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    • censorship

      Giant Vagina Outlasts Consumer Watchdog Billboard

      What's more offensive: a billboard criticizing an insurance company or a skyscraping vagina advertising vodka? If you're in the business of selling advertising space, it's no contest: criticism of a business, of course. More »

      12:22 PM on Tue Sep 15 2009
      By Carrie McLaren
      16,107 views, 83 comments

    • protection, not censorship

      AT&T Lifts 4Chan Block, Was To Stop DDos Attacks

      AT&T released a statement about their temporary blocking this weekend of troll haven 4chan for its customers. The company said the temporary block was to stop DDos attacks on one customer emanating from IP addresses associated with the site. After the threat was over, the block was lifted. Here's the official release: More »

      1:49 PM on Mon Jul 27 2009
      By Ben Popken
      8,772 views, 56 comments

      Most discussed lehrdude: All this has just given 4chan more publicity...I had never even heard of the site until today. Now that I more »

    • 4chan

      AT&T Reportedly Blocks Wildly Popular And Deeply Offensive Website

      UPDATE: AT&T has a statement. They said the temporary block was to stop DDos attacks from IP addresses associated with img.4chan.org. After the threat was over, they lifted the block.

      You may find 4chan weird, chaotic, or offensive, but you can't deny that the Internet wouldn't be the same without it. There would be no cat macros. There would be no Rickrolling. There would be no Anonymous protests against the Church of Scientology. Did I mention the cat macros?

      AT&T has decided to discover what a world without 4chan would be like. They've reportedly blocked it. Specifically, the forums /b/ and /r9k/. More »

      2:00 AM on Mon Jul 27 2009
      By Laura Northrup
      23,532 views, 92 comments

    • censorship

      No More Erections In Love Land: China Demolishes Sex Theme Park Filled With Giant Statues Of Genitalia

      Bad news for those of you planning a trip to "Love Land", China's first sex theme park: it's been demolished before it could even open. Now the only giant balls the locals will see are government-administered wrecking balls. More »

      10:42 AM on Wed May 27 2009
      By Lucy Bayly
      6,631 views, 27 comments

    • censorship

      Trent Reznor Compares Apple To, Gasp, Walmart

      NIN front man Trent Reznor is angry at Apple for rejecting the new Nine Inch Nails iPhone app update because it contains "objectionable content." The objectionable content referenced is the song 'The Downward Spiral,' which you can buy on iTunes. Reznor posted the rejection letter on NIN's forums, and then launched into a rant about censorship — comparing Apple to Walmart. (NSFW language inside) More »

      1:55 PM on Tue May 5 2009
      By Meg Marco
      6,801 views, 113 comments

      Most discussed vladthepaler: Buried underneath the childish explitives, he does have a good point. If he can manage to speak like an adult more »

    • amazon

      Amazon Deletes Reviews That Mention Pay For Play Review Schemes

      After buying an anti-snoring mouthpiece from a third-party seller on Amazon, reader Bob received an email from the company offering him a free mouthpiece in exchange for a five-star review. He noted this attempted bribe in his Amazon review, and Amazon deleted it. Twice.

      Update: Amazon has responded to Bob's questions. More »

      11:38 PM on Wed Apr 22 2009
      By Alex Chasick
      18,741 views, 112 comments

      Most discussed frank64: Because that place was to review the PRODUCT. There is another place to review the third party seller. It don't like more »

    • Amazonfail

      Amazon Apologizes For "Ham-Fisted" Catalog Error

      Was it a hacker? Probably not. Was it a translation error? Who knows. Here's the official #Amazonfail apology email (again) for your reading pleasure. It is, apparently, the final word on the matter. More »

      1:11 PM on Tue Apr 14 2009
      By Meg Marco
      9,809 views, 56 comments

    • silly

      "Buy.com" Is Apparently A Curse Word On Best Buy's Forums

      Reader Andrew was trying to post a question on Best Buy's forums, but he made the horrible, offensive mistake of putting a space between "Best" and "Buy.com." More »

      12:08 PM on Tue Apr 14 2009
      By Meg Marco
      21,996 views, 92 comments

    • amazon

      Gay and Lesbian Books Lose Amazon Sales Rank For Some Reason

      UPDATE: Amazon Gay Book Removal Was Massive Prank, I Did It, Claims Troll More »
    • cash4gold

      Cash4Gold Offers Blogger $3,000 To Remove Negative Post

      Want to get rich in blogging? Just write negative posts about sleazy companies and wait for them to bribe you to take your post down. That's what the Cockeyed blog learned after blogging about their experience in using Cash4Gold's servicess... More »

      12:02 PM on Fri Jan 30 2009
      By Ben Popken
      70,922 views, 81 comments

      Most discussed sleze69: "They did something similar by joining (OTHER CONSUMER AFFAIRS WEBSITE)'s advocacy program" What's the other company that sold out? more »

    • jetblue

      JetBlue Passenger Forced To Cover Arabic Shirt Gets $240k From JetBlue, TSA Employees

