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


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.

Hands are seen on a keyboard in front of a displayed cyber code in this picture illustration taken October 4, 2018

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.

 AN ISRAELI F-15 takes part in an international aerial training exercise in October at the Uvda Air Force Base.

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).

 Core cast of the film Fight Club: Edward Norton, Brad Pitt and Helena Bonham Carter.

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.

 Israeli soldiers search for parts of a crashed military helicopter after a military helicopter crashed off the coast of the northern Israeli city of Hafia, January 4, 2022.

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.

AHED'S KNEE (United King Films)

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.

NADAV LAPID

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.

People are silhouetted as they pose with mobile devices in front of a screen projected with a Facebook logo, in this picture illustration taken in Zenica October 29, 2014.

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.

A screenshot of the haredi news site B'Hadrei Haredim with the faces of female ministers blurred out.

IDF intelligence officer's family does not want his identity revealed

IDF sees no reason to hide identity from a security standpoint

An Israeli soldier walks next to a military vehicle at a mobile artillery unit location on the Israeli side by the Israel border with Gaza

Clear the air on the IDF's mysterious 'Officer X' - editorial

In this day and age, it’s scary to think that the army has the ability to simply make a soldier “disappear.”

An Israeli soldier walks next to a military vehicle at a mobile artillery unit location on the Israeli side by the Israel border with Gaza