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News Sunday 29th January...

No Joke
McG's This Means War cut for a US PG-13 rating

Update: Depressing
Channel 4 opt out of another series of Frankie Boyle's Tramadol Nights

US
UK

Updated: Easy Offence of the Day
TV presenters pick up some trivial flak

Gesture Politics
Police specialist hate crimes unit swoops into action over monkey gesture

Updated: Re-nymphed
New UK DVD release of Anita: Swedish Nymphet with Christina Lindberg

Argentina

Beyond Offensive
Newspaper concentration camp cartoon proves a wind up in Argentina

Thailand

Update: Kissing Banned
Thai Channel 3 looks to more child-friendly programming

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News Saturday 28th January...

Three Sex
The latest BBFC podcast discusses sex at each age category

Update: Tattoo Ban
India bans The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

World

Tweet Tweak
Twitter to be censored on a per country basis

Update: Come Off It!
Supporting the hype for Steve McQueen's Shame

Update: Book Censors Deserve a Damn Good Thrashing
Petitioning for Amazon to ban books supporting child beating

Blu and Lippy
New US All Region Blu-ray release of Jean Rollin's Lips of Blood

India
US

Privates on Parade
Indian Army orders its personnel to refrain from using social networking websites

Aussie

Update: Once a Blocker, Always a Blocker
Australia's censorship minister still hankers after state imposed internet blocking

News Friday 27th January...

Tweet Treat
ASA to investigate advertising tweets for Snickers after claims that it was not clearly marked as advertising

Gypsy Blood
Viewers complaint about bare knuckle fighting and animal cruelty

Update: Dangerous Words
The word 'mong' as explained by Ricky Gervais

No Blade of Grass Uncut
New US DVD-R release of Cornel Wilde's No Blade of Grass

Discarded Whinge
ASA dismisses whinge about clothing advert set backstage with drinks bottles and clutter

Russia

Updated: Extreme Repression
Russian book censors continue their campaign to ban Hindu holy book as extremist

Update: Internet Censor
Birmingham councillor dreams up a wheeze to use club licensing requirements to restrict what lap dancing clubs can put on their websites

Update: Rare Let Up
Britain set to relax live music restrictions

EU
World

Update: Copy Cats
EU signs up to the ACTA committing to action against copyright infringement

News Thursday 26th January...

Fifty Years of Easy Offence
ASA celebrate 50 years of censoring adverts with a new logo

Pro Choice
Advert rules to updated to allow ads from commercial groups offering abortion services

GaGa at ASA
ASA dismiss whinge about Lady Gaga TV advert

Sister Slasher
New US DVD release of Mark Rosman's The House on Sorority Row

Update: Dangerous Words
The word 'Retard' slips out during a live discussion on ITV's This Morning

Updated: Misery Objects
Page 3 nutters have their day at the Leveson Inquiry

Offsite: Censorship on Demand
TV Censor suggests that video on demand should be censored more like TV than internet

Poland
World

Update: Anti-ACTA Protests
Polish demonstrations against the country signing the US led anti-piracy treaty

Piss Poor Policing
Police censor shop window display claiming a public order offence

Tunisia

Update: Animated to Violence
Violence outside trial of TV boss who aired Persepolis in Tunisia