Censorship

Hearthstone Caster Brian Kibler Quits in Protest of Blitzchung Ban

October 11, 2019

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...

Google Leak Reveals Multiple ‘Nerd Culture’ Websites Included on Google Now Search Result Blacklist

Spencer Baculi

August 16, 2019

Censorship

A recent leak of Google documents has revealed a blacklist intended to alter search results featuring various websites, including numerous trading card, action figure and video game news websites. On August ...

Patreon and Bonfire Accounts of ‘Soph’ Shutdown Following YouTube Ban

Spencer Baculi

August 7, 2019

Censorship

Shortly after YouTube banned teenage content creator Soph from their site, crowd-funding platform Patreon and t-shirt-print-on-demand service Bonfire have followed suit and banned the young creator from using t...

Cloudflare Terminates Service for 8chan Following El Paso Terror Attack

Spencer Baculi

August 6, 2019

Censorship

Internet infrastructure and security company Cloudflare, Inc. has terminated their business relationship with the 8chan imageboard, alleging that “8chan has repeatedly proven itself to be a cesspool of hate.” ...

‘Soph’ Banned From YouTube for Violating “Hate Speech” Policy

Spencer Baculi

August 2, 2019

Censorship

The popular and controversial teenage YouTuber known as ‘Soph’ has had her channel banned from YouTube for violating their hate speech policy. The suspension came shortly after Soph uploaded a video entitled...