ALL POSTS TAGGED "censorship"
China
/ 760 days agoChina turning World Cup into George Orwell's 1984
What does the China, the World Cup and George Orwell have in common? Quite a lot, actually. If you're China, how do you avoid drawing attention to the billions of people outside your country who are no longer wearing COVID masks? Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors, summed it up best: Whoever controls the […]
BBC
/ 803 days agoQatar censor World Cup broadcasters from filming living conditions
Television teams will be banned from filming in certain zones throughout the upcoming World Cup in Qatar. British newspaper The Observer is claiming that the Qatar government has restricted housing neighborhoods of migrant workers in the Middle Eastern country. Instead, these crews, which include BBC and ITV in England, are only allowed to film in three locations around […]