Censorship

Are we watching the collapse of Western Europe in real time? - comment

The terrorists don't need to show up again. The inhibition is already installed, running quietly in the background like software that updates itself.

People gather on the Place de la Republique square to pay tribute to the victims of last year's shooting at the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, in Paris, France, January 7, 2016. France this week commemorates the victims of last year's Islamist militant attacks on satirical weekly Charlie
JOURNALISTS CARRY placards and a banner in a protest against what they call curbs on press freedom and excessive control of the digital landscape, in Karachi, Pakistan January 28, 2025.

Pakistani journalists, commentators supporting Khan sentenced to life imprisonment for 'terrorism'

US Representative Claudia Tenney (R-NY) addresses a press conference focused on the ongoing partial shutdown of the US federal government, in Washington, DC, US, October 30, 2025.

US Congress introduces bill to promote uncensored internet access in Iran

Officers from Force 100, responsible for guarding terrorists at Sde Teiman, November 2, 2025.

IDF censor approved broadcast of Sde Teiman abuse footage, official tells Knesset committee


Police must cancel directive limiting international media live footage, nonprofit argues to A-G

This directive mostly targets foreign media journalists, was issued without authority, undermines essential rights, and is illegal, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel argued.

 Iranian missile strikes a shelter in Beersheba, killing five, June 24, 2025.

IDF censor updates restrictions on reporting missile, drone impact sites

"Any person who prints or publishes printed matter or a publication regarding the location of a strike or hit by enemy war materiel," must submit to the military censor for approval.

 Remnants of an Iranian missile found in the Galilee.

Owner suspends Pornhub in France over age verification requirements

Arcom, France's digital and audiovisual communication regulator, can request that porn websites are blocked and levy fines if it deems their age verification systems are insufficient.

 The Pornhub logo and website are seen on a computer screen

Gaza journalist faces Hamas threats and censorship - report

Gaza journalist Tawfiq Abu Jarad was threatened by Hamas. CPJ reports widespread intimidation and self-censorship among Gaza reporters.

A Palestinian Hamas terrorist displays guns on the day of the handover of hostages,  in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, February 22, 2025.

Freedom forgone: The concerning rise of censorship in Israel - comment

What justification would we have as a humanitarian society if we did not preserve the rights of those we disagree with just because we disagree with them?

 The Educational Bookshop in east Jerusalem.

LA Jewish day school censors two student newspaper articles on Israel-Hamas war

The student staff at the Boiling Point retracted an article about anti-Israel sentiment.

A copy of the Boiling Point's censored issue, which students were instructed to collect from newsstands.

UN says Russia consolidates control of occupied Ukraine with ‘climate of fear’

"Surveillance, political oppression, repression of free speech, movement restrictions created a climate of fear in which the Russian Federation could dismantle the Ukrainian systems of government"

 Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Bakytzhan Sagintayev at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 19, 2024.

X remains banned in Pakistan following controversial elections

Despite a High Court order and widespread international criticism, Pakistani authorities have not yet lifted the ban on X.

 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters watch the general election results at a PTI office in Islamabad, Pakistan February 8, 2024.

Blocking peace: Meta censors 'Peace Talk' podcast

"Meta can’t silence our message of determined opposition to extremism and violence."

 Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta is seen on smartpone in front of displayed logo of Facebook, Messenger, Intagram, Whatsapp and Oculus in this illustration picture taken October 28, 2021

Wartime censorship is necessary, but must be done responsibly - editorial

Recent reports demonstrate that the ability to reject news reports is being used and abused, both for political gain and by giving preferential treatment to one publication over another.

 Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the security cabinet at the Knesset, May 8, 2022.

Meta 'inappropriately removed' Hamas kidnapping videos, oversight board finds

The finding came in a review of two cases in which human moderators had restored content that computer moderation had removed.

 Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta is seen on smartphone in front of displayed logo of Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, Whatsapp and Oculus in this illustration picture taken October 28, 2021