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  2. Censorship in the Middle East - Wikipedia

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    Censorship is a policy used by governments to retain control over their people by preventing the public from viewing information considered by the republic as holding the potential to incite a rebellion. The majority of nations in the Middle East censor the media, including Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey and the United Arab ...

  3. Censorship in Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia

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    The Ministry of Information is responsible for overseeing Saudi media and has been called the "main agent of censorship" in the kingdom. [11] A special unit, the Management of Publications department, analyzes publications and issues "directives" to newspapers and magazines that state the way in which a given topic must be treated. [ 11 ]

  4. Censorship by country - Wikipedia

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    Censorship by country collects information on censorship, Internet censorship, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and human rights by country and presents it in a sortable table, together with links to articles with more information. In addition to countries, the table includes information on former countries, disputed countries ...

  5. Censorship in Islamic societies - Wikipedia

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    The (OIC), the world's second largest intergovernmental organization, comprising fifty-seven Islamic states, has actively lobbied for a global ban on what it perceives as anti-Islamic blasphemy, [1] [5] especially after the publication of Innocence of Muslims — a "low-quality film" depicting Muhammad as a madman, philanderer, and pedophile, [1] — triggered protests and demonstrations in ...

  6. Censorship - Wikipedia

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    General censorship occurs in a variety of different media, including speech, books, music, films, and other arts, the press, radio, television, and the Internet for a variety of claimed reasons including national security, to control obscenity, pornography, and hate speech, to protect children or other vulnerable groups, to promote or restrict ...

  7. Category:Censorship by country - Wikipedia

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    Bahasa Melayu; 日本語; Polski ... Censorship in Indonesia (1 C, 7 P) Censorship in Iran (2 C, ... Censorship in the Middle East; A. Censorship in Algeria ...

  8. Category:Censorship - Wikipedia

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    Bahasa Indonesia; Italiano; ... Academic freedom in the Middle East; ... Eastern Bloc media and propaganda; Editors Committee (Israel) Eliminationism;

  9. Al Jazeera effect - Wikipedia

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    The Al Jazeera effect is a term used in political science and media studies to describe the impact of new media and media sources on global politics, namely, reducing the government and mainstream media monopoly on information and empowering groups which previously lacked a global voice.