Censorship
Turkey appoints trustee to run pro-opposition Halk TV amid opposition crackdown
The move comes days after Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the court-appointed chairman of Turkey's former main opposition Republican People's Party, publicly criticized Halk TV over its coverage.
When journalism fails, democracy fails - opinion
CNN, MS NOW reporters blocked from entering White House after Trump ban on 'fake news' - report
Pentagon fires editor-in-chief of US military newspaper, reportedly for opposing censorship
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.
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.
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.
Does Israel's military censor balance democracy and security correctly?
The chief military censor today is Brig.-Gen. Doron Ben Barak, who previously served as the deputy military advocate-general and someone who is well acquainted with human rights and civil liberties.
China censors re-write ‘Fight Club’ ending, say authorities triumphed
The original "crazy and poetic" ending was replaced by a message describing a different one (spoiler alert inside).
IDF must be quicker to combat unconfirmed news - analysis
The IDF needs to get the story out there fast because if it doesn’t, false information is going to circulate. That's what happened Monday night.
Nadav Lapid’s ‘Ahed’s Knee’ lacks soul
Ahed’s Knee is a cri de coeur from Israel’s most acclaimed director about creeping censorship of art in Israel.
Cannes winner Lapid defends taking government help
Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid, who won a Jury Prize over the weekend for his film Ahed’s Knee, said that he is committed to saying what he truly believes, no matter how critical.
Facebook will now provide Holocaust education in 12 languages
Beginning in January, people who searched in English for information about the Holocaust or Holocaust denial were given a prompt to visit AboutHolocaust.org.
Haredi news site blurs out faces of new gov't's female ministers
The trend in haredi media of censoring images of women is widespread, but is also relatively recent.
