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Pinterest’s first satire account raises the ire of Mitt Romney’s campaign

It never, ever, fails. The moment you have some new social network that pokes its head up into the Web someone out there will take the time to setup a fake account of a prominent person and then ... continue

Iran Bans ‘Simpsons’ Dolls

Iran has announced a ban on dolls from The Simpsons franchise, claiming the legendary cartoon series has a morally corrupting influence on Iranian youth. Dolls of Homer, Marge, Bart and other characters from the show join the ... continue

[Opps Dept.] iTunes Match is swapping clean versions of songs for the ‘dirty’ ones

I am pretty sure that we can expect a disclaimer about how this is a bug and will be dealt with immediately, at least we hope it is a bug, but Tom Cheredar over at VentureBeat is ... continue

Twitter CEO Dick Costolo Speaks Out On Censorship And IPO

Twitter is quite the social network. 140 character blasts that has revolutionized how we communicate and how we get our news. Dick Costolo, the CEO of Twitter and who used to own Feedburner which was then sold ... continue

‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ Blocked by Indian Film Censors

If you live in India and are eagerly awaiting the Hollywood remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, you may be waiting a while. Censors in the country have called for the removal of "explicit" scenes ... continue

Twitter Users Threatening To Boycott After Censorship News

Twitter has recently come under fire after announcing that they will now be censoring tweets on a country-by-country basis if required by law. With censorship still on many people's minds, this has raised many suspicions and caused ... continue

Petition To Remove “Offensive” Books From Amazon, Protecting The Children Or Blatant Censorship?

Should Amazon refuse to sell certain titles of books because some customers find the content offensive? According to Milli Hill of Somerset, United Kingdom, a parenting columnist for Somerset Life Magazine and blogger for The Mule, the answer is a resounding ... continue

Twitter Can Censor Tweets If Required By Law, But Users Shouldn’t Be Too Worried

Twitter who has over 200 Million users, announced on their blog today that if required by law, they can censor tweets and even on a country-by-country basis. Being that the word censor is involved, this is sure ... continue

Lamar Smith Is Fighting A Losing Battle Over SOPA

The Stop Online Information Act (SOPA) which was announced by Texas Republican Lamar Smith in October has come under a great deal of fire in recent weeks. Sites from Wikipedia and Google to Reddit and Craigslist have ... continue

Supreme Court Reluctant to Remove Indecency Measures for TV

The Supreme Court has been talking all day about ending the government's historic rule over television content, specifically regarding the removal of "indecency" rules that affect prime-time television. Despite the rumblings, the Court generally seems highly reluctant ... continue

Steven Tyler of Aerosmith Says Supreme Court Should Be Stricter About TV Swears, Nudity

Steven Tyler- you know the guy who is like an ancient plesiosaur but has like a whole bunch of kids with groupies and has spent the last four decades wearing obscenely tight pants? That guy is complaining about ... continue

Spot the Difference: North Korea Photoshops Kim Jong-il Funeral

North Korea's state-controlled media goes to rigorous lengths to control the dissemination of information. As the only source of news within the isolated nation, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) has long focused on glorifying the ruling ... continue

Congress wants Twitter to censor tweets from the Taliban

Here goes Joe Lieberman again trying to get the Internet to bend to his perception of what is allowable and what isn't. This time he is behind an initiative to force Twitter into censoring any Taliban tweets that ... continue

Talk too much about OWS and lose your Twitter account

Remember back when Twitter was bragging about how the US State Department had asked them to hold off on a service update that would have taken Twitter down for a very short period during the unrest that ... continue

Siri might be a know-it-all but not when it comes to birth control or abortion

It seems that three is a puritanical streak to Apple's Siri service but one that for something that is promoting itself as the next big thing in search is kind of disturbing. You see if you ask Siri ... continue

Melissa Kellerman, Cowboys Cheerleader, Forced Off Twitter By Own Team?

Dallas Cowboy cheerleader Melissa Kellerman gained instant Internet Fame™ on Thanksgiving, after she was shown on TV being accidentally tackled by a 265lb footballer from her own team. The clip (embedded below) is faintly amusing: Cowboys tight end ... continue

Banned Books Week Celebrates 30th Anniversary

Banned Books Week runs from September 24th through October 1st, and is enjoying its 30th annual celebration this year. The event was founded in 1982 by librarian and director of the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual ... continue

Ricky Gervais’ Golden Globes Infamy Leads to Emmys Censoring [Video]

Earlier this year, British comic Ricky Gervais was supposedly in hot water for his roasting of celebrities at January's Golden Globes. Gervais spent the Globes ceremony ripping into celebrities with his trademark snarky remarks, even slipping in ... continue

ABC Bans “Our Idiot Brother” Trailer, Even More Raunchy Version Released In Response

What happens when Disney-owned ABC decides to ban a movie trailer? If you're the people behind the Paul Rudd vehicle Our Idiot Brother you release an even more raunchy trailer. Directed by Jesse Peretz, Our Idiot Brother is a movie ... continue

Jiang Zemin Internet Searches Censored by Chinese Government As Health Possibly Fails

Chinese government officials have sensored searches for ailing leader Jiang Zemin for fear that issues regarding his health could lead to revolt and other actions in the country. The censorship began after Jiang, 84, was said to be ... continue

For $2 Million You Too Can Have The Net In A Suitcase

Over the last year the Internet has become a medium for peaceful revolution with the most notable being the Arab Spring movement that has swept across much of the Middle East and Arab Peninsula. However one of the ... continue

Gabrielle Union Tweets About Trying to Shoot Her Rapist

Rihanna's controversial "Man Down" video has caused a stir and drawn the ire of parents' groups who believe the violent video has no place on television. However, the video's release sparked an interesting admission from actress Gabrielle Union ... continue