Censorship

Pentagon fires editor-in-chief of US military newspaper, reportedly for opposing censorship

"According to the notice, I am being fired for stating in a CBS interview that hypothetical censorship of news for service members would constitute a personal red line," Erik Slavin said.

A general view of the Pentagon in Washington, DC, US, March 21, 2025.
People watch Macy's Fourth of July fireworks as the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, from a ship at Brooklyn Bridge Marina, in New York City, US, July 4, 2026

Coast Guard removes environmentalist ship from US 250th anniversary parade over political banners

Muhoozi Kainerugaba of the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) addresses his supporters during his reception after a military decoration ceremony at the Bombo grounds in Bombo, Luweero District, Uganda, October 10, 2022; illustrative.

Uganda's military chief orders shutdown of two major media outlets

An Illustration of channel 14 outside a court hearing on the government's drafting of orthodox Jewish religious studies students for the military, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on June 2, 2024.

Channel 14 presenter reveals allegedly sensitive US-Iran security information live


IDF uses attack drones, army announces after years of censorship

The IDF never publicly disclosed the use of drones, and Israelis who attempted to publish reports were blocked by the censor.

A drone is seen ahead of the international "BLUE GUARDIAN" drone drill held in Israel.

Russia proposes law to ban broadcast of LGBT content

The law will work as a legal supplement to an existing law from 2013 that bans the "promotion of non-traditional sexual relations to minors."

Law enforcement officers block participants of the LGBT community rally "X St.Petersburg Pride" in central Saint Petersburg, Russia August 3, 2019.

China developing neural monitoring device to detect illegal porn

Worn on the head by the subject the device can pick up a spike in brainwaves triggered by explicit content, each time an indecent photo appeared, an alarm went off.

 Visitors check their phones behind the screen advertising facial recognition software during Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC) at the National Convention in Beijing

Self-censorship and its discontents - comment

I stopped by my student’s desk to see how her research was coming along. No stranger to the endless goldmine of internet mis/information, she was busy at work.

book censorship

Bar Lev reveals classified information about IDF soldier killed in Syria

The Public Security Minister mistakenly revealed the location of Sayeret Matkal commando Barak Sharabi's death in 1984 in an interview on KAN radio.

Sayeret Matkal commando St.-Sgt. Barak Sharabi, who died in a secret operation on December 18, 1984.

Moscow court fines TikTok 2 million rubles for LGBT 'propaganda'

Roskomnadzor drew up a protocol against TikTok for an administrative offense, the reason being the publication of videos dedicated to the LGBT community on the social network.

TikTok

Russian news site Mediazona says it will not comply with censorship

Mediazona said that it had tried to comply with censorship laws for years but that it refused to call Russia's invasion of Ukraine a "special operation."

Russian journalist Sergei Smirnov delivers a speech during a rally to demand authorities allow opposition candidates to run in the upcoming local election in Moscow, Russia, August 10, 2019.

Russia blocks access to website of Radio France Internationale

Russia also blocked access to the Russian-language website of The Moscow Times due to a story about the conflict in Ukraine, the newspaper said.

A SCENE FROM ‘Radio Silence.’

IDF, police, Shin Bet criticize media for coverage of Tel Aviv attack in rare letter

"Some of the TV channels turned the hunt for the terrorist into actual reality TV, without any censorship or self criticism," the three agencies' spokespeople wrote in bold in a joint letter.

 Police and rescue workers at the scene of a terror attack on Dizengoff street, central Tel Aviv. 5 were wounded in the shooting, 3 severely. April 07, 2022.

Ukraine-Russia war: Russia bans 2 Israeli news sites - report

The Israeli sites banned were that of Channel 9, a Russian-language Israeli channel, and Vesti, the Russian-language site belonging to Yediot Aharonot.

Hands are seen on a keyboard in front of a displayed cyber code in this picture illustration taken October 4, 2018