Paris Museum Runs Afoul of Facebook Content Policies
French museum Jeu de Paume found itself the latest example of artistic institutions shut down by Facebook content policies for the photographic presence of that most dastardly body part, the female...
View ArticleSalon Indicts Law Enforcement and Media Prejudice Against “Gamers”
After what he is calling an “egregious” and biased report from New York Daily News columnist Mike Lupica on the Sandy Hook shootings, Salon.com’s Andrew Leonard fired back with a scathing indictment of...
View ArticlePolitical Cartoons: Fuel For Revolution or a Reflection of the Fire?
What do editorial cartoons do? Are they really the mind-changing propaganda that censors fear? Or do they simply mirror the ideas, events, and trends already taking place? Cartoon Movement recently...
View ArticleSen. Feinstein the Latest Congressperson to Pin Blame on Video Games
Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein has joined an ever-lengthening list of politicians seeking to pin blame for outbursts of youth violence on the media’s favorite scapegoat, video games. Though also...
View ArticleFox News Host Blames Video Games During NRA Speech
Gaming news site Kotaku has posted yet another incident to be filed under “S,” for “Scapegoating.” On Friday, Fox News host and contributor Jeanine Pirro delivered a furious diatribe against gun...
View ArticleVague Legal Definitions Threaten Japanese Comic Readers
For the second time in four years, members of the Japanese Diet (legislature) are attempting to revise the nation’s flawed child pornography law. While initial revision proposals offered some hope that...
View ArticleUkrainian Political Cartoons Displayed Despite Administration Objections
An art exhibition of cartoons addressing Ukrainian corruption, and other political issues, was displayed in Kyiv’s Mykhailivska Square by the Institute for World Policy on May 18th, 2013, despite...
View ArticleMalaysian Cartoonist Zunar Appeals Arrest
(c) Zunar Malaysian cartoonist Zunar – pen name of Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque — has elected to appeal a ruling related to his 2010 arrest and detention while under investigation for violation of...
View ArticleSyria Continues Campaign Against Dissenting Artists
Youssef Abdelke (Source: CRNI) A cartoonist who co-signed a 2011 document calling for the removal of Syrian President Bashir al-Assad and his government was arrested in late July, one more in an...
View ArticleSen. Feinstein Seeks to Restrict Federal Definition of “Real” Journalism
Congressional efforts to pass a federal Media Shield Law, which would introduce additional protections for journalists from government interference and surveillance, are being stymied as the U.S....
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