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Police must cancel directive limiting international media live footage, nonprofit argues to A-G

This directive mostly targets foreign media journalists, was issued without authority, undermines essential rights, and is illegal, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel argued.

 Iranian missile strikes a shelter in Beersheba, killing five, June 24, 2025.
 Remnants of an Iranian missile found in the Galilee.

IDF censor updates restrictions on reporting missile, drone impact sites

 The Pornhub logo and website are seen on a computer screen

Owner suspends Pornhub in France over age verification requirements

A Palestinian Hamas terrorist displays guns on the day of the handover of hostages,  in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, February 22, 2025.

Gaza journalist faces Hamas threats and censorship - report


Freedom forgone: The concerning rise of censorship in Israel - comment

What justification would we have as a humanitarian society if we did not preserve the rights of those we disagree with just because we disagree with them?

 The Educational Bookshop in east Jerusalem.

LA Jewish day school censors two student newspaper articles on Israel-Hamas war

The student staff at the Boiling Point retracted an article about anti-Israel sentiment.

A copy of the Boiling Point's censored issue, which students were instructed to collect from newsstands.

UN says Russia consolidates control of occupied Ukraine with ‘climate of fear’

"Surveillance, political oppression, repression of free speech, movement restrictions created a climate of fear in which the Russian Federation could dismantle the Ukrainian systems of government"

 Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Bakytzhan Sagintayev at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 19, 2024.

X remains banned in Pakistan following controversial elections

Despite a High Court order and widespread international criticism, Pakistani authorities have not yet lifted the ban on X.

 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters watch the general election results at a PTI office in Islamabad, Pakistan February 8, 2024.

Blocking peace: Meta censors 'Peace Talk' podcast

"Meta can’t silence our message of determined opposition to extremism and violence."

 Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta is seen on smartpone in front of displayed logo of Facebook, Messenger, Intagram, Whatsapp and Oculus in this illustration picture taken October 28, 2021

Wartime censorship is necessary, but must be done responsibly - editorial

Recent reports demonstrate that the ability to reject news reports is being used and abused, both for political gain and by giving preferential treatment to one publication over another.

 Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the security cabinet at the Knesset, May 8, 2022.

Meta 'inappropriately removed' Hamas kidnapping videos, oversight board finds

The finding came in a review of two cases in which human moderators had restored content that computer moderation had removed.

 Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta is seen on smartphone in front of displayed logo of Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, Whatsapp and Oculus in this illustration picture taken October 28, 2021

Military censor pressured by Netanyahu, threatened with removal - report

In recent weeks, Netanyahu reportedly tried to promote a law which would limit the discretion of the military censor during the war.

 IDF chief censor Gen. Kobi Mandelblit attends a State Control Committee meeting at the Knesset. June 5, 2023.

TikTok releases statement enforcing rules against hate content

Since the start of Israel's war against Hamas, TikTok reported a 67% increase in fake account removals and remains focused on enforcing its rules against hate and harmful misinformation

Tik Tok logo / illustrative

Publisher removes Jewish stereotypes from classic Georgette Heyer romance novel

“We don’t want to throw off a 25-year-old who’s just discovering Heyer,” a senior vice president and editorial director at Sourcebooks told the Times.

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Israel removes more content from TikTok than almost any other nation

Minor safety was the most common reason given, making up 30% of all video removals.

TikTok's new Know Your Facts feature sends urges users to reconsider before sharing unverified or misleading content.