Neowin News Feed for: Censors

Facebook for Android gets experimental Tor support

Paul Hill — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 02:24:02 +0000

Facebook for Android will be gaining new functionality in the next few days which will allow users to connect to the social network using a Tor connection provided by the Tor Project's Orbot app. Read more...

China censors Obama's speech on TV and web

Brad Sams — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:44:40 +0000

China has always been known for censoring its media but apparently it will also censor live speeches as well. The inauguration of President Obama was broadcast in China but was censored by the government.... Read more...

Censors battle for Manhunt 2 ban

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:27:36 +0000

British censors are seeking a judicial review to block the sale of controversial video game Manhunt 2. Last week developer Rockstar won a hearing at the Video Appeals Committee to have a ban on the... Read more...

China Censors 1.8 Million Blogs

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:44:24 +0000

According to LiveJournal, China has officially blocked the popular online blogging site from its citizens – equating to about 1.8 million blogs, of which 8,692 are self-reported Chinese bloggers. SixApart, the company behind LiveJournal, claims... Read more...

Australian censors deem The Getaway too graphic

Marcel Klum — Wed, 04 Dec 2002 08:30:21 +0000

Once again it looks that Australian gamers have been deemed to sensitive for another Playstation2 release, as news emerged today that Australian censors have asked for certain cut-scenes to be altered and/or removed from SCEE's... Read more...