      In 2006, Raed Jaer, an Iraqi-born U.S. resident, was forced by TSA officials and JetBlue to cover his t-shirt—it read, "We Will Not Be Silent" in both Arabic and English—before he could board a flight. The airline and the two TSA officials (TSA was not named in the suit) settled out of court last week for $240,000, although JetBlue still denies they did anything wrong, and the TSA says they don't "condone profiling in any way shape or form." More »

      8:36 PM on Tue Jan 6 2009
      By Chris Walters
      31,998 views, 215 comments

      Most discussed tbax929 is rooting for...: It sounds to me like he was looking for trouble. Even if he has a right to wear the T-shirt, more »

    • spore

      Amazon Pulls Negative Reviews Of 'Spore,' Then Reinstates Them

      Earlier today, about 2200 reviews of the game Spore disappeared from the product page on Amazon.com, almost all of them negative. Did Amazon censor the reviews because of their anti-DRM nature? Amazon says no, that it was a technical glitch, and they restored the reviews by the end of today. An Amazon spokesperson told Ars Technica, "Amazon doesn't censor or edit customer reviews based [on their content] and we'd only remove a review if it fell outside our guidelines." Spore's rating is back to a single star, and it's #5 on Amazon's video games chart. More »

      7:26 PM on Fri Sep 12 2008
      By Chris Walters
      11,284 views, 77 comments

      Most discussed Craysh: @Maztec Actually, the extent in which the game requires you to go through to install said game is perfectly acceptable to more »

    • videos

      Mythbusters Gagged: Credit Card Companies Kill Episode Exposing RFID Security Flaws

      UPDATE: Mythbusters Host Retracts RFID Censorship Comments More »
    • censorship

      American Airlines, Cosi's Don't Want You To Watch South Park

      Gil was stuck in an American Airlines Admiral's Club for 5 hours waiting for his flight back to L.A., so he tried to access the South Park website to help pass the time. What he got instead was the screen here, saying that the site had been blocked because it's considered "tasteless." We've seen the same message at a Cosi restaurant in NYC. Thanks, companies, for protecting our delicate sensibilities! We're going to go get the vapors now. More »

      10:43 AM on Sat May 10 2008
      By Chris Walters
      16,901 views, 67 comments

      Latest by LorraineCrispin: Just be thankful it wasn't Southwest Airlines! The way they treat passengers, the only web site that would be more »

    • censorship

      Go Daddy Refutes Censorship Claim

      The reader who sent Go Daddy an email asking why they shut down RateMyCop.com received a response in which they emphatically denied any censorship—this was all about a customer exceeding his contracted server usage limits and nothing else, they say. Read their full response after the jump. More »

      7:19 PM on Wed Mar 12 2008
      By Chris Walters
      5,810 views, 47 comments

      Latest by vancedecker: Although GoDaddy can be very annoying with their schizophrenic user interface and by nickel diming you for every little add-on, more »

    • censorship

      Go Daddy Shuts Down RateMyCop Watchdog Site

      Yesterday, Go Daddy pulled the plug on RateMyCop.com, which has been criticized by law enforcement officials for allegedly putting police officers in danger by listing their names and in some cases badge numbers. Visitors can then add comments and post critiques or praise about specific cops in their area. The website collected its officer data via public information requests, and no personal information is used, nor are undercover agents revealed. Still, law enforcement officials are upset at the exposure. When the site's owner, Gino Sesto, called Go Daddy, he was first told it was removed due to "suspicious activity," but then the reason was changed by a supervisor to an exceeded bandwidth cap, which Sesto disputes. Update: Go Daddy responded to our reader's email and said taking the site offline had nothing to do with censorship. More »

      5:24 PM on Wed Mar 12 2008
      By Chris Walters
      4,138 views, 33 comments

      Latest by uwouldntlikemewhenimangry: I was in the military for 9 years. I think the police culture is Military-Lite (at least next to the more »

    • censorship

      Uproar Over Tiny Illustration Of Naked Statue In Children's Book

      A German author and her publisher were thrilled when a U.S. publisher inquired about putting out a North American edition of one of her bestselling children's books... until the U.S. publisher asked the author to airbrush some of her illustrations. More »

      8:50 AM on Fri Jan 18 2008
      By Meg Marco
      10,852 views, 110 comments

      Latest by Spooty: It's amazing that the original post, and the 108 comments since, didn't even mention the *other* censorship requested by the more »

    • complaints

      The Problem With Using "Free" Online Services: Random Censorship

      Laura used Picasa to share photographs of her mastectomy with members of her support group, as well as family and friends. Now they're gone, deleted without warning because some anonymous jackass flagged them as inappropriate. [Update: Pics are back up! Google apologized and reinstated the entire album, along with comments.] The first problem with this is that it's hard to figure out which category of "inappropriate" surgical pictures fall under: obscenity, pornography, promotions of hate, incitement of violence, spam, malicious code, or viruses? More »

      11:33 PM on Wed Jan 16 2008
      By Chris Walters
      6,427 views, 27 comments

      Latest by LikeYourFace: A friend of mine works for Google in whatever they call the department who sets 'policy' concerning Google images. She more »

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