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Trump Announces Antitrust Chief, Previewing Big Tech 'Censorship' Fight
President-elect Donald Trump tapped Andrew Ferguson, a board member at the Federal Trade Commission, to run the US antitrust and competition agency.
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Pakistan Threatens Wikipedia With Ban Over "Blasphemous Content"
Pakistan has threatened to ban Wikipedia if it does not remove "blasphemous content" from its website by Friday, the latest censorship warning in the deeply conservative country.
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Google AI Researcher Timnit Gebru’s Exit Sparks Ethics, Bias Concerns
Prominent artificial intelligence scholar Timnit Gebru’s abrupt exit from Google has sparked concerns about bias and censorship. More than 1,200 Google employees have signed on to an open letter calling the incident “unprecedented research censorship” and faulting the company for racism and defensiveness.
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Netflix Removes a Designated Survivor Episode in Turkey
Netflix has removed an episode of Designated Survivor from its platform in Turkey, in compliance with local law. Turkey’s censor board, the Radio and Television Supreme Council, had objected to the depiction of a fictitious Turkish president.
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Don't Need A 'Censor Board' For Digital Shows And Films, Say Celebs
The Supreme Court recently directed the Centre to regulate the content featured on OTT media platforms
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No Fathers In Kashmir Director Says Censor Board 'Mutilated Film Without Logic'
Ashvin Kumar says he doesn't agree with the disclaimer he was 'forced to add' and that it goes against the years of work he has done to make the film
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Deadpool 2 Will Be No Fun to Watch in India Thanks to the Censor Board
India's censor board has taken a dim view of sex, violence, and profanity even in films meant only for adults, and that's bound to impact Deadpool 2, just like it did with the original.
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Indu Sarkar Actors Are 'A Little Alarmed' By Censorship Controversy
Actor Tota Roy Chowdhury said he's a 'little alarmed' after the Censor Board suggested 14 cuts while Kirti Kulhari says movie-goers should be given the 'freedom to make their own opinion'
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Amol Palekar Wants Drastic Change In Censorship Law, Unchallenged For 47 Years
Veteran actor Amol Palekar has challenged at the Supreme Court censorship laws that he says have not been contested for 47 years. On his petition, the court today sought a response from the government and the Central Board of Film Certification, better known as the censor board.
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Anurag Kashyap to Conduct Master Class on Censorship in Australia
"I can put forth my point of view and talk about how censorship is so pointless in the day and age of the internet. I am excited as this is my first time there and I am really looking forward to interacting with the students."
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Nothing Wrong With Udta Punjab, Says Mayawati
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati today said there was "nothing wrong" with the film Udta Punjab and backed the drug-themed movie which is in the eye of an escalating censorship row.
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'Films Not Made In Factory': Shyam Benegal Weighs In On Udta Punjab Row
Leading filmmaker Shyam Benegal has said that Udta Punjab is a "very important film," and that the same set of rules cannot be applied to everything since "films are not made in a factory," referring to the censorship of the film, which deals with the drug menace in Punjab.
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Tweet To PM Modi 'A Cry Of Desperation': Udta Punjab Producer Anurag Kashyap
With his film Udta Punjab at the centre of a raging debate on censorship, producer Anurag Kashyap said he had tweeted the Prime Minister in a "cry of desperation," also asking why union ministers Arun Jaitley and Rajyavardhan Rathore have not responded to his SOS.
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Censor Chief Pahlaj Nihalani Hits Back, Defends Udta Punjab Cuts
Censor Board chief Pahlaj Nihalani, described as a "dictator" by filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, today said the 89 cuts imposed on the latter's film Udta Punjab "have nothing to do with the Punjab elections." Mr Kashyap's many allegations against him were baseless, he said.
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Just Like North Korea, Says Anurag Kashyap On Udta Punjab Censorship
As the censor board committee's scissors threatened to snip all references to Punjab, politics and elections from the film "Udta Punjab", which is slated to hit the theatres on June 17, its producer Anurag Kashyap hit back with a stinging comment.
