Censorship

Funimation’s Upcoming Physical Release of Azur Lane Anime Will Allegedly Be Heavily Censored

September 19, 2020

Funimation has allegedly informed an online retailer that their upcoming physical release of the Azur Lane anime adaptation will feature heavy censorship of the series’ fanservice-heavy content. Related: F...

Blizzard Censors Single Curse Word in Years-Old World of Warcraft Dialogue

Jorge Arenas

August 28, 2020

Censorship, Video Games

It seems that Blizzard Entertainment is combing through their smash hit MMORPG World of Warcraft for anything problematic, as the gaming studio has recently removed a single swear word from a piece of dialogue ...

Tiananmen Square Protest Footage Removed from Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Teaser Trailer

Spencer Baculi

August 26, 2020

Censorship, Video Games

Historical footage of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests has been removed from the teaser trailer for the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War trailer after Chinese censors took offense to its inclusion. ...

Literary Assistant Sasha White Dropped by The Tobias Literary Agency For Retweet That Made Distinction Between Biological and Trans Women

Literary Assistant Agent Sasha White Fired by The Tobias Literary Agency For “Anti-Trans Sentiments”

Spencer Baculi

August 25, 2020

Books, Censorship

Literary agency assistant Sasha White has been fired by her employer, The Tobias Literary Agency, for comments that made a distinction between biological and trans women. White made a number of comments ...

YouTuber Leafy Banned From Platform For Violating "Harassment" Policy in Series of Videos on Streamer Pokimane

YouTuber Leafy Banned From Platform For Violating “Harassment” Policy After Producing Series of Videos On Twitch Streamer Pokimane

Spencer Baculi

August 25, 2020

Celebrity, Censorship

Popular YouTuber Calvin “Leafyishere” Lee Vai has been suspended from the popular video sharing platform due to allegedly violating the site’s “harassment” policy in a series of videos discussing Twitch streame...

The Word “Trap” Banned from Animemes Subreddit, Moderators Claim Term “Results In The Erasure of Trans People”

Spencer Baculi

August 13, 2020

Anime, Censorship

The moderation team for the Animemes subreddit have banned the word “trap” on the grounds that “most communities readily consider the term to be a slur.” Bridget (Guilty Gear) is one of the most well-known ...

No Game No Life Light Novel Volumes Banned from Australia by Government Classification Board

Spencer Baculi

August 9, 2020

Anime, Censorship, Manga

The Australian government has banned certain volumes of the No Game No Life light novel from sale and import within their borders. This follows months of attacks against the title by politicians. In Australi...

Koei Tecmo Censors Fairy Tail RPG Panty Shots With Day One Update

Spencer Baculi

August 3, 2020

Censorship, Video Games

Koei Tecmo has released a patch which removes visible ‘panty shots’ from their latest game, Fairy Tail, less than two days after it’s release. https://youtu.be/YzdqrKCm5dw Fairy Tale is an RPG adaptation ...

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Fails To Stop U.S. Army And Navy From Recruiting On Twitch

Drew Taylor

August 1, 2020

Censorship, Video Games

Controversial Democratic representative from New York Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently proposed an amendment that would have prevented the US Army and Navy from using their budget to advertise on the popular s...

Former Overwatch Pro Silkthread Reveals Blizzard Tried To Fine Him $1000 For Pepe The Frog Tweet

Drew Taylor

July 29, 2020

Censorship, Video Games

Former Overwatch pro "Silkthread" recently recounted how he was fined $1000 dollars by Blizzard for a tweet concerning Pepe the Frog. On a July 23rd Twitch stream, Silkthread, whose name is Ted Wang, shared ...