internet censorship

China’s strict internet censorship rules have been tightened numerous times in recent years

Report suggests that Pakistan places heavy restrictions on political and social media

New Delhi also tops individual list for requests made to Facebook – 91% of total appeals: report

Russian premier signed a law prohibiting technology that provides access to websites banned in the country

VPNs allow users to bypass China’s 'Great Firewall'

Widely-used apps have given writers like an outlet to self-publish and make money

China tightly controls the internet through a censorship system known as the 'Great Firewall'

Comparisons between Pooh and Chinese President Xi Jinping first emerged in 2013

Regulators have closed celebrity gossip websites and suspended online streaming on grounds of inappropriate content

Facebook and Twitter have been criticized for not doing enough to stop the spread of extremist content online

The social network also restricted access to 6 pages

The country has become notorious for temporarily blocking access to popular sites, including Facebook and Twitter

The House of Representatives voted 215-205 to overturn the Federal Communications Commission rule

Google shut down its website in 2010

The popular virtual bulletin board service has been unavailable in mainland China since last Thursday

Authorities blocked the website after complaints of copyright infringement

The move is the latest step taken by Beijing to clean up its cyberspace

Facebook has a ban on posts that contain nudity, with some exceptions

In recent years, censors in Beijing have moved to ban certain TV shows and movies from abroad from being shown online

The group found incidents of Internet censorship increased from 1,019 in 2014 to 9,022 in 2015

PTA provided ISPs with a list of over 400,000 domains that needed to be blocked for pornographic content

Rights group raise renewed fears over internet censorship