Sentences with phrase «press censorship»

Constitutional democracy began to resemble its present form when, at the turn of the 18th Century, Parliament revolted against the system of press censorship and monopolistic control over the book trade and passed the first Copyright Act, which sought to create a competitive market system based on limited copyrights.

Book and press censorship was fierce.

With strict press censorship in place, their «underground» newspaper Biplabi was a record of the calamities, both natural and man - made, that befell Midnapore at that time.

Topics off the table for competing athletes are Tibet, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Burma, Darfur, democracy, press censorship, pollution in Beijing and Mia Farrow.

Media Development Loan Fund MDLF invests in independent media outlets in countries with histories of press censorship.

Not exact matches

State propaganda and censorship by authoritarian regimes remains the biggest threat to a free press.

BOORSTIN: Questions were n`t as limited to issues of data and privacy with a number of committee members pressing Zuckerberg on concerns of content censorship, fake news, as well as the illegal sale of opioids on the platform.

Freed in exile from the press of censorship and ideology back home, and indifferent to the expectations of the Western festival circuit, Anvari aimed «low.»

The structures of control within the U.S. media are different from the institutionalized formal censorship we might expect of a government - controlled press; they are less visible and more subtle, not monolithic yet hierarchical, transmitted to the many by those who work for the few, essentially undemocratic and narrow in perspective, tied to the rich and powerful but not totally immune to the pressures of an agitated public, propagandistic yet sometimes providing hard information that is intentionally or unintentionally revealing..

And, in order to be effective, the press doesn't just have to be protected from censorship, but also violations of its most basic idea — to present facts.

And in an internet era where we still value a free press and we don't want censorship of the internet, that's a hard problem to solve.

This move towards increased corporatisation of the media is directly opposed to the idea of the press as a public, social good, whose intrinsic value would be compromised if threatened by censorship and over-regulation.

Chapter 12 of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana guarantees freedom of the press and independence of the media, while Chapter 2 prohibits censorship.

«The Senate G.O.P. are following their national colleagues and enacting Trump - style censorship and a direct attack on the free press,» said Mike Murphy, a Democratic spokesman.

«The Senate GOP are following their national colleagues and enacting Trump - style censorship and a direct attack on the free press,» said Democratic Senate spokesman Mike Murphy.

«This is, however, less of a reflection of an open press freedom environment and more the result of widespread self - censorship practiced by journalists who rarely dare to publish criticism of the ruling family or domestic affairs in the mainstream media,» it reads.

The International Press Institute, Reporters without Borders, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have all criticised Russian press regulations, which push news outlets into self - censorPress Institute, Reporters without Borders, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have all criticised Russian press regulations, which push news outlets into self - censorpress regulations, which push news outlets into self - censorship.

RWB also fights against censorship and laws that undermine press freedom, gives financial aid each year to 100 or so journalists or media outlets in difficulty (to pay for lawyers, medical care and equipment) as well to the families of imprisoned journalists, and works to improve the safety of journalists, especially those reporting in war zones.

Despite his busy schedule he found time to edit the book «Flesh and Blood: The National Society of Film Critics on Sex, Violence and Censorship,» published by Mercury House Press in 1995.

Director: Brian Knappenberger Why it's relevant: Censorship of the press is something that affects us all gravely.

What starts out as a look at Hulk Hogan's court case regarding a leaked sex tape quickly turns into a harrowing look at the freedom of press in America and how easily wealth supports censorship.

Despite its slow and steady approach, Amazon has faced several obstacles, including regulatory challenges for its e-book business from the General Administration of Press and Publication, China's state censorship organization.

To end censorship, de Serre introduced three press bills, Doctrinaire in origin, having been drawn by de Broglie and Guizot.

With his notoriously provocative images, Araki has been involved in both scandals of attempted censorship and the subject of much controversial attention from critics and the press.

Hi Dan — Although this is in the Telegraph and the Daily Mail it is getting very little coverage here in the UK â $ «shows how far censorship goes here and how that we do not have a «free press» and how much the media, the BBC especially is a slave of the UK state â $ «if the Americans are truly shocked at the way Obama is about to sign away their sovereignty to the â $ œClimate Talibanâ $ in Copenhagen they should try living in the disgusting United States of Europe, our corrupt government led by an unelected prime minister has consigned Great Britain to the dustbin of history

That, rather than any close - mindedness or «censorship», is the real reason why McKitrick's analyses have become increasingly marginalized in the scientific literature, if not in the right - wing press.

This implies a free press and other media to comment on public issues without censorship or restraint and to inform public opinion.

For if the idea becomes popular that the Amendment is an all - purpose shield for journalists, warding off libel suits, deposi - tions, and searches as well as censorship, then it must become a weaker shield [bold mine], because it will seem obvious that so broad a power in the press must be balanced against other private and social interests in the community.

It ranks 151 out of 180 on Reporter's Without Borders World Press Freedom Index for «intolerant government and self - censorship.»

As a, «censorship resistant currency,» according to John Perry Barlow of the Freedom of Press Foundation, Bitcoin promotes and acts as a form of free speech.