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Link: China Loves "Titanic" But Not Kate Winslet’s Breasts
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2012/04/china-censored-kate-w...
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China's government is truly evil. Their government were concerned that people would try to reach out and grab her giant 3D breasts.
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20 Seemingly Innocuous Phrases Censored By Chinese Internet
Culture Buzz There's some good band name potential in here. (via blockedonweibo.tumblr.com)
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25 People Who Thought SOPA Was About Soap
Culture Buzz Internet blackouts fade. Dumb is forever. (Also: “Sopa” is Spanish for “soup”—not “soap.”)
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“Get Your Censor On,” Comic Strips Everyone Should See
Tech Buzz Brilliant cartoonist David Rees has stepped up in an awesome way with “Get Your Censor On.” You should read them. Why? Because SOPA would be disastrous for the Internet as we know it. (via getyourcensoron.com)
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No Reason To Be Afraid
Politics Buzz To which the government replied, “Um…SMOKE BOMB!” And disappeared behind the curtain of congressional debate.
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“Dead” Ai Weiwei Statue Causes Panic
Culture Buzz Several concerned observers have called the police to report a dead body lying on the floor of a German art gallery, only to discover it's a sculpture of Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei. That's called art serving its intended purpose!
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Fuck Everything Glasses
Culture Buzz The folks at F.A.T. are helping everyone show support for detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei with these free downloadable DIY “FREE Ai Weiwei glasses.” (via Animal New York)
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We Don’t Say That In West Virginia
Culture Buzz Do the swear words contained in our searches reflect our regional dialects? Do certain regions' reputations for being puritanical carry over into what we search for when no one is looking?
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Image: Is This Obscene?
The cover of this month's Dossier Journal has caused quite a commotion among booksellers with most opting to hide the cover inside a bag just like they do with pornography. Apparently we fear breasts so much that even a man's bare chest is subject to censorship if he looks effeminate enough.
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Dead Island Logo Censored
Culture Buzz Guess the ESRB are members of PETZ: People for the Ethical Treatment of Zombies. Zombies should be free! Free to roam and eat as nature intended. Not chained up like animals.
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Image: Update: Is Twitter Censoring Wikileaks?
Why isn't Wikileaks on the Twitter Trends list? It might have something to do with it being there once already. Has any other trending topic appeared on Twitter Trends more than once after the Bieber algorithm adjustment?
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Image: Is Twitter Censoring Wikileaks?
Tweets about Wikileaks have made up a nearly constant 1% of all conversation on Twitter for the last week, far greater than the top 10 Trending topics. Why isn't Wikileaks on the list?
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Image: Saudia Arabia Censors Mariah Carey's Covers
Due to anti-sexy laws, Mariah Carey's album covers have been graphically modified in Saudia Arabia to be less, well, graphic. A kinder censor might have just banned the sale of Glitter altogether, but this is all for now. More here.
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Image: Redditors Find Ad Censorship Workaround
When parent company Conde Nast told Reddit that they would not allow ads in support of the legalization of marijuana on the site, Redditors responded by flooding the site with posts in support of Prop 19. The Reddit admins have decided to run the ads anyways, free of charge.
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10 Hottest Banned Korean Pop Music Videos
Music Buzz In South Korea, songs and music videos get reviewed by the government and major TV networks, deciding whether they are deemed appropriate for broadcast. Here are some that did not make the cut.
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Link: Chatroulette Working On Genital Recognition Algorithm
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/06/15/1419224/Chatroule...
Show them while you can, Internet exhibitionists. Chatroulette is working on image-recognition software that will filter out shots of male genitalia. The website's founder, Andrey Ternovskiy, hopes that blocking the offending members will help clean up Chatroulette's reputation.
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Link: Japanese Pundits Protest Dolphin Film Cancellation
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100609/ap_on_en_mo/as_japan_...
Fifty-five journalists, academics and film directors in Japan condemned intimidation and threats that led movie theaters to cancel screenings of “The Cove,” a documentary about the slaughter of dolphins in a Japanese village.
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Video: Phillip Pullman’s Succinct Take On Censorship
Phillip Pullman doesn't mind if you're offended by The Good Man Jesus And The Scoundrel Christ. Sometimes it's good to be shocked.
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Image: NBC New York Censors Fake Breasts
A group of NYC bike protesters had scheduled a nude bike protest until the snow hit. So they hit the streets all bundled up with fake breasts on the outside of their jackets. NBC New York still censored the nipples.
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Image: Spot The Difference
Google image search results for the Tiananmen Square protest in both China and the U.S. Not that this is anything we didn't know, but it's striking to see it laid out side by side. (Via Reddit.)
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Video: Censorship Makes Windows Launch Party Seem Way More Interesting
I wasn't all that excited about the Windows 7 launch party when I saw the video about it yesterday, but this new video is really bringing me around.
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Thurston Moore’s T-Shirt
Music Buzz Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth wore a naughty t-shirt by broadcast television standards on Jimmy Kimmel last night. The cover art from Mokinox's I'm Your Chair CD-R depicts a naked dude sitting on a naked woman's ass and was called “gangsta” by ?uestlove.
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CENSORSHIP PARTY!!!!
Culture Buzz BuzzFeed is throwing a censorship party!! There are too many obscene, offensive, disgusting things on the Internet and in the world. Let's censor them!!!! Post your censored pictures here!
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Video: Censor Bar Art [NSFW]
A music video crafted with impressive precision that features the clever arrangements of censor bars across nude bodies to create shapes, words & even a game of limbo! Who ever said censorship made for bad art? And no, I don't think the uncensored censorship art video is floating around the Internets anywhere.
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Image: Censorship …
It just doesn't feel as good. But, like, it's much safer and can prevent diseases. Actually, may be best not to stretch this metaphor too far.
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PostSecret MySpace Censorship
Tech Buzz The popular mail art confessions website PostSecret saw their MySpace account censored last week after administrators removed postcards, comments, and blocked 10,000 people from viewing their MySpace blog. Looks like MySpace's little censorship secret just got busted!
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Link: Great Firewall of Australia
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7689964.stm
The Australian government is getting ready to test a nationwide filtering plan that will block websites deemed illegal or inappropriate.
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