Tag: Censorship

Chinese Censorship Is Quietly Rewriting the Covid-19 Story

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Early in 2020, on the same day that a frightening new illness officially got the name Covid-19, a team of scientists from the United States and China released critical data showing how quickly the virus was spreading, and who was dying.

The study was cited in health warnings around the world and appeared to be a model of international collaboration in a moment of crisis.

Within days, though, the researchers quietly withdrew the paper, which was replaced online by a

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Queen Consort speaks out against censorship of Roald Dahl books

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Queen Consort Camilla has seemingly waded into the ongoing literary debate over Roald Dahl’s publisher rewriting passages of his children’s books, in a speech at Clarence House. 

The 75-year-old today held a reception to mark the second anniversary of Her Majesty’s Reading Room after recovering from Covid. 

Addressing the crowd, Camilla welcomed ‘writers, publishers and book lovers’ to the event and ended her speech with a nod to Puffin’s sensitivity rewrite of certain Roald Dahl passages. 

The Queen Consort encouraged

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When Hollywood Met China | The New Yorker

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When “Top Gun” came out, in 1986, every detail of its release seemed carefully orchestrated to prop up an image of American power. Recall the glossy-haired, twenty-three-year-old Tom Cruise, effortlessly speeding on his motorcycle, or flying an F-14A Tomcat and donning his iconic aviators. The film earned a hundred and eighty million dollars domestically, and managed to do what years of state-produced recruitment videos could not: upon its release, Navy and Air Force enrollments surged. Even Ray-Ban sales shot up.

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INTERVIEW: GA Senate Candidate Latham Saddler Talks Big Tech Censorship, Communist China, And Much More

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During a special runoff election in 2021, radical Democrat Raphael Warnock won a Senate seat in the state of Georgia.

Warnock defeated Republican Kelly Loeffler, who was appointed after former Senator Johnny Isakson resigned with three years left in his term. Because of this turnover, Warnock will face another Republican opponent in November 2022.

One possible Republican challenger to Warnock is former Navy SEAL Latham Saddler, who announced his candidacy in April.

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