Censorship

Pro-Iranian hacking group Handala claims breaching ex-IDF chief Halevi's phone

The group also published footage that appears to show Halevi holding meetings with senior Arab officials, including those from Qatar and Jordan.

IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on January 28, 2025.
Paivi Rasanen (R), member of the Finnish Parliament, testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on "Europe's Threat to American Speech and Innovation" on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2026.

Finland's Supreme Court fines MP for calling homosexuality 'developmental disorder'

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr testifies before a hearing of the US House Energy and Commerce Committee's Communications and Technology Subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 14, 2026.

FCC's Carr threatens broadcasters who do not 'operate in public interest' will lose licenses

Security forces deploy to guard a rally in support of Iran's new supreme leader at Enghelab Square in central Tehran on March 9, 2026.

Behind Tehran's blackout: How CNN's access to Iran may come with a price - opinion


US appeals court rejects big tech's right to regulate online speech

A US appeals court on Friday upheld a Texas law that bars large social media companies from banning or censoring users based on "viewpoint".

Twitter app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022.

Hong Kong speech therapists found guilty of sedition for 'anti-government' children's books

Critics say that authorities have used the British colonial-era sedition offenses as a tool to silence legitimate criticism of the government, and to stifle free speech.

 Members of uniformed youth group Hong Kong Army Cadets Association raise a Chinese flag during the first national flag raising competition in Hong Kong, China September 4, 2022.

Russia silences another publication: Novaya Gazeta's magazine

Novaya Gazeta suspended publication in Russia in March after being cautioned for violating new laws censoring coverage of the conflict in Ukraine.

 Russian investigative newspaper Novaya Gazeta's plate is seen next to an entrance to the office in Moscow October 8, 2021.

Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan charged under anti-terrorism law - report

Imran Khan being charged and accusing the state of censoring him are part of the ongoing political power struggle in Pakistan.

 Pakistan's then-prime minister Imran Khan speaks during an interview with Reuters in Islamabad, Pakistan June 4, 2021.

Here's how Israel's IDF drones hit Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza

This is the largest collection of footage of IDF drone strikes since the Israeli military censor began allowing reports on such strikes.

 IDF drone

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.