In recent years, Indonesia has slashed the rate of deforestation. That’s why this new crackdown on researchers is so surprising.
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Once the context of cultural and territorial appropriation by China in Southeast Asia are understood, Vietnam’s ban of the Barbie movie isn’t surprising.
There’s really no such thing as one global internet – it all depends on your perspective. But the internet is poised to fracturing even more.
The quality of public debate over free speech in higher education matters. And the debate right now gets the facts all wrong.
Book bans in Ron DeSantis’s Florida have censored beloved Australian author Mem Fox – for an illustrated character’s bath. But blanket nudity bans teach children bodies are ‘inherently sexual’.
The outrage misdirected at Lolita – and its author – does nothing to negate the realities it reflects. Reading Nabokov’s novel now raises questions about censorship, book banning and human nature.
As ‘The Jerry Springer Show’ climbed the ratings ladder, the censorship bleep, which masked the slew of insults lobbed by warring guests, became a star of the show.
Judy Blume’s Are You There God? It’s me, Margaret is a coming-of-age story about identity, relationships, and relationships with your own body. It’s frequently challenged – and enduringly loved.
The aggressive efforts of social media platforms to police language have spawned a new lexicon meant to evade censors.
If truth is the first casualty of war, so are the journalists who risk their lives to report it.
AI chatbots are on the rise in China – but their abilities and purpose may be quite different from the products of US tech giants.
Children’s books implicitly shape the minds of young readers - and are covertly censored in many ways. But revising occasional words will usually not shift the values regarded as outdated in the text.
Facebook and Instagram were recently told by their parent company, Meta, to overhaul their policy on nipple exposure. But the change may not be as radical as people hope. Here’s why.
Many people accept the Egyptian government’s restrictions on freedoms, for a variety of conflicting reasons.
Members of fan communities in China participate in online activities under Chinese surveillance, but some group members are able to leverage censorship to their own ends.
A cautionary tale for the UK press .
The US is seeing more campaigns to ‘protect’ children by barring controversial books. But research shows children’s reading experiences are complex and unpredictable, explains a literature professor.
With the rise of streaming platforms, Australian television can reach a global audience – but what will that audience be seeing?
Wits University Press is one of only 15 active university publishers in Africa – crucial for scholarship about the continent.
It’s pretty common to find people who are apathetic about their data being harvested and funnelled into unknown corners. But that’s usually because they don’t know what’s at stake.
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