Making decisions about what people do and don’t read is the traditional role of an editor, no matter what Facebook claims.
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The social media site must be free to make its own editorial decisions – right or wrong.
Hangzhou is hosting the G20 summit and China is anxious to present a positive picture of the country to the world, but the official attitude to non-compliant citizens isn’t helping.
The film’s exchange of Titty for Tatty is very much in line with Victorian censorship of profanities for children.
South Africa’s public broadcaster is in a state of crisis, gripped by paranoia and facing accusations of censorship. Can it be saved?
In only 30 years, a generations-old system of arranged marriages has been completely upended.
Five decades ago, China began a decade of devastating crackdowns and purges – and the causes are still poorly understood.
New law is a sign of a more muscular Chinese internet protectionism.
Media should confront hate speech, not merely censor it.
Researchers face stiff fines or even jail time if they inadvertently communicate with foreign colleagues about matters deemed to have a military use.
The debate around around children and online porn is more than just requiring sites ask their age.
Academics must teach students how to think – not what to think.
Live music has been targeted by terrorism … but it also offers an antidote to it.
Victory for Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy does not necessarily mean free speech is a given.
Courts have left teachers and administrators without adequate guidance on schoolchildren’s free speech rights. Should schools exercise censorship?
According to a pornography historian, Playboy was always able to stay above the fray because nudity was never central to its brand.
While legal precedent makes banning books difficult, it still happens.
The news that two British journalists and their unnamed Iraqi colleague were arrested and charged by the Turkish authorities [though released following publication of this article] for “engaging in terror…
A gesture of desire, sexuality and the erotic, the screen kiss has often been subject to censorship and controversy. But for directors game to bend the rules, the kiss can be a subversive act.
Social media is rewriting patterns of communication in China.
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Principal of South College, Durham University
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Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication, University of Florida
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Full Professor in Journalism, Dublin City University
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PhD student in Media Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor in Literary Studies, Monash University
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Lecturer + Researcher, RMIT University
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Assistant Professor of Digital Methods and Critical Data Studies, Utrecht University
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Researcher, The University of Queensland
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Baker Endowed Chair and Professor of Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina
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Assistant Professor in Digital Media, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor, Discipline of Media and Communications, University of Sydney
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Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
