Censorship

Are we watching the collapse of Western Europe in real time? - comment

The terrorists don't need to show up again. The inhibition is already installed, running quietly in the background like software that updates itself.

People gather on the Place de la Republique square to pay tribute to the victims of last year's shooting at the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, in Paris, France, January 7, 2016. France this week commemorates the victims of last year's Islamist militant attacks on satirical weekly Charlie
JOURNALISTS CARRY placards and a banner in a protest against what they call curbs on press freedom and excessive control of the digital landscape, in Karachi, Pakistan January 28, 2025.

Pakistani journalists, commentators supporting Khan sentenced to life imprisonment for 'terrorism'

US Representative Claudia Tenney (R-NY) addresses a press conference focused on the ongoing partial shutdown of the US federal government, in Washington, DC, US, October 30, 2025.

US Congress introduces bill to promote uncensored internet access in Iran

Officers from Force 100, responsible for guarding terrorists at Sde Teiman, November 2, 2025.

IDF censor approved broadcast of Sde Teiman abuse footage, official tells Knesset committee


Livni slams Bnei Brak bylaw banning billboards with women’s photos

Meretz leader Tamar Zandberg is also a victim of billboard censoring.

Hatnua leader Tzipi Livni in a video discussing the ban on depicting women on billboards in Bnei Brak, 2019.

Between the freedom and security of information

The Spokesperson’s Unit and Military Censor have completely collapsed.

IDF forces on the Gaza border, November 13, 2018

Behind Kuwait's rising book censorship

Despite a constitution that protects freedom of expression, many Kuwaitis fear that an Islamist bloc in parliament will impose stricter bans

THE KUWAITI censors prohibited an encyclopedia depicting Michelangelo’s celebrated nude sculpture of ‘David’...

Iran’s humiliated Instagram dancer stirs a backlash

Maedeh Hojabri’s public shaming seems to have stirred the opposite reaction for which the regime was hoping.

(R) Solmaz Eikder, a female activist and Iranian refugee, dances on the street of Istanbul, in the protest against the arrest of Iranian teenager, Maedeh Hojabri, who was posting dance videos on Instagram. (L) A man dances in the protest against the arrest  Maedeh Hojabri

IDF Military Censor banned nearly 300 articles last year

The Military Censor works in an outdated mode, even if some secrets are legitimate, expert says.

IDF computing school

IDF Military Censor banned nearly 300 articles last year

The Military Censor works in an outdated mode, even if some secrets are legitimate, expert says.

A woman is seen through a coffee shop window as she reads an article about Ben Zygier in an Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper in Jerusalem, February 15, 2013.

What we can learn about the YouTube shooter from her website

Nasim Aghdam, who used the name Nasime Sabz on her social media pages, had long claimed discrimination against her by YouTube censors.

A screenshot from Nasim Aghdam's website, showing her claims against Youtube (http://nasimabc.com/)

Netanyahu: Israel has consistent policy - prevent enemies from obtaining nuclear weapons

Netanyahu was the head of the opposition at the time of the attack, and was interviewed soon after it on what was then Channel 1.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington, March 2, 2015

Polish TV host suggests calling Nazi death camps ‘Jewish camps’

The comment comes amid tensions between Poland and Israel over the legislation, which is meant to assign sole responsibility for atrocities on Polish soil to German Nazis.

Holocaust survivors enter Auschwitz 73 years after its liberation on Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 2018

Geffen apologizes for comparing Tamimi to Anne Frank

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman accepted the poet's remorse after the week-long scandal.

FAMED WRITER and artist Yonatan Geffen