Censorship · August, 2021

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Censorship · August, 2021

Stories about Censorship from August, 2021

#KeepItOn: How the Twitter ban is affecting young Nigerians

“I had anxiety attack the day the news was announced.”

Written by Victoria Audu

30 August 2021

Employees of Hungarian-owned TV in North Macedonia conduct partial strike over unpaid salaries

Controversial company is under investigation for tax evasion, money laundering

Written by Guest Contributor

29 August 2021

Little chance of justice for Colombia's murdered journalists

Organizations believe that impunity leads to more violence

Written by J. Fernanda Sánchez Jaramillo

27 August 2021

Facebook user gets 18-month prison sentence for mocking Cambodia’s prime minister

Human rights groups said the conviction would suppress free expression

Written by Mong Palatino

27 August 2021

Russian court issues bigger fines to social media companies for breaching data localization rules

Social media giants have heretofore ignored Russia's data localization demands

Written by Tanya Lokot

26 August 2021

The evil of banal censorship

These censored images are mostly mundane. What's the problem here?

Written by Lokman Tsui

24 August 2021

Blogger gets prison sentence for branding Kazakhstan's language policies “russophobic”

Kazakhstan's history with Russian language and ethnic Russians is complicated

Written by Tanya Lokot

23 August 2021

Belly dancing class in Kuwaiti ladies gym stirs uproar, prompting government intervention

The class for women was to be taught by women

Written by Raseef22, Dahlia Kholaif

23 August 2021

More independent media added to Russia's “foreign agent” roster

Dozhd and iStories join a host of other media and NGOs

Written by Tanya Lokot

20 August 2021

Russian authorities declare independent election monitor Golos a “foreign agent”

Golos' work thwarted in advance of Russia's September parliamentary election

Written by Tanya Lokot

19 August 2021

New homophobic attacks in Kazakhstan rally support behind activists

Conservative groups target LGBTQ+ activists and artists across the country.

Written by Paolo Sorbello

15 August 2021

Belarus court labels independent media outlets Tut.by, Zerkalo.io as ‘extremist’

Tut.by had previously taken its social media archives offline

Written by Tanya Lokot

13 August 2021

In Turkey, a social media battle amid ongoing blazes

Shortly after the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation

Written by Doga Celik, Arzu Geybullayeva

12 August 2021

After writing about police killings, editor of The Intercept Brazil is made target of investigation

Leandro Demori was accused of slander against institutions

Written by Giovana Fleck

11 August 2021

Graffiti in Almaty between scandals, competition, and trolling

Street art in Kazakhstan is changing, pulled in different directions.

Written by Nygmet Ibadildin, Alina Zafar

10 August 2021

Belarusian sprinter sent home from Olympics by Belarusian officials says she will ask for asylum

The sprinter had earlier criticised her coaches on Instagram

Written by Tanya Lokot

1 August 2021

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