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Police tape is shown outside of a YouTube office building in San Bruno, Calif., Wednesday, April 4, 2018. (AP/Jeff Chiu)
April 5, 2018, 4:42 pm
Iranians under regime censorship perplexed by YouTube shooter’s gripes
Those living in country where access to social media is near impossible have little sympathy for Nasim Aghdam's frustrations at having account 'de-monetized'
By AP
In this March 14, 2018 photo, staff working for the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival walk outside their office in Cairo. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
March 18, 2018, 7:17 pm
Egypt censors play ‘Before the Revolution,’ director appeals
Rather than remove scenes, director cancels show depicting feelings of oppression and stagnation before 2011 uprising that overthrew Mubarak
By Brian Rohan
Egyptian actress Yasmin Raeis speaks during an AFP interview in the capital Cairo, on March 1, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED)
March 12, 2018, 3:28 pm
Egypt filmmakers defy taboos of conservative society
From mockery of the government ban on passionate kisses to TV series on unmarried women seeing men, young generation trying to bring back 'golden age' of Egyptian cinema
By AFP
Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls' School (Screen capture: Google Maps)
March 10, 2018, 3:02 am
London Orthodox Jewish school censors references to homosexuals in textbook
State-funded Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls' School defends its censorship policy, says it's necessary to protect students from 'sexualization'
By TOI staff
This photo from February 16, 2016, provided by OSN, shows actors taking a 'selfie' at the end of OSN's "Saturday Night Live Arabia," show in Cairo, Egypt. (OSN via AP)
February 13, 2018, 10:06 am
Egypt bars Arabic version of SNL over ‘ethical violations’
Regulator censors local adaptation of US satire show for 'sexual expressions, phrases, and gestures which are not suitable for viewers'
By AFP
Defaced Jerusalem billboard, November 6, 2017. (Courtesy, Laura Ben-David)
November 7, 2017, 9:43 am
The road to hell is paved with torn billboards
How is it holy to teach that women and girls should not be seen?
By Laura Ben-David
October 29, 2017, 2:10 pm
Where did all the women go?
Publishing images of women in a brochure on the importance of Rachel's Tomb should be a no-brainer
By Sharona Margolin Halickman
IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot gets out of a helicopter ahead of a tour of the barrier surrounding the southern West Bank on August 8, 2017. (Israel Defense Forces/Facebook)
August 8, 2017, 8:02 pm
Liberman rips rumor mill after IDF chief said killed in crash
In vacuum created by military censor, false reports spread rapidly on social media about Monday night's helicopter accident
By Judah Ari Gross
Books hang on a column on the 'Parthenon of Books' by Argentinian artist Marta Minujin, at the Documenta 14 art exhibition, in Kassel, Germany, June 2, 2017. (AFP/John MACDOUGALL)
June 7, 2017, 4:31 pm
‘Parthenon of Books’ raised at site where Nazis torched Jewish works
Thousands of copies of banned publications form art installation, but pornography and 'Mein Kampf' excluded
By Yannick Pasquet
A woman, center, strips down to her bra in a show of protest to Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev during the opening of the Israeli Film Festival in Jerusalem, June 1, 2017. (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
June 1, 2017, 10:37 pm
Uproar at Israel Festival opening as culture minister jeered over nudity ban
Protester strips down to her bra, audience turn their backs as Miri Regev takes to the stage to make opening remarks for top arts event
By Jessica Steinberg and AFP
Israeli actress Gal Gadot arrives at the premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures' 'Wonder Woman' at the Pantages Theatre on May 25, 2017, in Hollywood, California. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images/AFP)
June 1, 2017, 10:04 pm
Gal Gadot censored from speaking about Lebanon ‘Wonder Woman’ ban
Channel 2 asks Israeli actress her thoughts on movie boycott, but production company orders it not to show her response; in protest, it scraps entire interview
By TOI staff and AFP
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April 29, 2017, 11:13 pm
Turkey blocks all access to Wikipedia
State-run news agency says site was 'acting with groups conducting smear campaign' against country
By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY
Microphones and video cameras of Israeli media outlets set up for a press conference. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
April 26, 2017, 7:18 pm
Israel up in press freedom index, but PM rapped for treating media as ‘enemies’
Israel ranked 91 out of 180 nations in anual report that also criticizes army censorship, treatment of Palestinian journalists
By Sue Surkes
Shane Baker, left, and Caraid O’Brien in the New Yiddish Rep’s current production of 'God of Vengeance.' (Ronald L. Glassman/via JTA)
March 26, 2017, 2:50 am
These two non-Jews are stars of Yiddish theater
When they aren't being offered arranged marriages, Caraid O’Brien and Shane Baker translate and adapt stories for the stage
By Gabe Friedman
The Fountain of Neptune in Bologna, Italy. (CC BY, Wikimedia Commons)
January 3, 2017, 11:09 am
Facebook removes famous 16th century statue for nudity
After calling sculpture of Neptune in Bologna 'sexually explicit,' social media giant later reverses its decision
By TOI staff
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