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Soviet-era media control persists

Lack of freedoms hindering democracy, says media rep
Twenty years after Europe's Communist-era Iron Curtain began to crumble with the fall of the Berlin Wall, state interference or control of TV in many former Soviet countries continues to hamper democracy, a leading international security body has warned.

China cracks down on web games

Gov't bans foreign investment in online games

China's State Council picks censor

Zhang Pimin to head film, TV unit

Saudi gov closes LBC over sex talk

Authorities say offices are closed 'indefinitely'
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CCFC takes aim at PG-13 ads

Org wants to regulate pomos aimed at kids

China urges to stop screen smoking

CATC wants to take glamour out of habit

China bans online gangster games

Obscenity, gambling targeted in crackdown

Ukraine bans 'Bruno'

Culture Ministry calls pic immoral

China wipes out Green Dam rollout

Government scraps plan to control Internet use

Boyle: China censorship 'regrettable'

'Slumdog' director takes aim at restrictions

Chinese protest against firewall

Critics say plan is intrusive, ineffective

Sweden cuts out film censorship

Country ends bans on film distribution

High court reconsiders Jackson case

Supreme Court orders re-examination of ruling

'Wolverine' too violent for Swedes

Censor board gives prequel a 15 classification

Supreme Court rules on expletives

Government can threaten networks with fines

Ofcom fines BBC for prank call

Amount is pubcaster's biggest for single show

China tightens grip on online content

Licenses required for webcasts

China OKs Rape of Nanking pics

Film pair approved for screening

Saudi clerics urge ban on femmes

Group looks to remove women from TV, mags

Korean 'Thirst' poster banned

Park Chan-wook film opens locally on April 30

Catholic League to battle 'Demons'

Org launches crusade against Howard pic

Greater Union lifts 'Combination' ban

Cinema chain to resume screeings in Sydney

Ratings system proposed in China

Sarft submits new laws to the cabinet

China targets Google in crackdown

Orgs band together on moral crusade

Uproar in Australia over Internet filter

Plan to block Web sites finds opposition

U.K. seeks to rein in Internet

Culture secretary mulls film-style ratings

China blocks N.Y. Times' website

Beijing government defends censorship

Barack Obama mulling FCC post

Julius Genachowski rumored to be favorite

Great Firewall of China returns

Pre-Olympics Web censorship returns

FCC seeks review of CBS ruling

Commission challenges lower court decision

Supreme Court hears profanity case

Arguments heard in Fox v. FCC

Fox v. FCC heads to Supreme Court

Ruling could cut org's authority over airwaves

Indonesia cracks down on porn

Law being challenged by filmmakers

Russell Brand quits BBC radio show

Co-presenter Jonathan Ross suspended

Russia's 2X2 wins license renewal

Cartoon channel had attracted criticism

Overseas Oscar entries surge

Record amount of countries submit films

Russian regulator sees funny side

Adult cartoon channel earns reprieve

FCC role comes under fire

Trio criticizes org's policing

Kevin Smith wins appeal for 'Porno'

Director gets R rating for comedy

Sen. Ted Stevens indicted

Official failed to disclose $250,000 gift

Clock's ticking on clean-up act

FCC chair's indecency push is slowed

Court tosses FCC Super Bowl fine

Says org acted 'arbitrarily and capriciously'

China demands 'Mummy' changes

Government delays debut of 'Dragon Emperor'

Ratings blues for 'Love Guru'

Singapore org gives comedy PG-16 rating

FCC receiving fewer complaints

Viewer comments on programming plunge

Shueisha pulls anti-Koran toon

'Bizarre Adventure' has villain reading Koran

No 'Sex' allowed in pre-Tony special

WCBS nixes 'Strange' musical number

MediaCorp fined for 'Find and Design'

Singapore series 'normalized' homosexuality

Canadian creatives blast bill

Producers take stand against censorship

Fox refuses to pay indecency fine

FCC objects to sexual nature of 'America'

FCC finds itself in another fine mess

Blames recent court decision for confusion

Brit board lifts ban on 'Manhunt 2'

Publisher Rockstar to release game in June

'Persepolis' banned in Lebanon

Authorities pull Oscar-nominated film

China org aimed at smut, horror

Regulators announce list of censorship criteria

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