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Internet censorship also occurs in response to or in anticipation of events such as elections, protests, and riots. An example is the increased censorship due to the events of the Arab Spring. Other types of censorship include the use of copyrights, defamation, harassment, and various obscene material claims as a way to deliberately suppress ...
In Letter 97 to Trajan in 112 AD, [20] Pliny the Younger mentions that Christians are known to assemble for a common meal which may be the agape meal: [21] The rescheduling of the agape meal was triggered by Corinthian selfishness and gluttony. [22] Tertullian too seems to write of these meals, [23] [24] though what he describes is not quite ...
In May 1934, the Film Censorship Council was reorganized into the Central Film Censorship Committee, [note 3] which became the official film censorship Institution. [3]: p.9–10 The 1930s were a period of nationalism in China. Patriotic sentiment was strong in China, and the Kuomintang government often accused foreign films of insulting China.
Music censorship was impacted by the religious influences on governments before the modern nation-state. [13] The Catholic Church's Index Librorum Prohibitum is an early sign of censorship, later translating into the music censorship of the 21st century. [citation needed]
Following the 2009 election protests, Iran ratified the Computer Crimes Law (CCL) in 2010. [30] The CCL established legal regulations for internet censorship. Notable provisions of the CCL include the following: Article 10, which effectively prohibits internet users and companies from using encryption or protecting data in a manner that would "deny access of authorized individuals to data ...
A few examples of this type of censorship are J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. All of these stories have main characters who disrespect authority and don't live according to societal norms and social rules. [ 59 ]
Censorship in India has taken various forms throughout its history. Although de jure the Constitution of India guarantees freedom of expression, [1] de facto there are various restrictions on content, with an official view towards "maintaining communal and religious harmony", given the history of communal tension in the nation.
The social and economic transformations resulted in improved living conditions for Romanians. Economic growth allowed for higher salaries which, combined with the benefits offered by the state (free medical care, pensions, free universal education at all levels, etc.) were a leap compared to the pre-WWII situation of the Romanian population.