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It’s 50 years since the end of stage censorship in Britain – but how free are artists really? (Independent, 9 July 2018)
As part of a discussion of the V&A's new exhibition marking 50 years since the ending of theatre censorship, the Independent cites Index on...
Europe: Is the censorship machine coming? Plus good LGBTQI+ news in Poland (IFEX, 4 July 2018)
On 20 June, the Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament voted in favour of an extremely controversial copyright directive proposed by the...
Banned drill videos have been reposted to Pornhub (Crack, 2 July 2018)
In recent news, drill music has been accused of inciting violence, with The Metropolitan Police claiming that they’re responsible for rising levels...
Platform uses crowdsourcing to fund journalism where press freedom is weak (CJR, 2 July 2018)
Wendy Funes was poring over judicial records when she discovered that the remains of human fetuses and newborns had been found in an indigenous area...
Recep Tayyip Erdogan wins presidential election: What this means for Turkey (iNews, 25 June 2018)
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won Turkey‘s presidential election for the second time. His victory will mean he has a tighter hold of his country. What...
Reporting on the Italian mafia is becoming more dangerous than ever before (New Statesman, 22 June 2018)
He had spoken about it before becoming Italy’s interior minister. Now, not even a month into the role, Matteo Salvini has threatened to remove the...
The war against rap: censoring drill may seem radical but it’s not new (The Guardian, 22 June 2018)
Rap crew 1011 need to tell the authorities when they have made new music. But can censoring artistic expression reduce youth violence? Read in full.
UK Drill Group 1011 Slapped With Police Ban On Creating Music (Complex, 20 June 2018)
West London rap group 1011 today find themselves subject to an unprecedented court order that now restricts them from creating music without...
English drill group banned from making music without police permission (The Industry Observer, 19 June 2018)
Just weeks after it was announced that YouTube had begun taking down videos that the UK police deemed to be “violent”, one musical group have been...
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