Posts tagged censorship

China’s leading social media platform, WeChat, quietly removed over a dozen public LGBT+ accounts on Tuesday evening. The deleted accounts belonged to LGBT+ student clubs …

TikTok has come under fire following an admission that the social media platform has placed restrictions around several LGBTQI hashtags in countries where LGBTQI rights are …

The 2020 World Press Freedom Index, compiled by Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontieres) shows Australia plummeting five places from its position last year and …

Users flooded Sina Weibo with the hashtag #IAmGay, prompting the site to reverse its LGBTI ban.

The ban comes despite the term “dyke” having evolved from being a slur to also being used in everyday conversation by many lesbians.

“Obviously now the government has realised how powerful the internet can be they want to manage it more than ever”

“We want to clarify that restricted mode should not filter out content belonging to individuals or groups based on sexual orientation”

The feature appears to be blocking inoffensive LGBTI content.

Melbourne Queer Film Festival director Lisa Daniel has argued Aussies are making great queer films, but local audiences aren’t going to see them.

Earlier this year the Australian Classification Board refused to give an exemption to a film called “I Want You Love” which was scheduled to be …