A Turkish TV broadcaster has been fined for playing Pink’s video clip for ‘Secrets’, which shows “erotic dance figures of a homosexual nature”.
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Since its opening, censorship controversy has surrounded a new Robert Mapplethorpe photography exhibition at the Serralves Museum in Portugal.
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Twitter has censored a cartoon by Charb, who was killed in the 2015 attack on the Charlie Hebdo headquarters in Paris.
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Theatre duo detained by Iranian authorities over a video trailer for their production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
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Two artists had their artworks depicting nudity removed from a county fair in Ohio, with one artist allegedly accused of producing child pornography.
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Statues of naked men and women were covered with blankets to avoid ‘hurting the feelings’ of Russian Orthodox priests visiting a university in Russia.
Read More »Facebook rejects museum ads showing Picasso nudes
A Montreal museum's social media ads featuring Pablo Picasso masterpieces were rejected by Facebook because of the site's nudity policy.
Read More »Nigeria: Radio station fined for playing “vulgar and indecent music”
A Nigerian radio station has been fined by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for playing “vulgar and indecent” music.
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Kanata, a play portraying Canadian Indigenous history, was cancelled after some co-producers withdrew funding following “aggressive controversy”.
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Los Angeles police are investigating a second death threat against Jimin, a vocalist in K-pop boy band BTS, ahead of the group’s upcoming world tour.
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