Censorship

Coast Guard removes environmentalist ship from US 250th anniversary parade over political banners

The ship had banners that read, "Save the Clean Water Act" and "Indigenous Rights, Racial Justice, Climate Solutions."

People watch Macy's Fourth of July fireworks as the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, from a ship at Brooklyn Bridge Marina, in New York City, US, July 4, 2026
Muhoozi Kainerugaba of the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) addresses his supporters during his reception after a military decoration ceremony at the Bombo grounds in Bombo, Luweero District, Uganda, October 10, 2022; illustrative.

Uganda's military chief orders shutdown of two major media outlets

An Illustration of channel 14 outside a court hearing on the government's drafting of orthodox Jewish religious studies students for the military, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on June 2, 2024.

Channel 14 presenter reveals allegedly sensitive US-Iran security information live

US VICE PRESIDENT JD Vance arrives for a meeting with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad, Pakistan, for talks about Iran, last week.

Do Israelis know what’s going on? - opinion


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

Facebook suspends former US President Trump's account until 2023

The company also said there would be a set of escalating sanctions that would be triggered if Trump broke further rules that could lead to his permanent removal.

FORMER US President Donald Trump attends the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, on Sunday.

Letter slams Jewish community's ‘suppression of dissent’ on racial justice

‘Way to fight racism isn’t to cease discussion and debate,’ say dozens of Jewish intellectuals and writers, assert opposition to ‘the imposition of ideology’

A man holds a sign during a ‘Muslim and Jewish Solidarity Protest’ against the policies of US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Grand Central Station in Manhattan on Wednesday