Censorship
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United Kingdom
Why is this song by Spice Girls being censored by UK radio stations?
Slam it to the left / If you’re havin’ a good time / Shake it to the right / If…
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Commentary: Xiaohongshu success with ‘TikTok refugees’ is testing China’s Great Firewall
COULD THE VISE TIGHTEN ON XIAOHONGSHU? Given that one of President Donald Trump’s first acts upon returning to the Oval…
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Breakout Chinese AI DeepSeek ‘programmed’ to toe the party line
CHINA’S LEADERSHIP DeepSeek is happy to talk about world leaders and sensitive political topics – as long as they aren’t…
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How Chinese censors went from targeting Winnie the Pooh to memes and Zhuhai car rampage
Weeks later, the CAC announced a follow-up campaign that would target “illegal and harmful content” being circulated on popular online…
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Musk offers voters $1M to sign PAC petition backing the Constitution
Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla and Space X and owner of X who’s gone all-in on Republican Donald…
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Asia
Analysis: Malaysia’s botched web rerouting plan shows it must be more transparent, ‘better prepared’ on new internet policies
Dr Shafizan acknowledged that the move was part of Malaysia’s broader goal of exerting its “internet sovereignty”, used to describe…
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Top Brazilian judge orders suspension of X platform in Brazil amid feud with Musk
SAO PAULO — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Friday ordered the suspension of Elon Musk’s social media giant X…
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France’s Macron says arrest of the head of the Telegram messaging app wasn’t political
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that the arrest in France of the CEO of the popular messaging…
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Meta, TikTok report jump in Malaysia govt requests to remove content in 2023
KUALA LUMPUR: Facebook-owner Meta and China’s TikTok restricted a record number of social media posts and accounts in Malaysia in…
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Asia
Civil society groups call out Malaysian government’s slow reforms on ‘draconian’ laws; fear cabinet change may stifle progress
Among those who have been charged under the Sedition Act include Kedah chief minister Muhammad Sanusi Mohd Nor as well…
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