Censored for the common good! http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/ Mon, 21 May 2012 09:53:04 GMT Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT UK DVD release of Koo Stark as Marquis de Sade's Justine (Updated) http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Cruel_Passion_4851 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Cruel_Passion_4851 Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT The Melon Farmers are proud to be nominated for Best Online Resource http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#ETO_Adult_Industry_Awards_6137 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#ETO_Adult_Industry_Awards_6137 Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Broadcasters black out Mick Jagger song even after US TV watershed http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Mick_Jagger_Deep_Down_in_the_Shit_6006 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Mick_Jagger_Deep_Down_in_the_Shit_6006 Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Wants control of the internet anyway (Update) http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Indian_Minister_Doesnt_Believe_in_Censorship_But_3398 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Indian_Minister_Doesnt_Believe_in_Censorship_But_3398 Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Parts of Utah law targeting porn websites in the name of child protection struck down (Update) http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Free_Speech_Prevails_7692 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Free_Speech_Prevails_7692 Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Pakistan winds up internet users by temporarily banning Twitter over a couple of supposedly offensive posts (Update) http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Censorship_Extremism_10067 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Censorship_Extremism_10067 Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT VSC announces that it is finally set to take over video game censorship from the BBFC (Updated) http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#End_Game_7536 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#End_Game_7536 Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Egyptian police raid offices of the Iranian satellite TV stations Al-Alam http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Another_Iranian_Propaganda_Channel_Under_Duress_6626 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Another_Iranian_Propaganda_Channel_Under_Duress_6626 Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Horror with Bill Paxton released on US DVD http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Mortuary_3805 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Mortuary_3805 Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Set for release on UK Blu-ray and DVD http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Eraserhead_3121 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Eraserhead_3121 Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Philippines censor proposes a new 16 rating (CampaignReform Section 5...) http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Age_Gap_3802 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Age_Gap_3802 Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Sacha Baron Cohen's latest comedy, The Dictator http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Tajikistan_Recommends_4155 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Tajikistan_Recommends_4155 Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Portrait of Joseph Zuma winds up the African National Congress http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#No_Dignity_in_Censorship_5737 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#No_Dignity_in_Censorship_5737 Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT ASA write again to Archbishop Cranmer (Extract) http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#An_Admission_of_Error_3406 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#An_Admission_of_Error_3406 Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Set for release on UK Blu-ray and DVD http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#David_Lynch_Box_Set_3121 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#David_Lynch_Box_Set_3121 Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT ASA uphold complaints about Paddy Power's Stallions and Mares TV advert (Update) http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#What_Next_The_Paddy_Powers_Handicap_Chase_6492 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#What_Next_The_Paddy_Powers_Handicap_Chase_6492 Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Low quality censorship by Apple blanks out name of Thin Lizzy album (Updated) http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Dont_Even_Mention_Breaking_Free_from_Apple_6101 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Dont_Even_Mention_Breaking_Free_from_Apple_6101 Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Guatemalan mayor shuts down 5 critical local TV stations http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#A_Mayor_Above_Criticism_5099 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#A_Mayor_Above_Criticism_5099 Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT The Angels' Share suffers ludicrous strong language cuts for a 15 rating http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#The_Language_of_Angels_6259 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#The_Language_of_Angels_6259 Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Controversial in the US for its NC-17 rating but a totally uncontroversial Blu-ray/DVD release in the UK (Update) http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Shame_9025 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Shame_9025 Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT New release on UK Blu-ray http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Monty_Python_and_the_Holy_Grail_2167 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Monty_Python_and_the_Holy_Grail_2167 Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT High Court overturns lower court order for media organisations to hand over footage of violence at the Dale Farm eviction http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Safety_for_Journalists_11003 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Safety_for_Journalists_11003 Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT The Archbishop is somewhat unimpressed by an ASA response written in Foboffish (Extract) http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#The_ASA_Responds_to_His_Grace_7231 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#The_ASA_Responds_to_His_Grace_7231 Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Egyptian police arrest owner of satellite belly dancing channel (Update) http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Police_Bellyaching_5882 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Police_Bellyaching_5882 Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT New Zealand sitcom renames dog over references to murderers http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Dogged_by_Poor_taste_5495 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Dogged_by_Poor_taste_5495 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Getting scarier with age? The BBFC reckon so anyway http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Jaws_4495 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Jaws_4495 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Speaking of many of this year's film releases (Extract) http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#An_Interview_with_David_Cooke_3977 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#An_Interview_with_David_Cooke_3977 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT BBC receives 400 complaints about foie gras featuring in the Great British Menu programme http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#BBC_Viewers_Force_Fed_Cookery_Shows_7814 