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Yahoo Fires News Guy Who Said The Romneys Are 'Happy To Have A Party With Black People Drowning'
www.businessinsider.com
Politico's Dylan Byers reports that Yahoo News has fired Washington bureau chief David Chalian after he was caught on an ABC hot mic saying, in vulgar terms, that Mitt and Ann Romney were unconcerned with the fate of the residents of New Orleans in Hurricane Issac. "Feel free to say, 'They're not concerned at...
Watchdog names 40 ‘predators of the press’
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PARIS (AFP) – Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders named Monday the world's 40 worst "predators of the press" including politicians, religious leaders and militias to mark World Press Freedom Day."They are powerful, dangerous, violent and above the law," the Paris-based watchdog RSF said. "These predators of press freedom have the...
Google criticizes Russian authorities over service blockages and non-transparent blacklisting procedures
thenextweb.com
In less than a month since the Russian authorities created the blacklist of websites distributing illegal content, Google’s services have been put there and blocked several times. Since November 1, Russian media watchdog Roskomnadzor can order local hosting providers and ISPs to block access to any website by putting it...
Google criticizes Russian authorities over service blockages and non-transparent blacklisting procedures
South Korean government moves to censor racist remarks online
www.theverge.com
The South Korean government is cracking down on internet racism by giving its media watchdog the power to delete offensive posts. Six comments have been removed from unspecified sites by the Korea Communications Standards Commission (KCSC) so far this year, and the organization says that racist remarks are on...
Internet freedom 'under threat from hasty legislation in UK and US'
www.guardian.co.uk
The head of a media watchdog says governments worldwide are trying to restrict internet freedom in the name of securityGovernments across the world – including those in the US and UK – are posing a threat to internet freedom through "hasty" legislation passed due to security fears, the head of...
Twitter cooperating with Russian authorities to ban users for promoting illegal websites
www.theverge.com
Russia's media watchdog has enlisted the help of Twitter to ban users posting "unlawful content" on the microblogging service. Russian news agency RIA Novosti reports that Twitter has already assisted the Roskomnadzor with the blocking of five accounts since the beginning of March, which were found to be encouraging...
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