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Censorship · April, 2019

Stories about Censorship from April, 2019

Benin sees internet blackout on election day

Activists were dismayed but not shocked by the outage.

Written by Nwachukwu Egbunike, Ellery Roberts Biddle

29 April 2019

Netizen Report: Saudi Arabian authorities arrest three bloggers and execute 37 prisoners, several of them protesters

Your weekly dose of global technology and human rights news.

Written by Netizen Report Team

26 April 2019

Leica's promo video referencing Tiananmen Square massacre went viral on Chinese social media. Then, it disappeared.

The massacre is the most censored topic online in China.

Written by Oiwan Lam

23 April 2019

India bans China's TikTok for ‘degrading culture and encouraging pornography’

People in India have been banned from downloading TikTok, a hugely popular quick video-sharing app based in China.

Written by Subhashish Panigrahi, Vishal Yashoda Manve

22 April 2019

Government actions in Sri Lanka Easter bombings raise the question: Is social media helping or hurting?

Sri Lanka’s long history of communal violence has repeatedly played out on social media

Written by Ivan Sigal

22 April 2019

Netizen Report: If protecting your privacy is ‘part of a conspiracy,’ then we’re all in big trouble

Digital privacy tools draw suspicion in the US and Ecuador, India tackles Tiktok, and a Chinese man learns that facial recognition works -- even while you’re sleeping.

Written by Netizen Report Team

21 April 2019

China's Censored Histories: Commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre

The massacre is the most censored event on the Chinese internet

Written by Citizen Lab, Weiboscope HKU

17 April 2019

Slovenian officials rebuff Hungary, refuse to censor cartoon satire ridiculing Viktor Orbán

Hungarian officials have learned not to mess with Mladina.

Written by Filip Stojanovski

11 April 2019

Censored on WeChat: How a fatal bus accident in Chongqing symbolized China's ‘left turn’

Censors targeted disinformation – and political opinions – in bus accident aftermath.

Written by Wechatscope

10 April 2019

Rumors of Russia's first ‘fake news’ case against a media outlet might just be fake news

The false story claimed authorities had banned yoga in prisons.

Written by Alexey Kovalev

10 April 2019

Hungarian state media are attacking a high school student who criticized government

Media have called Nagy a bad student and a "whore".

Written by Atlatszo.hu

10 April 2019

Censored on WeChat: Revelations of toxic ingredients in Hongmao medicinal liquor

when citizens fight against disinformation, they can face legal threats

Written by Wechatscope

10 April 2019

Netizen Report: As water levels rise, Iran’s ban on messaging apps is slowing emergency relief for flood victims

When sharing information is vital, censorship can have deadly consequences.

Written by Netizen Report Team

5 April 2019

Mauritanian bloggers face defamation charges for reporting on corruption

Prosecutors claim that evidence against the bloggers has been 'lost'

Written by Afef Abrougui

4 April 2019

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