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#BBC_Viewers_Force_Fed_Cookery_Shows_7814 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT But Archbishop Cranmer demonstrates that they are speaking bollox (Update) http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#ASA_Deny_Bullying_6132 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#ASA_Deny_Bullying_6132 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Released on UK DVD and Blu-ray (Update) http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Underworld_Awakening_2562 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Underworld_Awakening_2562 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT French Blu-ray release of Abel Ferrara's West Side Romeo and Juliet Story http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#China_Girl_6448 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#China_Girl_6448 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Indian court orders Google to take down two blogs hosted on Blogger (Update) http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Blogged_Off_6051 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Blogged_Off_6051 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Banned in the UK but set for an uncut DVD and Blu-ray release in the US (Update) http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#The_Bunny_Game_5917 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#The_Bunny_Game_5917 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Daily Mail reports on the ASA and republishes the supposedly offensive advert (Update) http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#ASA_Persecuting_His_Grace_Now_in_the_Public_Gaze_7125 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#ASA_Persecuting_His_Grace_Now_in_the_Public_Gaze_7125 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT ASA policing political donations on the grounds that they could be used for something harmful http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#ASA_Political_Censors_8504 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#ASA_Political_Censors_8504 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT ASA asked to think again about Channel 4's Big Fat Gypsy Wedding posters (Update) http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#ASA_Get_in_a_Pickle_as_an_Arbitrator_of_Political_Correctness_6208 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#ASA_Get_in_a_Pickle_as_an_Arbitrator_of_Political_Correctness_6208 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Open Rights Group and LSE publish report about the poor implementation of internet blocking in the name of child protection (Update) http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#What_Can_We_Do_About_Crappy_Website_Blocking_11228 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#What_Can_We_Do_About_Crappy_Website_Blocking_11228 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Website offers a reward for the murder of an Iranian rapper based in Germany http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#The_Salman_Rushdie_of_Rap_6734 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#The_Salman_Rushdie_of_Rap_6734 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Nurses have a whinge about video games http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Trying_to_Cure_Society_of_all_its_Ills_3430 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Trying_to_Cure_Society_of_all_its_Ills_3430 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Vietnam bans local horror film http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Bay_Cap__2791 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Bay_Cap__2791 Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT German political party website blocked in schools over its cannabis legalisation policy http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Scuppered_by_Crappy_Website_Blocking_8155 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Scuppered_by_Crappy_Website_Blocking_8155 Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT ASA harangues well known blogger over polite call to sign a petition against gay marriage (Updated) http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Advertising_Standards_Authority_Persecutes_His_Grace_8044 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Advertising_Standards_Authority_Persecutes_His_Grace_8044 Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Cult classic set for a UK DVD release from ArrowDrome (Updated) http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#The_Exterminator_4739 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#The_Exterminator_4739 Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT A new Dual Format release of Pasolini's classic http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#The_Decameron_4164 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#The_Decameron_4164 Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT XBox Live video marketplace to use BBFC ratings http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#X_Rating_4294 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#X_Rating_4294 Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT US considers a law to ban employers from demanding employee's social networking passwords http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Password_Protection_Bill_8226 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Password_Protection_Bill_8226 Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Britain condemns Iran for sentence of 25 lashes for cartoonist over innocuous whimsy about a politician (Updated) http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Unfair_Penalty_9296 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Unfair_Penalty_9296 Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Ethiopia's printers take new role as state news censors http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Printing_Press_Censors_5005 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Printing_Press_Censors_5005 Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Now TalkTalk proposes to force all customers to choose between a censored or uncensored internet feed (Update) http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#TalkTalk_BlockBlock_9293 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#TalkTalk_BlockBlock_9293 Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Richard Elfman's bizarre fantasy released on UK Blu-ray http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Forbidden_Zone_4921 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Forbidden_Zone_4921 Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Perfect 10 fails to convince the US court that Google's thumbnail images used in search results infringes copyright (Update) http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Fair_Use_10255 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Fair_Use_10255 Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Indian government reported to have decided to ban all adult and parental guidance films from TV until 11pm (Updated) http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#A_Watershed_for_Indian_TV_9305 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#A_Watershed_for_Indian_TV_9305 Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Switzerland decides not to sign ACTA (Update) http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Law_Like_Swiss_Cheese_3334 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Law_Like_Swiss_Cheese_3334 Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Outrageously bad Troma film set for UK DVD release http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Surf_Nazis_Must_Die_4535 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Surf_Nazis_Must_Die_4535 Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT New Zealand ISP stamped upon by control freaks for offering work around to location based internet restrictions http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Fyx_Nyxd_10285 http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/cw_latest.htm#Fyx_Nyxd_10285