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Censorship is a policy used by governments to retain control over their people by preventing the public from viewing information considered by the republic as holding the potential to incite a rebellion. The majority of nations in the Middle East censor the media, including Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.
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Shariah law. There are many censorship policies that exist intheMiddleEast. Egypt has witnessed many forms of media censorship. The Anti-Crime and Information...
rights in most parts of theMiddleEast, and are open to hostility in others. Sex between men is illegal in 9 of the 18 countries that make up the region...
Censorship by country collects information on censorship, Internet censorship, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and human rights by country and...
found intheMiddleEast since the early 16th century. Millions of members of the Indian diaspora, of different religions, reside and work in Arab states...
Inthe United States, censorship involves the suppression of speech or public communication and raises issues of freedom of speech, which is protected...
"un-islamic". The band was dismantled following the online threats. Islam portal CensorshipintheMiddleEastCensorship by country Censorship by religion...
restricted in Saudi Arabia. Criticism of Facebook#Censorship controversies[broken anchor] Censorship of Facebook "BTRC blocks Skype". No. JS Polls 2018. The Daily...
Internet censorship is the legal control or suppression of what can be accessed, published, or viewed on the Internet. Censorship is most often applied...
engage in "conflict of interest editing"—reportedly including spying for the Saudi government. CensorshipintheMiddleEast Commission for the Promotion...
Censorshipinthe People's Republic of China is mandated by the PRC's ruling party, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It is one of the strictest censorship...
In Iran, censorship was ranked among the world's most extreme in 2024. Reporters Without Borders ranked Iran 176 out of 180 countries inthe World Press...
according to the standards applied by the censor. The first instance of book censorshipin what is now known as the United States, took place in 1637 in modern-day...
Rights Watch (2005). Human Rights Watch False Freedom Online CensorshipintheMiddleEast and North Africa. Retrieved June 14, 2011. Human Rights Watch...
Censorship of video-sharing platform YouTube occurs to varying degrees in many countries. YouTube blocking occurs for a variety of reasons including:...
from knowing about the actions of their government, and severely restricting freedom of the press. China's censorship includes the complete blockage of...
Internet censorshipinthe United States is the suppression of information published or viewed on the Internet inthe United States. The First Amendment...
Censorshipin Turkey is regulated by domestic and international legislation, the latter (in theory) taking precedence over domestic law, according to...
Censorshipin Italy applies to all media and print media. Many of the laws regulating freedom of the press inthe modern Italian Republic come from the...
Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. False Freedom: Online CensorshipintheMiddleEast and North Africa Archived 11 October 2017 at the Wayback...
Inthe Philippines, censorship involves the control of certain information. Freedom of speech and freedom of the press are enshrined inthe 1987 Constitution...
Rights Watch (2005). Human Rights Watch False Freedom Online CensorshipintheMiddleEast and North Africa. Retrieved 6 May 2012. "Syria urged to transfer...
Internet censorship and surveillance by country provides information on the types and levels of Internet censorship and surveillance that is occurring in countries...
as the Canadian Association of Broadcasters and the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council. Over the 20th century, legal standards for censorshipin Canada...
Academic freedom intheMiddleEast is a contested and debated issue, which has caught regional and international attention. IntheMiddleEast and North Africa...
Iran is known for having one of the world's most comprehensive Internet censorship systems. The Iranian government and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...
foot intheMiddleEastinthe mid-nineteenth century as the first Ottoman cartoon was published in 1867 inthe journal, Istanbul. Following it was the first...
In Ireland, the state retains laws that allow for censorship, including specific laws covering films, advertisements, newspapers and magazines, as well...