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On July 22, 2024, President Marcos announced the nationwide ban of POGOs in his State of the Nation Address. [88] On November 5, Executive Order No. 74, immediately banning all POGOs or IGLs and offshore gaming operations nationwide as well as the application and renewal of licenses, was issued by the Malacañang. [89]
“Effective today, all POGOs are banned,” Marcos said to a standing ovation from lawmakers as he underlined the growing concern in the Philippines over the explosion of the offshore casino ...
This also coincided with the Chinese government ban of all electronic casinos operating in mainland China. [2] Many POGOs employ Chinese nationals since they speak the same language to the Chinese customers they cater to. [3] PAGCOR has stated that there are no Chinese-owned POGOs, and all POGO foreign licensees have Filipino partner firms. [3]
PEN America, a free speech advocacy group, found that book bans nearly tripled during the 2023-2024 academic year with over 10,000 books banned in public schools.
Internet censorship is the legal control or suppression of what can be accessed, published, or viewed on the Internet. Censorship is most often applied to specific internet domains (such as Wikipedia.org, for example) but exceptionally may extend to all Internet resources located outside the jurisdiction of the censoring state.
The recent surge in book bans in U.S. school districts and libraries is the latest front in a long-running battle that has swept up even literary masterpieces of John Steinbeck, J.D. Salinger and ...
Alabama's SBOE banned the teaching of concepts that impute fault, blame, a tendency to oppress others, or the need to feel guilt or anguish to persons solely because of their race or sex.” [6] Georgia's SBOE banned teaching that "indoctrinates" students. Florida's SBOE prohibited teaching about critical race theory or the 1619 Project. [6]
Books such as "Charlotte's Web," "Maus," "Animal Farm," and "The Color Purple" have been banned in some schools.