Censorship

DC Comics Caves to Pressure from Chinese Commenters and Pulls Batman Cover for Frank Miller’s Dark Knight Returns: Golden Child from Social Media

December 2, 2019

Frank Miller's Batman returns in a month. But DC Comics backed down from pressure originating in China. A backlash over the cover to Miller's new Dark Knight Returns saga, The Golden Child, was sparked after a ...

Covington Catholic High School Student Nick Sandmann’s Defamation Lawsuit Against Washington Post Reopened by Judge

Spencer Baculi

October 30, 2019

Censorship

A federal judge has partially reopened the defamation lawsuit filed by Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann against The Washington Post, allowing for the lawsuit to go forward but limiting the s...

UK Police to Pilot AI to Track and Identify “Hate Tweets” to Predict Hate Crimes

Spencer Baculi

October 24, 2019

Censorship

Police in the UK will pilot a test run of a new AI system which intends to track hateful comments on social media and identify the physical locations of those posting the tweets in an effort to predict and prev...

Pewdiepie Banned in China

Drew Taylor

October 21, 2019

Censorship

Pewdiepie - Felix Kjellberg - confirmed yesterday in a video that he's banned in China. In the video, he explained: "Well boys, we did it. I’m banned from China, That’s right (laughs), after I spoke about t...

Hearthstone Caster Brian Kibler Quits in Protest of Blitzchung Ban

Drew Taylor

October 11, 2019

Censorship, Video Games

Hearthstone Grandmaster tournament caster Brian Kibler has quit in protest of Blizzard's punishment against Asia-Pacific Hearthstone Grandmasters winner Blitzchung. Kibler announced his decision to quit on h...

Amazon Bans ‘A Shifting Alliance’ Ad for Featuring “Inappropriate Display of a Weapon”

Spencer Baculi

October 7, 2019

Censorship

An ad campaign for the latest book in the Galaxy Ascendant science-fiction series has been denied approval from Amazon due to an image of two characters using firearms being featured on the advertisement. Af...

Twitch Streamer Quqco Suspended for Street Fighter Chun-Li Cosplay

Drew Taylor

September 18, 2019

Censorship, Video Games

Twitch streamer Quqco was suspended three days following a stream this past weekend where she wore a cosplay outfit of Street Fighter character Chun-Li. Why was she suspended? According to Twitch, for violat...

Urban Dictionary Removes Entries Related to GamerGate and Zoe Quinn

Spencer Baculi

September 9, 2019

Censorship

The internet slang reference website Urban Dictionary recently deleted the entries for GamerGate, removing any references to the consumer revolt, and the single entry for Zoe Quinn from their website. The di...

Final Fantasy VIII Remastered Censors Models for Siren and Rinoa

Spencer Baculi

September 5, 2019

Censorship, Video Games

The newly released Remastered edition of Final Fantasy VIII has been subjected to slight censorship, despite the game originally being released in America uncensored. The first change to be brought to widesp...

Tennessee Catholic School Bans ‘Harry Potter’ Series Due to Risk of “Conjuring Evil Spirits”

Spencer Baculi

September 5, 2019

Censorship

In a move straight out of the late 90s, a Catholic School in Tennessee has banned the Harry Potter series of books from its library due to fears that the books contain actual spells and curses. Rev. Dan Reeh...