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Funny/Weird 

This is fun: Watch as China tried to censor the livestream of Megan Thee Stallion’s Coachella set

April 19, 2022April 19, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Censorship, China, Coachella, Megan Thee Stallion, WeChat

Apparently, WeChat, the Chinese social media monster, couldn’t afford more than a single black bar.

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Music History 

Spotify to Russia: “No more streaming for you!” (And no one wants to go to jail, either.)

March 27, 2022March 27, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Censorship, Invasion, Russia, Spotify, Ukraine

A few weeks after closing its Russian offices, Spotify has announced that it’s suspending its freemium service in the country

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Music News 

YouTube and YouTube Music could end up being banned in Russia

March 24, 2022March 25, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Censorship, Disfinformation, Google, Invasion, Russia, Ukraine, YouTube, YouTube Music

With Putin’s Russia awash in fake news and propaganda about its war in Ukraine (which is going very, very badly;

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Controversy 

It must be close to Christmas because the debate over the lyrics of “A Fairytale of New York” has flared up again.

November 19, 2020November 19, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment Censorship, Fairytale of New York, Pogues

If it seems that Christmas music has started up earlier than usual this year, it’s not your imagination. And the

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Music News 

The banning of Michael Jackson picks up speed

March 7, 2019March 7, 2019 Alan Cross 2 Comments ban, Censorship, Leaving Neverland, Michael Jackson

Now that the world has had a look at the Leaving Neverland documentary, Michael Jackson and his music are under

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WTF? 

The Chinese government’s war on hip-hop just got even more weird by targeting earlobes.

January 22, 2019January 22, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Censorship, China

Authoritarian governments hate hip-hop. Not only do they not consider it music, but they fear its subversive, disruptive and, well,

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Music News 

This “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” controversy is just plain silly

December 5, 2018December 5, 2018 Alan Cross 28 Comments Baby It's Cold Outside, Banned, Censorship, Christmas songs

The latest political correctness battle erupted earlier this month when a Cleveland radio station announced it would no longer play

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Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, October 4, 2018

October 4, 2018October 3, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Brett Kavanaugh, Buddy Holly, Censorship, CRTC, Facebook, Hollywood, Jazz Hands, Kidz Bop, Microsoft, Peggy Sue, Satire, Silicon Valley, Spotify, Ticketmaster, UB40, YouTube

Wikileaks was born on this day in 2006. Good thing? Bad thing? I guess it all depends. And now, music

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Music Industry 

This was inevitable: Discussions of Spotify’s “hateful conduct policy” turns to race

May 21, 2018May 21, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Censorship, Chris Brown, Hateful Content, R. Kelly, Racism, Spotify, XXXTentacion

It doesn’t take long for any contentious issue to be viewed through the lens of race, especially in the United

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Music Industry 

Today’s most important read: Spotify says “Make love, not hateful content.” Good in theory, but…

May 13, 2018May 12, 2018 Thomas Dennett 1 Comment Censorship, Chris Brown, Hateful Content, Policy, R. Kelly, Spotify, XXXTencion

Art is based in personal expression. As artists or content creators, our works are always infused with a little bit

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Music News 

China has banned hip-hop from TV and streaming sites–with one exception

January 24, 2018January 24, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Banned, Censorship, China, Hip-hop

The people who run the Communist Party of China are a prickly bunch when it comes to any kind of

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