Tag Archives: Censorship

Indiana University fires adviser for student newspaper amid censorship dispute

Indiana University fires adviser for student newspaper amid censorship dispute

Indiana University has fired its director of student media amid growing tension between the school and the student newspaper over what content was allowed in the print edition. Director of student media Jim Rodenbush, an adviser to the Indiana Daily Student, confirmed to NBC News that he was fired on Tuesday. His firing came hours before the school instructed IDS …

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Trump Lands $24.5 Million YouTube Settlement in Controversial Censorship Case

Trump Lands .5 Million YouTube Settlement in Controversial Censorship Case

YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought against it by President Trump in 2021 for deleting his account on the platform after the January 6 U.S. Capitol riot. $22 million of the settlement from the Alphabet (GOOGL) subsidiary will go toward the nonprofit Trust for the National Mall, while the remaining $2.5 million will be …

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Atsuko Okatsuka Details ‘Censorship Rules’ for Riyadh Comedy Festival

Atsuko Okatsuka Details ‘Censorship Rules’ for Riyadh Comedy Festival

Atsuko Okatsuka is revealing a few of the details in the offer she was presented with to appear at Saudi Arabia’s ongoing Riyadh Comedy Festival.  The comedian took to Threads where she shared a screenshot of an alleged offer she received to perform at the festival. In the post, Okatsuka noted that accepting the potential booking came with “censorship rules” …

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Atsuko Okatsuka Reveals Riyadh Comedy Fest’s “Censorship Rules”

Atsuko Okatsuka Reveals Riyadh Comedy Fest’s “Censorship Rules”

With Saudi Arabia’s star-studded debut comedy festival kicking off this weekend, comedian Atsuko Okatsuka has revealed some of the event’s strict terms. Noting she turned down a gig at the Riyadh Comedy Festival over the summer, Okatsuka said the terms of her offer would have had her “adhere to censorship rules” about the kinds of joke she could make, revealing …

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All 9 Justices against MAGA censorship — if ABC defends Kimmel: 1st Am. Attorney Melber's report – MSN

All 9 Justices against MAGA censorship — if ABC defends Kimmel: 1st Am. Attorney Melber’s report  MSN Starbucks employees sue company over dress code: “It’s unfair that a billion-dollar company puts this burden on workers”  Yahoo Starbucks workers sue over company’s new dress code  AP News Starbucks staff are suing the coffee shop over its ‘tone deaf’ new dress code  The Independent Starbucks workers …

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‘Autocrat’ Trump blasted for censorship as TV hosts back Kimmel – Politico

‘Autocrat’ Trump blasted for censorship as TV hosts back Kimmel  Politico US TV hosts back Jimmy Kimmel and lampoon Donald Trump in free speech row  BBC Trump suggests government could take licenses of networks that are critical of him  NPR Comedy hosts including Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert criticize Kimmel’s suspension  NBC News How Outrage at Kimmel Grew to a Shout From a Whisper  The New …

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‘Scourged Back’ exposed the horror of slavery. Now it’s embroiled in America’s censorship debate

‘Scourged Back’ exposed the horror of slavery. Now it’s embroiled in America’s censorship debate

Facebook Tweet Email Link EDITOR’S NOTE:  In Snap, we look at the power of a single photograph, chronicling stories about how both modern and historical images have been made. Depicting a crisscross of welts and scars streaked across the body of a formerly enslaved Louisiana man, “Scourged Back” is one of the 19th century’s defining photographs. The image was so …

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