Projects tagged "Censorship"

eL Seed in the Battle Against Censorship in Tunisia
Practitioner:
eL Seed
Date:
Sep 19 2012

Last week, Tunisia's tallest minaret went under the brush of the country's hottest muralist. On the Jara Mosque in his hometown of Gabes, 31-year-old eL Seed painted a verse from the Quran preaching tolerance, a message meant for Salafist Islamists who protested "provocative" pieces at an art exhibition earlier this summer.

"The Split"
Practitioner:
Mark Dotzler
Date:
Mar 7 2013

“The Split”, 26"H x 20"W x 18"D (aluminum, physics books, iPod running a countdown timer program, light, shadow) uses the shadow of a “High School Physics” book to represent World Trade Center, Building #7 that fell into its own footprint at free fall speed (6.5 seconds) on the afternoon of September 11, 2001. We were told that fire caused it to fall, but that is impossible and defies the basic Laws of Physics.

Can Reddit Vote Down a Congressman?
Practitioner:
Test PAC
Date:
Apr 24 2012

By Tim Murphy, Mother Jones

Anonymous fights Arizona censorship bill with 'butthurt form'
Practitioner:
Anonymous
Date:
Apr 3 2012

There’s a fine line between offensive and hilarious, and Arizona lawmakers aim to make that boundary legally protected. If House Bill 2549 passes, online harassment could become a criminal offense – but some hacktivists are there to help you rejoice.

SOPA Blackout
Practitioner:
Wikipedia
Date:
Jan 18 2012

SOPA Blackout: Wikipedia, Google, Wired Protest ‘Internet Censorship’ 


Jan 18, 2012, ABC News, Ned Potter 

 Go to Wikipedia’s English home page and it will look like its regular self for a second, but then –
Freedom of Speech
Practitioner:
Tania Bruguera
Date:
Mar 29 2009



The Winds of Art, and of Freedom, Blew for a Few Moments in Havana 

Yoani Sanchez, Huffington Post 

China's censors tested by microbloggers who keep one step ahead of state media
Practitioner:
Weibo
Date:
Apr 15 2012

The Guardian

By Tania Branigan

In the opaque world of Chinese censorship, a few red lines shine through the murk. One of the clearest is: no gossip about top political leaders, their families or internal party affairs.

A Startup's Tool Helps Evade Iran's Censors, for Now
Practitioner:
Anchor Free
Date:
Apr 11 2012

BusinessWeek
By John Tozzi on April 11, 2012

Myanmar's Young Artists and Activists
Practitioner:
New Zero Artists
Date:
Mar 1 2012

In the country formerly known as Burma, these free thinkers are a force in the struggle for democracy.
By Joshua Hammer
Photographs by Adam Dean
Smithsonian Magazine, March 2011

Turkey's Artists Protest Islamist Censorship After 'Secret Obscenities'
Practitioner:
Turkish Artists
Date:
May 2 2012