Government censorship refers to the practice where the government controls or limits the information, ideas, or media that people can access or share. It means that the government decides what people can see, hear, or say, often suppressing content that may be critical or considered harmful according to their policies.
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That, coupled with
extreme government censorship on the Web, makes it extraordinary difficult for Iranian entrepreneurs to leverage their ideas, find investors, and bring their concepts to reality.
Second, a number of opposition MPs — who might have been expected to oppose legislation that
empowers government censorship — backed the bill, against the stated position of their party leaders.
By comparison, Twitter listed slowing user growth, declining demand for its ad products and
foreign government censorship among its risk factors in its S - 1 filing in October 2013.
Interviewed in the Guardian UK newspaper in May 2013, James said that she hoped the book would serve as a how - to guide to other activists hoping to fight back
against government censorship, especially with humour.
ADF calls the bill a «first step» toward fixing the amendment: «We remain hopeful that the Free Speech Fairness Act will become law and America's pastors will once again be free to speak from the pulpit on all matters of life without
fearing government censorship or punishment.»
Mr Burnham said a review of the accessibility of certain content available on the internet was needed and insisted he was not attempting to
apply government censorship.
Specifically, according to Dezenhall's suggestions in a memo to the publishers that they should «develop simple messages (e.g., Public access
equals government censorship; Scientific journals preserve the quality / pedigree of science; government seeking to nationalize science and be a publisher) for use by Coalition members.»
Chinese author Mo Yan, this year's winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, has risen to the defense of
government censorship in China, enraging many.
The trial made headlines, and William Sanger became a hero to all who
opposed government censorship of medical information and who supported a woman's right to choose when and whether to have children.
While politics remained a taboo subject in the media
under government censorship, the environment was largely seen as an entry point to talk about social issues in subtle ways and push for positive change.
If freedom is to be preserved, neither
government censorship experts nor juries can be left to make the final effective decisions restraining free expression.
More than 700 servers across 70 plus locations gives VyprVPN the reach to appeal to all manner of users, whether they're trying to access a wide range of gaming and streaming services or get
around government censorship of certain websites and apps, thanks to VyprVPN's proprietary Chameleon technology.
The rap on China has been that it always followed in the Valley's footsteps as
government censorship abetted the rise of local versions of Google, YouTube and Twitter.
But with the current state of cryptocurrencies
from government censorship to banks not comfortable with them, do you think retailers and large businesses will be comfortable accepting Bitcoin payments and other cryptos as payment?
Other risks it listed for potential investors include: A potential failure to attract new advertisers; the fact that most of its users are young, and by implication, fickle; and possible
foreign government censorship.
But since launching its Chinese arm three years ago, Airbnb has faced fierce competition from local rivals and encountered discoverability issues related to
government censorship of websites like Google, Facebook, and Twitter.
The Comics Code Authority was born in 1954, conceived in a moment of public hysteria and spawned by the comic book industry's fear of
government censorship.
This gives them certain advantages over centralized exchange platforms: they do not collect information about users, their accounts, or transactions and they do not aggregate trade volume, which makes them far less prone to hacker attacks; they can not be easily seized or shut down due to
government censorship or other external factors.
In what may prove reassuring for those who wish to shift the argument from self or
government censorship to parental responsibility, the poll showed that a majority of parents (63 percent) monitor what their children watch either «frequently» or «occasionally,» with 82 percent of parents of younger children (ages 2 - 11) supervising the youngsters» viewing.
But she channeled that experience into two books, which draw out other prominent media figures to share their own experiences of corporate and
government censorship.
Earlier on, they were not so readily available due to
government censorship.
Over the past decade, the festival has tirelessly petitioned, negotiated, side - stepped legal pitfalls and
government censorship to bring the most contentious and outlandish films to our audience, so it has hit us from left field to have to pull our first film ever in a decade.
- Analysis of the ways in which people tried to keep themselves safe (shelters, gas masks etc.)- Public reactions and attitudes (source analysis)- Examination of
government censorship - Outcomes of the Blitz - Plenary - Homework project - A number of engaging educational videos and activities throughout - An assessment and mark sheet is also included that can be completed after the lesson.
It recreates housing spaces of the general public during the time of the protests, which Suh and his crew rubbed with chunks of black graphite while blindfolded, in reference to
the government censorship of the 1980s.
The second amendment is just related to
government censorship.
PEN Canada and The Writers» Union of Canada expressed their concern over
the government censorship:
«Banned on the Hill: A True Story about Dirty Oil and
Government Censorship, released this week, shows how Canadian bureaucrats tried to silence James because her views on climate change clashed with the Harper government's push to develop Alberta's tar sands.
Finally, NASA's Jim Hansen appeared on «60 Minutes» last week and repeated his story of
government censorship.
You missed my point which is that the alternative of
government censorship is worse.
Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt is highly optimistic — he thinks that
government censorship can be ended within...