https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2009/06/iran-clamps-down-on-foreign-media/
Authorities in Iran have announced sweeping new restrictions on foreign media, effectively confining journalists to their offices and hotels. Read more here
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https://www.christianpost.com/news/4-highlights-from-senate-social-media-censorship-hearing.html?page=4
The CEOs of Facebook and Twitter appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, fielding questions from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle looking...
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https://getcheex.com/uncensoredme-shadowban-and-censorship/
Oct 30, 2024 - What does Shadowban mean? Who gets censored or banned on Instagram? Find out more about the #uncensoredme campaign.
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https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2019/11/fears-for-freedom-of-the-media-move-closer-to-homehow-freedom-of-the-press-is-not-just-an-international-issue/
Attacks on the freedom of the media used to be considered an 'international problem. But now it is becoming a hot topic back home as well.
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https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2009/05/yemen-media-walk-out/
Yemeni journalists walked out from a press conference in protest on Tuesday after the minister Rashad Al-Alimi failed to overturn a recent suspension of...
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https://www.newindianexpress.com/topic/media-censorship
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https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2017/06/journalist-shot-reporting-yemen-warns-media-press-gazette/
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Yemeni journalist Abdulaziz Muhammad al-Sabri details the dangers of reporting in his country. Interview by Laura Silvia...
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https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2021/12/turning-back-the-tide-the-refugee-crisis-tests-greek-media-freedom/
Dutch journalist forced back to the Netherlands after asking tough questions of the prime minister of Greece over migrant push-back
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https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2016/01/serbias-foreign-spies-on-defamation-of-independent-media-in-serbia/
In November, a Belgrade tabloid began targeting independent media outlets by labelling them as "foreign spies".
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https://www.kpbs.org/news/international/2008/04/02/offensive-video-raises-questions-about-censorship
Last week, after the controversial anti-Islamic film Fitna was released by a Dutch parliamentarian, questions resurfaced about how the media should best handle...
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https://www.theblaze.com/news/barstool-survivor-youtube-censorship-million
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy commented that the company garnered approximately 124,000 pay-per-view buys on its own platform after pulling the show...
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https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2010/04/campaigners-decry-sri-lankas-new-media-minister/
The newly elected President of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, appointed Mervyn Silva as the deputy minister for media and information on Friday. Silva is a...
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https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2014/02/belarus-legal-frameworks-regulations-stifle-new-competitors/
Despite the constitutional guarantees and international obligations, Belarusian laws, by-laws and practices of their implementation seriously restrict the...
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https://www.christianpost.com/news/supreme-court-considers-restrictions-on-social-media-censorship.html
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon weigh in on whether states can pass laws prohibiting major social media companies from censoring views they find disagreeable.
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https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2015/10/freelance-journalists-in-belarus-face-fines-for-working-with-foreign-media/
In Belarus, dozens of freelance journalists were fined between 2014 and 2015 for working for foreign media without an accreditation from the Ministry of...
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https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2015/11/how-free-is-the-media-in-turkey/
The pre- and post-election period in Turkey has seen a mass of violations meted out against media workers. Here are just five examples of how press freedom is...
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https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/11/hungary-a-severely-restricted-media-environment/
Nov 7, 2025 - This week Blikk, Hungary's largest tabloid was bought by a pro-government media group, the latest in a long list of tactics to control the Hungarian...
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https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2016/03/mapping-media-freedom-week-in-focus-2/
Each week, Mapping Media Freedom project verifies violations against the media. Here are five reports that give us cause for concern
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https://www.salon.com/2025/09/20/kimmels-suspension-shows-media-censorship-is-a-structural-problem/
Sep 19, 2025 - It's not just Donald Trump. Huge corporate power is also muzzling comedians
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https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2014/01/eu-free-expression-threats-media-journalists/
The main threats to media freedom and the work of journalists are from political pressure or pressure exerted by the police, to non-legal means, such as...
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https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2018/06/maryland-shooting-index-condemns-killing-media-workers/
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Index on Censorship condemns the killing of five people at the offices of a local newspaper in Maryland, United States. A...
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https://www.thecollegefix.com/nsf-paid-universities-to-develop-ai-censorship-tools-for-social-media-house-report-alleges/
Mar 27, 2024 - ‘Used by governments and Big Tech to shape public opinion by restricting certain viewpoints or promoting others’: report…
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https://www.aljazeera.com/video/the-stream/2024/12/31/a-year-of-censorship-social-media-crackdown
On the Stream, we look at how censorship on the internet has increased and ask what freedom of expression means online.
