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CENSORSHIP on who I can or cannot make friends with FACECROOKS?

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Perspectives on Intellectual Freedom and Censorship, Part 1
Associate Professor Christine Jenkins and Assistant Professor Emily Knox share their perspectives on intellectual freedom and censorship in the context of th...

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Finnish Practice vs Richard Simcot: ? of Censorship: Christophe Clugston
The linguaphiles Richard Simcott and Nelson went to battle over ethics and it turned into a question of censorship. What do you think about poliglotts contro...

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The redeeming factor of the Jo'burg Art Fair was seeing one artist stand up for another, writes Percy Zvomuya.

As the furore of the censorship of Ayanda Mabulu's artwork by the Jo'burg Art Fair dies down, the only redeeming factor isn't the latter backing down and restoring the work but that of one artist standing up for another.

At a press conference on FridayRoss Douglas, co-director of the art fair, said: "We felt that showing that work, particularly on opening night, might undo a lot of the work that we have done in building relationships with government."

When photographer David Goldblatt heard that the Joburg Art Fair had taken down the painting he threatened to take down his own work, The Frock and other Pictures. The threat by Goldblatt wasn't one to be ignored. For apart from being a universally acclaimed photographer, Goldblatt was the featured artist at this year's fair.

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The strict regime of Internet censorship and surveillance enforced by the Chinese authorities drives many Internet users to seek out tools they can use to get around the restrictions programs like OpenDoor, a browser that was available recently from the App Store in China.

Until Apple removed it.

The removal of OpenDoor follows a pattern of Apple bowing to pressure from Chinese authorities, removing content from the Chinese version of its App Store to conform to the regimes demands for censorship.

The removal took place in July of this year, according to the Chinese edition of Radio Netherlands Worldwide.

OpenDoor had 2,000 downloads every day from China, said RNW. After it was removed from the App Store, the number went straight to zero. Apple did not inform the developers prior to the deletion, nor respond adequately afterwards, OpenDoor developers say.

On Aug. 28, over a month later, RNWs promptings led Apple to write an email to the application developers notifying them that OpenDoor has content violating Chinas law, without elaboration.

We are not clear why a browser has illegal content. Its the users choice of what websites they want to visit. Following Apples logic, Safari and Google Chrome should also have illegal content? OpenDoor responded in a letter to Apple.

OpenDoor is not the only company that has been removed from the China App Store by Apple.

In July last year, Apple sent a note to New Tang Dynasty (NTD) Television, a primarily Chinese-language broadcaster based in New York City, telling them that NTDs iPhone and iPad apps, called iNTD, would not appear in the China App Store. Apples email said that iNTDs content was illegal in China, though it again did not specify which Chinese law it had broken.

OpenDoor has 800,000 users on Apple devices; one third of them were or are from China, according to OpenDoor developers. Users from Iran and Pakistan, states that also practice Internet censorship, give the app high praise on its Facebook page.

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Apple Purges Anti-Censorship Browser from China App Store