Censorship Archives

Disney Issues Copyright Strikes Against YouTubers Criticizing Captain Marvel Deleted Scene

May 31, 2019

In response to the swaths of negative criticism being directed towards a deleted Captain Marvel scene, Disney has begun to issue copyright strikes against YouTubers using footage of the clip in their commentary...

Facebook Bans Political Cartoonist and Former Marvel Comics Artist Mike Harris Over Abortion Cartoon

John F. Trent

May 31, 2019

Censorship

Facebook banned political cartoonist and former Marvel Comics artist Mike Harris after he debuted one of his recent political cartoons regarding the recent abortion debate happening in the country. Harris wo...

Hero Hei Has YouTube Streaming Privileges Restored Due to Lack of Legal Action by Anime News Network

Spencer Baculi

May 29, 2019

Anime, Celebrity, Censorship

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Anime Youtuber Hero Hei has announced that he has won his counterclaim against the DMCA strike issued by Anime News Network against his channel. On May 28th, Hero Hei returned to livestreaming on YouTube by ...

Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled Removes Trophy Girls from Victory Screens

Spencer Baculi

May 29, 2019

Censorship, Video Games

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A recent preview of the upcoming Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled appears to indicate that the aptly named Trophy Girls will no longer appear in the results screen following a race. In the original release of...

Twitter Suspends Independent Journalist Nick Monroe For “Evading Permanent Suspension”

Spencer Baculi

May 28, 2019

Censorship

Independent journalist Nick Monroe has been suspended from Twitter with the social media website citing ban evasion as the reason for his suspension. On May 28th, Monroe announced via his Gab account that hi...

Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris Will See it’s Sexual Content Reduced to Fit “Current Times”

Jorge Arenas

May 28, 2019

Censorship, Video Games

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A new report indicates the upcoming Sword Art Online video game, Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris, will likely have its sexual content reduced. Bandai Namco recently announced Sword Art Online: Alicizat...

CrossFit Suspends Use of Facebook and Instagram To Protest Facebook’s Security and Privacy Issues

Spencer Baculi

May 24, 2019

Censorship

The popular fitness and lifestyle program Crossfit has completely suspended its use of Facebook and Instagram out of concern for the “security and privacy of our global CrossFit community”. The suspension wa...

Catherine: Full Body Western Release To Feature Script Changes Regarding Transgender Character

Spencer Baculi

May 24, 2019

Censorship, Video Games

A preview published by IGN has confirmed that the western release of Sega's Catherine: Full Body has been censored following public outrage regarding the game’s transgender character. On May 23rd, IGN writer...

YouTube Demonetizes Soph – Claims She Threatened a YouTube Employee

John F. Trent

May 23, 2019

Censorship

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YouTube sensation Soph reported that YouTube has demonetized her channel claiming she threatened a YouTube employee. The email from YouTube reads: One of your recent videos on your channel made a threat ...

Teenage YouTuber Soph Investigated By Police Regarding Complaints Against Her Content

Spencer Baculi

May 20, 2019

Censorship

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As a result of the outrage and publicity sparked by a recent Buzzfeed News piece criticizing and decrying the content produced by fourteen-year old YouTuber ‘Soph’, the young content creator has been investigat...