Since the Online Safety Act was implemented earlier this week, people have been blocked from accessing vital information about Palestine, sexual health, transitioning, self-harm... and labubus
Jul 30, 2025
As Kneecap faces a ‘smear campaign’ for their statements in support of Palestine, we look back on five times artists have been subject to censorship
Apr 29, 2025
A video from the Irish rap trio’s November 2024 performance has resurfaced in the wake of Kneecap’s highly-publicised performances at Coachella festival over the last two weekends
Apr 23, 2025
Here’s a list of novels to read that have recently been challenged or banned from public schools and libraries across the US
Feb 25, 2025
Speaking at the launch of her retrospective exhibition at Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie, the artist took aim at Israel’s onslaught against Palestine and Lebanon: ‘Why are you afraid to hear this, Germany?’
Dec 09, 2024
Under a new law passed yesterday, which critics describe as ‘Orwellian’ and ‘dangerously vague’, the US government will be able to punish any non-profit it accuses of ‘supporting terrorism’, without having to provide any evidence
Nov 22, 2024
Like a fried Oreo or Mars bar, but memes
Nov 11, 2022
The microblogging platform has reversed its 2018 decision to censor all nudity on the app, although its infamous ban on porn remains in place
Nov 02, 2022
The London photographer’s explicit exhibition – presented on hundreds of keyrings – looks at censorship, sploshing, and obscenity
Jan 28, 2022
Char Ellesse, Nyome Nicholas-Williams, and Enam Asiama are transformed into resplendent statues in a series that celebrates marginalised bodies
Aug 27, 2021
The app previously ranked original Stories over reposted content like infographics, but has now vowed to show more viral current affairs posts
Jun 01, 2021
From the reinventing of classic Greek sculpture to grotesque augmented reality, artists are subverting our expectations of the naked body in art
Mar 26, 2021
A recent boycott over the app’s censoring guidelines and shadow-banning practice, first put in place in 2018, calls out Instagram’s long-term hostility to adult performers
Dec 24, 2020
The news comes after Instagram was accused of censoring and silencing Black, plus-size model Nyome Nicholas-Williams in August
Oct 27, 2020
The social platform will review its nudity policy following the model’s campaign #iwanttoseenyome for Black plus-size women, after her image was removed for violating guidelines
Aug 28, 2020