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Panic in the pages: Did comic books -- and the firestorm they touched off in the 1950s -- do more than rock 'n' roll to create the generation gap?; By Laura Miller Mar 24, 2008
Zanan silenced; outcry getting louder: Iran's women's magazine: We have not read the last page.; Lynn Harris Feb 13, 2008
Verizon: Abortion rights potentially "unsavory": The cellular carrier censors a NARAL Pro-Choice text-messaging program, then backpedals.; Carol Lloyd Sep 27, 2007
Burqini creator hearts "Opus": Aheda Zanetti says the widely censored "Opus" comic strip featuring her creation is "fantastic" and not the least bit offensive.; Tracy Clark-Flory Sep 5, 2007
Arthur Waldron responds to HTWW: A note from the China expert who broke the story, in the English-language press, that Lu Xun's works are being censored in Chinese high school textbooks; Andrew Leonard Sep 4, 2007
Science publishers get even stupider: The war against open access to taxpayer-funded scientific research heats up. Let the mocking begin.; Andrew Leonard Aug 28, 2007
AT&T blocks Pearl Jam's Bush slam: Eddie Vedder sang "George Bush, leave this world alone" -- but AT&T cut the lyric from its webcast. By mistake, it says.; By Farhad Manjoo Aug 8, 2007
China to foreigners: Quote Mao, at your peril: Nick Young's China Development Brief may have understood the Middle Kingdom a bit too well.; Andrew Leonard Jul 12, 2007
When is a "Little Bird" not a little bird?: Is sexual innuendo in traditional folk tales too much for Hamas to handle?; Catherine Price Mar 6, 2007
Big Pharma reads the Chinese Web: Let a hundred blogs about cancer bloom, and then figure out how to seduce the "e-fluencers."; Andrew Leonard Feb 14, 2007
Censoring a cancer victim's breasts: A PBS documentary prudishly blurs out a dying woman's nipples.; Catherine Price Jan 23, 2007
Lactivists converge in airports: Women stage "nurse-ins," breast-feeding their children at airports around the country.; Sarah Goldstein Nov 22, 2006
All the news in China: Press freedom in China? The WTO is not interested; Andrew Leonard Sep 11, 2006
U.K. to outlaw violent porn after woman's death: Critics argue that the U.K.'s criminalization of violent porn does more harm than good.; Tracy Clark-Flory Sep 1, 2006
Them damn pictures: By caving in to fanatics over the Danish cartoons, the West has shown that it is not only gutless but brainless.; By Doug Marlette Feb 24, 2006
Microsoft: Just following Chinese orders: Bill Gates & Co. censor a Chinese blogger. What could be more natural?; Andrew Leonard Jan 5, 2006
China online: Will the censors ever crack?: Even as American corporations abet thought control, a surging civil society will not be denied.; Andrew Leonard Dec 16, 2005
"Freedom": No documents found: America's most popular Internet companies are helping China crack down on free speech.; By Stephan Faris Dec 16, 2005
L.A. press to the Gray Lady: Start your bitching!: Publisher slams New York Times for omitting book title with B-word.; Lynn Harris Dec 7, 2005
Indecency wars: Activists who beat back the FCC on media consolidation are dismayed to find former allies leading an unprecedented effort to restrict radio and TV content.; By Eric Boehlert Apr 14, 2005
Who nabbed Indymedia's computers?: The freewheeling network of Web sites has a history of clashing with authority. But usually it knows who is trying to shut it up.; By Mathew Honan Nov 9, 2004
It can happen here: "Guantanamo," now playing in New York, warns that the liberties the U.S. government has taken abroad in the name of homeland security present grave threats to our own civil liberties.; By James P. Pinkerton Oct 12, 2004
If murder won't work, try crying libel: Her partner was kidnapped and beheaded. Now, charges Ukrainian journalist Olena Prytula, the government is using the courts to shut down her crusading Web site.; By Katharine Mieszkowski Jul 15, 2004
Little red blogs: On the 15th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown, blogs are booming in China. But are they making any difference?; By Mat Honan Jun 4, 2004
Don't worry, be sexy: The government tells the Supreme Court that Web publishers should relax -- a Web censorship law only applies to the "worst" porn peddlers. But why should we trust it?; By Scott Rosenberg Mar 3, 2004

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