What Israeli Satirical Television Taught Me About Censorship
Shmuel Rosner
August 18, 2020
We tend to be much more sensitive to censorship when it is directed at views we support.
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White House Criticizes Twitter for Censoring Trump and Not Iran’s Khamenei Calling for Destruction of Israel
Marcy Oster, JTA
August 3, 2020
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said the administration is submitting a petition to the FCC for proposed regulatory changes to hold social media companies accountable for their censorship.
When it Comes to Censorship ‘The Times, They Are A-Changin’
Gregory Smith
July 7, 2020
A new kind of censorship has become rampant and demands political conformity.
Israel struggles to keep cloak of secrecy over spy story
Jewish Journal
February 13, 2013
The mysterious death of an Australian prisoner in Israel has put the spotlight on a military-run censorship system that is finding it harder to black out secret information often only a mouse click away on the Internet.
New internet censorship in Gaza
Jewish Journal
September 4, 2012
Many Gazans have long lamented that there’s not much to do in the Gaza Strip. There are no movie theaters, pool halls or bowling alleys — all of which are seen as “un-Islamic.” And it’s not getting any better. In fact, now, curbs are being extended further – to the Internet.
Proposed USC-Dubai journalism school concerns faculty and community
Bill Boyarsky
October 29, 2008
Faculty members at the USC Annenberg School for Communications are deep into a controversy that should be of interest to the Jewish community.
It concerns a proposal from USC for a $3 million contract for Annenberg to work with the American University in Dubai to create a journalism and communications school in the Middle Eastern nation.
Ahmadinejad: The next Hitler?
Joshua Yasmeh
February 1, 2007
Some might argue that though Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may appear to be a threat to the world, he is serving and providing for his own country and people. But the scores of protests against Ahmadinejad by college students in Tehran over the past couple of months prove otherwise.
Exercise your right to read — without censorship
Shoshana Lewin-Fischer
September 28, 2006
The American Library Association got more than 400 requests to ban books last year. But most of those requests were unsuccessful, because of librarians, teachers, parents, students and other people who make sure books stay on shelves.
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