The Communist Party is trying to fill the airwaves with positive stories about its battle against the virus. Chinese reporters, buoyed by widespread calls for free speech, are resisting.
Tag: Censorship
When an Epidemic Looms, Gagging Scientists Is a Terrible Idea
In an epidemic, suppression of bad news costs lives and eventually angers the public. The White House is in danger of repeating the error.
Facebook, Google and Twitter Rebel Against Pakistan’s Censorship Rules
The battle is the latest skirmish between internet companies and governments over who decides what content should be online.
China Is Censoring Coronavirus Stories. These Citizens Are Fighting Back.
Information about the coronavirus outbreak is not immune from Chinese censors. But more and more citizens are dodging censorship by creating a digital archive of deleted posts. They told us how.
They Documented the Coronavirus Crisis in Wuhan. Then They Vanished.
Two video bloggers whose dispatches from the heart of the outbreak showed fear, grief and dissatisfaction with the government have gone silent.
Britain to Create Regulator for Internet Content
To push Google, Facebook and other internet giants to police their own platforms, Britain said its media watchdog would become an internet authority.
Where’s Xi? China’s Leader Commands Coronavirus Fight From Safe Heights
Xi Jinping has backed out of the spotlight as the country faces its worst crisis in years, reflecting the political risks he faces if efforts to contain the virus fail.
In Amazon’s Bookstore, No Second Chances for the Third Reich
The retailer once said it would sell “the good, the bad and the ugly.” Now it has banished objectionable volumes — and agreed to erasing the swastikas from a photo book about a Nazi takeover.
A New Martyr Puts a Face on China’s Deepening Coronavirus Crisis
The death of the doctor whose warnings about the coronavirus were silenced has become a potent symbol of Beijing’s failures.
China Clamps Down on Coronavirus Coverage as Cases Surge
Public frustrations were once left uncensored online, and news outlets reported rigorously on the epidemic. Those days may be past.