AFP News Agency
CLEAN : 'Witches' feminist drama sparks outrage in conservative Pakistan
A fiery online series about a group of women who unleash revenge on men has sparked a backlash in conservative Pakistan, where tough censorship rules prevent such shows from appearing on television (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Bloomberg
Clubhouse App Offers Chinese Rare Glimpse of Censor-Free Debate
Feb.07 -- The U.S. app Clubhouse has taken off among Chinese social media users with thousands joining discussions on contentious subjects, such as Taiwan and Xinjiang undisturbed by censors in Beijing. Bloomberg’s Colum Murphy reports...
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YouTube Suspends Senator Rand Paul 7 Days Over COVID Misinformation
During the seven-day suspension, Paul will be unable to post new videos to his YouTube account.
Sky News
Thousands of activists marched across the country in the so called 'Kill the Bill' protests today.
CLEAN: Exterior shots show activits gathered in the so called 'Kill the Bill' protests to reject the police, crime, sentencing and courts bill, which they say will disproportionatly impact minority groups, and curb the right to protest...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Kuwaiti-British playwright stages Greek reinterpretation despite ban
Kuwaiti-British playwright Sulayman Al-Bassam's controversial reinterpretation of a Greek play, 'I Medea,' returns to Kuwaiti theatres after being baned from the Sheikh-Jaber-Al-Ahmad Cultural Centre (JACC), one of the country's biggest...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Punk band Pussy Riot begins tour to support Ukraine in Berlin
Russian feminist arts collective and punk band Pussy Riot begins their tour to support Ukraine in Berlin, after their lead singer Maria Alyokhina left Russia by disguising herself as a food delivery courier to escape police (Footage by...
Bloomberg
Musk Is Already Cleaning House at Twitter
Elon Musk is already making his mark on Twitter Inc., days after assuming ownership of the service. Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow and Annmarie Hordern report on "Bloomberg The Open."
Bloomberg
Twitter Whistle-Blower Says Users Need to Be Protected
Peter Zatko, Twitter's former head of security, talks about his role as a whistle-blower and why he decided to come forward. Also known as "Mudge," Zatko said executives were focused on profits over security.
Curated Video
President Bush at news conference
1. Wide shot of news conference and US President, George W. Bush walking up to podium
2. Bush at podium
3. Cutaway of Laura Bush and other dignitaries sitting at news conference
4. SOUNDBITE (English) George W. Bush, US...
Curated Video
TURKEY: TV STATION CLOSED DOWN BY GOVERNMENT
English/Nat
A private Turkish television station has been closed down for one week by the government for criticising the authorities for not doing enough to counter the chaos following the earthquake.
The government run media regulatory...
Curated Video
This Beijing generation are being exposed to a new kind of writing.
1. Pan from kids on bicycles to exterior of Long Yi Yuan Chuang comic shop
2. Tilt down from Japanese poster to interior of comic shop
3. Mid shot of Chinese kids sifting through comic books
4. Close up on comic book being read
5. Pan...
Curated Video
Semi-naked women protest censorship
1. Female protesters taking off jeans while chanting against censorship, UPSOUND: (Russian) "We are only congratulating the honest ones (journalists)"
2. Protesters ripping jeans from another woman's body
3. Close tilt up of protester...
Curated Video
Myanmar - Release of 6,300 prisoners, Suu Kyi comment / Clinton meets President Thein Sein in historic visit to Myanmar / Democracy leader says Myanmar has taken positive steps since her release
On October 12th 2011 Myanmar released 6,300 prisoners in a liberalising move, but kept several key political detainees behind bars, dampening hopes for a broader amnesty.
Relatives gathered outside Insein and other prisons around the...
Curated Video
London mayor Ken Livingstone tours China
1. Wide of Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London and others walking at construction site of Beijing''s 2008 Olympic National Stadium
2. Wide pan of construction site
3. Wide of British Olympic bid delegates looking at site
4. Construction...
Curated Video
Myanmar government ends direct media censorship; journalists react
The government of Myanmar abolished direct censorship of the media on Monday in the most dramatic move yet toward allowing freedom of expression in the long-repressed nation.
But related laws and practices that may lead to...
Curated Video
WRAP IOC chief arrives amid row over internet access, Human Rights Watch reax
Beijing
1. International Olympic Commitee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge walking out of Beijing airport entrance to his car, shaking hands with people on way
2. Car departing airport
3. Rogge stepping from car at Beijing hotel, greeted...
Curated Video
Independent film festival held clandestinely after filmmakers say authorities shut down two others
Chinese authorities have disrupted an independent film school, shut down two film festivals and harassed organisers of a third in recent months, say independent filmmakers, who see the actions as part of a general clampdown on freedom of...
Curated Video
New press freedoms greet Tunisia elections
AP Television
Neftah, Tunisia - September 21, 2011
1. Zoom out of internet Wiki page showing deposed Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali
2. Various of young man surfing the internet
3. Close of internet pages showing former...
Curated Video
Calderon and other dignitaries honour writer Carlos Fuentes
1. Wide of inaugural ceremony for author Carlos Fuentes
2. Mid of Fuentes greeting other attendees
3. Mid of Nobel prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez sitting down at a table
4. Mid of Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Carlos...
Curated Video
The Chinese government censors all mention of June 4, 1989, when scores of students were killed by army troops ordered to clear Tiananmen Square from demonstrators. Few Chinese students today know the outlines of the tragedy. (June 3)
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus011489
(SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Lu Qiuxuan, Student - Beijing Foreign Studies University:)
"I have never ever heard my teacher talk about June 4. Never ever. In our textbooks, this never was...
Curated Video
Frmr PM Bhutto demands lawyers release, Mush to resign as Army chief
1. Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto arriving at press conference
2. Wide shot of news conference
3. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan People's Party leader:
"We demand the government to release arrested lawyers...
Curated Video
UPITN 9 1 79 NEWSPAPERS FOR SALE AFTER 62 DAYS, ANTI-SHAH DEMONSTRATION
For the first time in 62 days of a censorship of the press, papers again were available to the people of Iran. However, authorities warned that censorship may well again interfere with the papers going to press. People were so eager to...
Curated Video
Censorship fears over enactment of new internet blacklist law
1. Wide of start of news conference
2. Wide of speakers taking seats
3. Wide of news conference
4. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Lyudmila Alexeyeva, Head of the Moscow Helsinki Group:
"The passing of new draconian laws with bans of all sorts of...
Curated Video
Myanmar's first international literary festival opens
1. Pan from book to people looking at books for sale
2. Various of people looking at books for sale
3. Close of banner reading (English) "Irrawaddy Literary Festival"
4. Push in to book stand
5. Close of former exiled Burmese writer...