Chinese web users are utilizing inventive techniques to avoid censorship and voice unhappiness with Covid restrictions, ranging from repeating the national anthem to invoking Hollywood blockbusters and George Orwell’s dystopian classic “1984”. China maintains a tight grip over the internet, with legions of censors scrubbing out posts that cast the Communist Party’s policies in a … Read more
Tesla shares fell 12.2 percent overnight, knocking $126 billion off the company’s worth, as investors worried that CEO Elon Musk could sell his shares to raise cash for his $44 billion takeover of Twitter. The decline in Tesla shares would imply a $21 billion loss in the value of Mr Musk’s ownership in the company, … Read more
SINGAPORE: Singapore has banned a book on censorship over “offensive images” including blasphemous sketches of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH), authorities said. The city-state is majority ethnic Chinese but has a sizeable Muslim minority, and has strict laws to curb hate speech and actions promoting ill-will between religious or racial groups. The book, “Red Lines: Political Cartoons … Read more
The Turkish parliament has passed a law to regulate social media in order to gain control over it. According to the foreign news agency, under the law, the authorities will have extraordinary powers to regulate social media instead of censorship. [embedpost id=”50366″ slug=”tiktok-star-hareem-shah-to-star-in-upcoming-song-video”] Under the new law, from now on, under the social media law, … Read more