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https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/10/31/graham-social-media-censorship-is-the-biggest-threat-to-conservatism/
On Saturday's broadcast of the Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends," Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) stated that "the | Clips
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https://reclaimthenet.org/florida-judge-rules-brazil-trump-media-rumble-not-bound-by-brazil-censorship-orders
The ruling reinforces US legal protections against foreign censorship efforts.
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https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/11/28/russian-civil-society-and-media-in-an-era-of-full-censorship-ekaterina-martynova-a79519
Jan 19, 2026 - Video | Ekaterina Martynova, the editor of the independent student media outlet Doxa, discusses censorship in Russia since the invasion of Ukraine, anti-war...
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https://www.freespeechcoalition.com/blog/fsc-launches-social-media-censorship-reporting-tool
Nov 29, 2023 - FSC has launched a reporting tool for adult workers and businesses to log incidents of social media censorship. The submission form asks for basic information,...
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https://zippermagazine.com/a-battleground-between-kink-and-censorship-by-kitty-stryker/
Jan 4, 2023 - Kinksters are utilizing mainstream social media now more than ever before, posting in public while walking the line on what is deemed “explicit.”
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https://actionnetwork.org/forms/tell-media-outlets-refuse-to-comply-with-pentagon-censorship?nowrapper=true&referrer=group-the-swarm&source=direct_link
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https://www.csis.org/podcasts/babel-translating-middle-east/mahsa-alimardani-protest-social-media-and-censorship-iran
Jon Alterman speaks with Mahsa Alimardani about recent protests in Iran and how both protestors and the regime have used social media.
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https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1427305
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Monday morning on whether the federal government went too far trying to get social media companies to remove what they...
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https://twitchy.com/samj/2022/04/15/this-glenn-greenwalds-thread-dragging-media-for-showing-how-desperately-they-crave-censorship-for-others-is-straight-freakin-fire-n2161596
The media only cares about free speech for the MEDIA. Not you, not us, not anyone else. We saw this
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https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2017/06/germany-targets-social-media-companies-new-law/
Increasingly, governments are devolving responsibility for determining what constitutes unacceptable content to private companies.
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https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2024/05/15/george-soros-funded-groups-demand-social-media-censorship-before-2024-election/
George Soros is funding groups pushing Big Tech to "juice their censorship operations before the 2024 U.S. presidential election."
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https://www.firstamendment.com/social-media-censorship/
Dec 30, 2024 - Social Media Censorship: Why Online Service Providers Cannot be Sued under the First Amendment FAQs
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https://ladirectmodels.com/2021/05/31/cherie-deville-talks-social-media-censorship-for-the-daily-beast/
LA Direct Models has been the premier talent agency for the Adult Entertainment Industry since 2001. Based in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, LA Direct Models has...
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/7/palestinians-criticise-social-media-censorship-over-sheikh-jarrah?sf143395120=1
Social media users sharing content from Sheikh Jarrah complain their accounts have been censored, limited or shut down.
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https://www.outlookindia.com/national/media-watchdogs-ask-government-to-withdraw-it-rules-condemn-unchecked-censorship-powers--news-283355
The statement requests the Indian government to withdraw Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2023...
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https://www.codastory.com/disinformation/india-censorship-laws/
Nov 21, 2024 - Fresh digital media legislation is tailor-made by a regime that relies on mobs of supporters to do its bidding
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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/01/08/message-from-the-president-on-social-media-censorship/
President Donald Trump tweeted from the official @POTUS account following his permanent ban from Twitter, condemning the company's censorship and signaling...
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https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2020/06/editor-in-chief-rachael-jolley-is-quoted-in-rappler-an-online-news-organisation-based-in-the-philippines-discussing-the-recent-sentencing-of-rappler-ceo-maria-ressa-to-up-to-six-years-in-prison/
Editor in chief Rachael Jolley is quoted in Rappler, an online news organisation based in the Philippines, discussing the recent sentencing of Rappler CEO...
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https://theworld.org/segments/2024/04/04/russian-media-censorship
As the Russian military wages war in Ukraine, inside Russia, the government is clamping down even harder on its efforts to control the press. Using the word...
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https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/09/prosecutor-to-launch-consultation-on-social-media-guidelines/
The Director of Public Prosecutions has announced a consultation to establish clear guidelines on prosecutions involving social media . In a statement on The...
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https://www.theblaze.com/video/no-campus-for-white-men-author-talks-uc-berkeley-campus-censorship
Students protesting Ben Shapiro at UC Berkeley were only the latest example of PC culture taking over colleges and universities. Scott Greer of the Daily...
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https://reason.org/topics/individual-freedom/censorship-and-media/
The ruling in 'Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton' marks a shift in how courts approach online age-verification laws targeting sexual content.
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