There has been a dust-up in the past few months about an attempt by the Department of Immigration to force media organisations to give bureaucrats the right to edit their reports in return for access to detention centres.
Government censorship
Fiji censorship like dark matter: impossible to see, but still there
Censorship is an almost all pervading thing; anything even slightly critical is blue-pencilled out of existence. But it’s what’s not there that’s most important, writes Michael Field.
Stop press! Fiji’s censorship goes bananas
Fiji has announced an even further tightening of its strict media censorship, to lessen foreign ownership and positively depict Bainimarama’s regime. Is this an attempt to better control the Rupert Murdoch owned Fiji Times?
Crikey Says: Conroy fighting internet battle on wrong front
Stephen Conroy slams Google for its hypocritical stance on the government’s proposed internet filter. But the Minister has a little China problem of his own.
What elections? Berlusconi silences the Italian media
Significant regional elections are coming up in Italy, yet thanks to PM Silvio Berlusconi’s control over Italian TV — and the expectation that results won’t be kind to Berlusconi — they will hardly rate a mention.
Berlusconi busted trying to censor the press
After learning that the state broadcaster was to show a program focused on corruption cases against him, Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi went on a tirade against the country’s broadcasting regulator.
Chinese censors pull the plug on Avatar
Hollywood may love it, but the Chinese don’t. The Chinese government has decided to stop screening Avatar on the advice of the censors, who say that it may cause unrest, explains Peter Craven.
New South Australian DVD laws are a pain in the Rs
Bizarre new laws have came into effect in South Australia pertaining to the manner in which R-rated films are displayed and promoted. But films with more provocative covers (but milder ratings) are allowed to be displayed as normal.
ACMA iTunes and the failure of net filtering
The underlying Australian internet censorship process is unworkable, and always will be. Opponents of the filter are busy proving it, with complaints about iTunes selling MA15+ films without requiring age verification.
How the Falun Gong powered Iran’s protests
When it comes to subverting government internet censorship, few are more experienced than China’s Falun Gong. So when Iranians started using the net to organise protests, the Falun Gong thought they’d lend a hand…
Newsweek defend imprisoned journalist
Newsweek’s Iranian correspondent Maziar Bahari has been imprisoned in Iran since 21 June, without formal charges or access to a lawyer. The news-magazine call on the Iranian government for justice.
Is Sri Lanka trying to silence the media?
Critics of the Sri Lankan government in the media are being abducted and beaten… what’s going on?
ISP filtering: who’s exploiting the kids?
The elevation of children as the justification for censorship will make this campaign harder to stop, writes Bernard Keane.
Business pays the price for government censorship
Government censorship of the internet took another significant but unheralded step forward last Friday. But it could have unintended consequences, writes Simon Bush.