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Trump Announces Antitrust Chief, Previewing Big Tech 'Censorship' Fight
President-elect Donald Trump tapped Andrew Ferguson, a board member at the Federal Trade Commission, to run the US antitrust and competition agency.
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Pakistan Threatens Wikipedia With Ban Over "Blasphemous Content"
Pakistan has threatened to ban Wikipedia if it does not remove "blasphemous content" from its website by Friday, the latest censorship warning in the deeply conservative country.
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Google AI Researcher Timnit Gebru’s Exit Sparks Ethics, Bias Concerns
Prominent artificial intelligence scholar Timnit Gebru’s abrupt exit from Google has sparked concerns about bias and censorship. More than 1,200 Google employees have signed on to an open letter calling the incident “unprecedented research censorship” and faulting the company for racism and defensiveness.
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Netflix Removes a Designated Survivor Episode in Turkey
Netflix has removed an episode of Designated Survivor from its platform in Turkey, in compliance with local law. Turkey’s censor board, the Radio and Television Supreme Council, had objected to the depiction of a fictitious Turkish president.
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Don't Need A 'Censor Board' For Digital Shows And Films, Say Celebs
The Supreme Court recently directed the Centre to regulate the content featured on OTT media platforms
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No Fathers In Kashmir Director Says Censor Board 'Mutilated Film Without Logic'
Ashvin Kumar says he doesn't agree with the disclaimer he was 'forced to add' and that it goes against the years of work he has done to make the film
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Deadpool 2 Will Be No Fun to Watch in India Thanks to the Censor Board
India's censor board has taken a dim view of sex, violence, and profanity even in films meant only for adults, and that's bound to impact Deadpool 2, just like it did with the original.
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Indu Sarkar Actors Are 'A Little Alarmed' By Censorship Controversy
Actor Tota Roy Chowdhury said he's a 'little alarmed' after the Censor Board suggested 14 cuts while Kirti Kulhari says movie-goers should be given the 'freedom to make their own opinion'
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Amol Palekar Wants Drastic Change In Censorship Law, Unchallenged For 47 Years
Veteran actor Amol Palekar has challenged at the Supreme Court censorship laws that he says have not been contested for 47 years. On his petition, the court today sought a response from the government and the Central Board of Film Certification, better known as the censor board.
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Anurag Kashyap to Conduct Master Class on Censorship in Australia
"I can put forth my point of view and talk about how censorship is so pointless in the day and age of the internet. I am excited as this is my first time there and I am really looking forward to interacting with the students."
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Nothing Wrong With Udta Punjab, Says Mayawati
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati today said there was "nothing wrong" with the film Udta Punjab and backed the drug-themed movie which is in the eye of an escalating censorship row.
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'Films Not Made In Factory': Shyam Benegal Weighs In On Udta Punjab Row
Leading filmmaker Shyam Benegal has said that Udta Punjab is a "very important film," and that the same set of rules cannot be applied to everything since "films are not made in a factory," referring to the censorship of the film, which deals with the drug menace in Punjab.
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Tweet To PM Modi 'A Cry Of Desperation': Udta Punjab Producer Anurag Kashyap
With his film Udta Punjab at the centre of a raging debate on censorship, producer Anurag Kashyap said he had tweeted the Prime Minister in a "cry of desperation," also asking why union ministers Arun Jaitley and Rajyavardhan Rathore have not responded to his SOS.
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Censor Chief Pahlaj Nihalani Hits Back, Defends Udta Punjab Cuts
Censor Board chief Pahlaj Nihalani, described as a "dictator" by filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, today said the 89 cuts imposed on the latter's film Udta Punjab "have nothing to do with the Punjab elections." Mr Kashyap's many allegations against him were baseless, he said.
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Just Like North Korea, Says Anurag Kashyap On Udta Punjab Censorship
As the censor board committee's scissors threatened to snip all references to Punjab, politics and elections from the film "Udta Punjab", which is slated to hit the theatres on June 17, its producer Anurag Kashyap hit back with a stinging comment.
