censorship

China Confirms: Nothing Happened 20 Years Ago Today

Hamilton Nolan · 06/04/09 10:33AM

Today is the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. China is celebrating by attempting to censor every single piece of information, anywhere, pertaining to the incident. Let's review China's tactics for keeping this anniversary a big secret:

Digg's Fratty News Site Has a No-Homo Policy

Owen Thomas · 05/07/09 12:09PM

If you wanted to imagine a topsy-turvy world where straight 19-year-old jock-nerds ran the media, just visit Digg. The site is so laden with antigay epithets that it automatically censors the word "homo" from headlines.

New Tumblr Stumble Renews Censorship Scandal

Owen Thomas · 02/25/09 06:42PM

There's an old saying: Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity. The latest exemplar: Tumblr CEO David Karp, who keeps getting charged with squelching his users' freedom of speech.

Jamaica Bans Jamaican Music

Hamilton Nolan · 02/23/09 10:43AM

Finally, the Jamaican airwaves are safe for Coldplay tunes: the government there is banning music about sex, or violence, or arson, or... basically all music.

Deblogging Julia

Owen Thomas · 02/17/09 05:59PM

An anonymous critic of microcelebrity egoblogger Julia Allison has been silenced, all in the name of "freedom of expression." Welcome to the wacky world of Tumblr, New York's pinchy-cheeked hypercute blogging startup.