Tag: censorship
Alisher Qodirov, the head of Uzbekistan's Milliy Tiklanish (National Revival) party, has announced that a draft law banning discussions surrounding LGBTQ+ topics is currently being discussed in Uzbekistan.
Qodirov disclosed this on his Telegram channel, referencing a recent social media post by Ivanka Trump, daughter of former U.S. President Donald...
The Georgian Parliament has pushed through a deeply controversial anti-LGBTQ+ legislative package, drawing widespread condemnation both domestically and internationally.
In its third hearing, the bill passed with 84 votes in favour and none against, a stark outcome reflecting the absence of opposition MPs, who boycotted the session in protest.
The...
Elon Musk has advised JK Rowling to curtail her tweets about transgender issues and instead focus on sharing more "interesting and positive content."
Musk made the suggestion through a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), which he had purchased in 2022.
Responding to Rowling's post from a month earlier,...
In a startling move, one of Russia's largest streaming platforms has revised the age rating for the popular children's cartoon series 'My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic' to 18+, catering exclusively to adult audiences.
This decision by the Kinopoisk movie database, a subsidiary of the prominent web portal Yandex,...
Transgender blogger, Milana Petrova, has been charged under Russia’s contentious laws that ban the promotion of “LGBTQ propaganda” and the perceived maligning of the Russian military.
Petrova, who had been chronicling her journey and experiences as a transgender woman in Russia, had also expressed criticisms of the Russian military on...
The blockbuster film, 'Barbie', continues its triumphant stride at global box offices, but it has run into controversy in Pakistan, where authorities are contemplating a ban over its LGBTQ+ themes.
Despite the movie being immensely popular, it hasn't escaped scrutiny, particularly from religious hardliners in Pakistan, with The Punjab Censor...
References to a gay relationship in the third instalment of the Fantastic Beasts movie have been cut in China to appease the nation's strict censors.
According to Variety, Warner Bros studios agreed to cut around six seconds of dialogue from the Chinese-release version of Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore...
