Tag: censorship

Pugad Baboy lesbian jibe at St Scho prompts censorship by Inquirer management!

June 6, 2013 benign0 21 Comments

A Pugad Baboy strip that contained allusions to the purported lesbian scene in St Scholastica’s College, an exclusive all-girls-school in Manila, was pulled out of the Inquirer.net website. The “offending” strip which was published on an Inquirer.net page time-stamped the 4th June 2013 now displays a 404 Error message indicating that the page itself has…

Education, Lifestyle, Media

Outrage erupts as Singapore implements licensing for Net news sites!

June 5, 2013June 5, 2013 benign0 10 Comments

The new licensing scheme will require sites with a defined volume of content relating to Singaporean news and current affairs to be issued a license to operate following notification from Singapore’s Media Development Authority (MDA). Under the licensing framework, online news sites will be individually licensed if they (i) report an average of at least…

Media, Tech Talk

Malaysia and the Philippines: corruption and cheating are all part of ‘the game’

May 8, 2013May 10, 2018 Ilda 73 Comments

While I was reading news about Malaysiaâ€™s recently-concluded election, I could not help but shake my head; it was as if I was reading about the Philippines. Some of the things that were being said about the Malaysian government and its society could likewise be said about the Philippine government and its society too. It…

Government, Media, Politics, Society

MTRCB slams Wowowillie for dancers’ skimpy attire

April 22, 2013 benign0 8 Comments

Too much flesh on Wowowillie? Willie Revillame is once again in hot water after the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) slapped a three-month probation on the popular noontime show after netizens supposedly complained about the skimpy outfits of its dancers featured in its 16th April episode. TV5 Network management which airs the…

Glitz and Glamour, Society

Harrassment by Presidential Security: There’s Three Sides To Every Story

November 13, 2012October 26, 2013 Gogs 23 Comments

“There’s three sides to every story, baby. There’s yours and there’s mine and the cold, hard truth.” Long Way Home Don Henley On October 2012 a man meeting his family at a local restaurant was threatened to be arrested . This man’s only crime was parking in a restaurant that just happened to…

Culture, Government, Media

Time for some nipple activism!

September 12, 2012January 27, 2016 Kate Natividad 17 Comments

I feel sorry for my nipples. Unfortunately for them, we live in a society that frowns upon the sight of female nipples catching a bit of sunshine. Whereas it is perfectly acceptable — no, ordinary — for women in certain tribes in Africa, South America, and in our own country’s mountainous provinces to walk around…

Culture, Media, Society, Tech Talk

US Stop Online Piracy Act pits Silicon Valley vs mainstream media

December 23, 2011October 3, 2012 benign0 2 Comments

A bill is currently being debated in the United States House of Representatives that seeks to implement measures that will enable the US Government to control Americans’ access to “foreign” Web sites. The bill called the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) has been criticised by big-name Internet business including the likes of Google, Twitter, and…

Culture, Media, Tech Talk

Let’s ask Eric Manalang: Would an all-powerful infinite god find offense in Mideo Cruz’s work ‘Poleteismo’?

August 11, 2011 benign0 6 Comments

If you are a scientist, have some semblance of a background in science, or even just simply listened to your high school physics teacher and understood what she said, you’d be able to wrap your head around the single biggest point I make in a comment I posted on Get Real Post the other night:…

Culture, Religion, Science

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