CIMA Report: Chinese Communist Party Censorship Expanding Abroad
Follow us on TWITTER: http://twitter.com/cnforbiddennews Like us on FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/chinaforbiddennews On October 23, the Center for Intern...
By: ChinaForbiddenNews
Read the original:
CIMA Report: Chinese Communist Party Censorship Expanding Abroad - Video
Censorship Strikes Again!
This video is no longer available: The Day One Garry #39;s Incident Incident http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfgoDDh4kE0 UPDATE: http://www.youtube.com/user/Nukem...
By: The Sanctus Nex, Lord of Melons
Go here to see the original:
Censorship Strikes Again! - Video
Censorship, the ultimate silence
Like if you liked.
By: De Clarity
See the original post:
Censorship, the ultimate silence - Video
October 26, 2013 - 17:59 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Iran's culture minister, Ali Jannati, has some good news: The country will be reviewing book censorship policies and maybe -- just maybe -- relaxing its book ban in the near future, Huffington Post said.
The encouraging announcement arrives amid what appear to be progressive reforms in Iran under new president Hassan Rouhani, evidenced with particular potency by Rouhani's telephone conversation with the U.S. President Barack Obama, the first U.S.-Iran phone chat since the 1979 revolution.
Under Iran's hard-line former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, countless classics were banned, much to the dismay of Iranian publishers who were required to submit prospective books to the culture ministry for review. As reported by The Guardian, "words such as 'kiss', 'beloved', 'wine', 'drunk', 'pork', 'dance', 'rape', 'dog' and 'meditation'" were prohibited and would lead to censorship, by either text manipulations or total censorship.
Jannati, however, has recognized the absurdity of such restrictions. Quoted by Iranian reformist newspaper Arman, the culture minister said:
I sadly learned that some books were denied permission to be published only on the grounds of personal opinions. I think if the Qu'ran was not a divine revelation, when it was handed to the book supervisory board, they would say some words did not comply with public chastity and would deny it permission for publication.
Even if nuclear talks stall, Iran may regain respect in the literary world if Jannati's promise to review censorship policies becomes reality.
Excerpt from:
Iran may review book censorship policies, relax book ban
Email delivery: 4 steps to get more email to the inbox
Chinas fearsome censorship apparatus is increasingly expanding beyond the confines of the Great Firewall to influence media outside its borders, often by online attack, according to a new report from a US Congress-funded think tank.
The Long Shadow of Chinese Censorship (h/t WSJ) by Freedom House analyst Sarah Cook is a report for the Center for International Media Assistance, part of the Congress-backed non-profit National Endowment for Democracy.
Chinas increasingly proactive stance on how its portrayed outside the country comes in response to its tech-savvy citizens' growing desire to circumvent the Great Firewall to read international coverage, and Beijing's intensifying soft power battle with Washington.
The report continued:
Since coming to power in 1949, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has constructed a multi-layered system for censoring unwanted news and stifling opposing viewpoints within China. Over the past two decades, this domestic apparatus has spawned mechanisms that extend some censorship to media outlets based outside China. Reflecting the adaptive nature of Chinese authoritarianism, such pressures are a complex mix of overt official actions and more discreet dynamics.
China's efforts can be split into four distinct areas: direct action from Chinese officials to prevent negative articles being published and punishing media owners that disobey; economic carrots and sticks to induce self-censorship; indirect pressure by advertisers, foreign governments and others; cyber attacks and physical assault.
The report claimed that different strategies are used for different geographies and situations.
For example, Chinese language media owners outside of the PRC have been rewarded with lucrative advertising deals and other incentives for positive reporting, while for non-Chinese language outlets in Asia, Latin America and Africa local government officials are often approached to restrict damaging reporting, Cook said.
It continued:
See more here:
Beyond the Great Firewall: China's global censorship campaign