied online speculation that it’s facing a major regulatory crackdown, issuing an unusually aggressive public response after fears of more tech-sector restrictions tanked markets on Monday.
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Friends lesbian plotline removed in Chinese version
Chinese streaming platforms Tencent, Youku, Bilibili and IQiyi have removed references to a lesbian character, politically sensitive images and sexually suggestive language from the hit NBC sitcom “Friends,” which returned to the services this...
MyBroadband to change its article comments section
MyBroadband is South Africa’s largest IT publication, with over 2 million monthly readers and 8 million pageviews.
It is also one of the only large online publishers in South Africa which continues to support article comments - as they add...
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Should our government regulate social media?
What stops governments from exploiting and using it for personal agendas?
Resisting censorship of cyberspace
“We need to take the internet back, not as liberals responding to these attacks, but as citizens of every creed demanding that cyberspace not be censored.”
MPs call for public participation on Internet censorship bill
Members of Parliament on Tuesday emphasised the need for more public participation regarding the Films and Publications Amendment Bill.
Scary new Internet censorship law for South Africa
The Draft Online Regulation Policy for South Africa is “far-reaching and absolute in its censorship”, and can regulate your posts on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.
Please educate yourselves on this matter by reading the Electronic Frontier Foundation's article on this and by adding your voice to the petitions and Right2Know campaigns. Spread the word and let's keep our internet free...
Stop Internet censorship in South Africa
The Right2Know Campaign has called on the public to reject the Film and Publications Board’s proposal to censor the Internet in South Africa
Hearing for banned DA advert hurried
Icasa has moved up the hearing of the DA’s complaint that that the SABC has unlawfully censored its political advertisement.
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DA advert incited violence against police: SABC
The SABC on Friday called on the Democratic Alliance to submit an amended version of their “Ayisafani” election advert after it pulled the commercial.
SABC censors DA adverts, party claims
The Democratic Alliance on Friday accused the SABC of censoring it following a notice to pull the party’s election advert.
Twitter hit by political censorship
Twitter said Friday that Venezuela had blocked images on its service following an anti-government protest that turned bloody, and it offered a workaround for users who want to get tweets via text message on their cellphones.
Google takedown requests double
Governments around the world are becoming more aggressive in asking Google to remove or censor content from its services, the web search giant said in a Transparency Report issued Thursday.
Banned websites to open in China free trade zone: report
Facebook, Twitter and other websites blocked by the Chinese government will be accessible in a planned free-trade zone
China tries new form of Internet censorship
China is experimenting with more subtle methods to censor Internet search results ahead of the 24th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown