Category Archives: censorship

Gibson’s Law Strikes Again

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Gibson’s Law Strikes Again”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe first thing down the memory-hole is the existence of a memory-hole. Communications Minister Stephen Conroy — the man in charge of Australian internet censorship — has been caught censoring his own government site … Continue reading →

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Banned Christmas Videos

Posted on December 25, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Banned Christmas Videos”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThink Progress has the story: In the videos, little animals learn about the problem and teach Santa Claus about it. The right wing has been outraged over the antics of these bears and penguins. One … Continue reading →

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Censoring "Avatar"

Posted on December 22, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Censoring "Avatar"”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailTo sell their game in China, the makers of World of Warcraft had to put flesh on the bones of skeletons. Fallout 3 couldn’t be sold in India because the ubiquitous two-headed bulls in the game … Continue reading →

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Twitter and the End of Language

Posted on October 18, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Twitter and the End of Language”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailA not-safe-for-driving incident gets reported in a safe-for-work manner. From Australia: A woman accused of performing a sexual act on a man when he crashed in Darwin’s rural area is outraged at … Continue reading →

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Roll Over, Orwell

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Roll Over, Orwell”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailApropos of my previous post, all desire to own an e-book reader died yesterday as I read about Amazon.com erasing George Orwell’s books from thousands of Kindles: An Amazon spokesman, Drew Herdener, said in an … Continue reading →

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