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Police in China are arresting writers, many of them women, for writing erotic fiction about men in intimate relationships.

Chinese Police Cracking Down on Naughty Fiction

By Sharon Adarlo

Like other Chinese AI models, DeepSeek is beholden to the rules of state censors. Its answer about the Tiananmen Square massacre is odd.

Artificial Intelligence

DeepSeek Starts to Explain Tiananmen Square Massacre, Then Gets Caught by Built-In Censorship System

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk is now suing the X advertisers he once told off to the entire world, after they fled because of his racist tweets.

Elon Musk to Sue X Advertisers After Telling Them to “F*ck Themselves”

By Foster Kamer

Drag legend RuPaul Charles has a new book-selling website — and lots of its titles for sale are extremely problematic.

RuPaul’s Online Bookstore Is Selling “Mein Kampf”

By Noor Al-Sibai

The new Louisiana porn law impacts the providers, as well as their performers — and some of the performers are starting to speak out.

Adult Performers React to Law Requiring Photo ID to Watch Online Porn

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Chinese protest content posted to Twitter was impossible to find due to bots, ultimately rendering Elon Musk's Twitter an ineffective ally to protestors.

An Overwhelming Number of Porn Bot Accounts “Drowned Out” Chinese Protest Content on Twitter

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A Utah Republican is clearly having a normal one with his introduction of a new bill that would essentially ban internet porn in the United States.

Senator Introduces Bill That Would Effectively Make Porn Illegal

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk, vocal free speech advocate, has once again proven that his self-avowed free speech absolutism far from absolute.

Free Speech Warrior Elon Musk Writes Column For Chinese State Censor’s Magazine

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Close those tabs! Scientists in China have created a prototype AI device that knows when a man is watching porn — by "reading his mind."

Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Develop Head-Mounted Device That Detects When You Watch Porn

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Censors in China are cracking down on photos and videos of sick people not getting sufficient access to healthcare or reportedly being mistreated by healthcare workers.

Censors in China Are Having a Hard Time Silencing All the Rage Right Now

By Victor Tangermann

Follett cancelled plans to change features of their library software Destiny that would allow parents and schools ban students reading LGBTQ+ books.

Company Backs Down on Software to Block Kids Getting LBGTQ+ Library Books

By Lonnie Lee Hood

There's an extremely extremely disturbing site where users goad each other to commit suicide — and Google won't take it out of its search results.

Google Refuses to Pull Website Responsible for Scores of Suicides

By Noor Al-Sibai

Microsoft claims that human error is the reason users couldn't find image or video results when they searched the term "tank man" on Friday.

Major Search Engines Are Censoring Results About the Tiananmen Square Massacre

By Tony Ho Tran

The Chinese government recently imposed new restrictions on coronavirua research, and now must approve all studies on the outbreak's origin.

China Is Censoring Research Into the Origin of the Coronavirus

By Dan Robitzski

This Virtual Library in Minecraft Gives a Voice to Censored Journalists

This Virtual Library in Minecraft Gives a Voice to Censored Journalists

By Natalie Coleman

In a disturbing move, government officials will need clearance from the White House in order to give any statement about the COVID-19 coronavirus.

The White House Is Censoring Its Top Infectious Disease Expert

By Dan Robitzski