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Article

2 Oct 2011

Author:
Fr. John Flynn, Zenit.org [Vatican]

Anti-Christian Censorship and New Media [US]

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A report commissioned by the Virginia-based National Religious Broadcasters has revealed substantial problems in the way new media communications platforms treat religion. Titled "True Liberty in a New Media Age: An Examination of the Threat of Anti-Christian Censorship and Other Viewpoint Discrimination on New Media Platforms," the report looked at...Google, Apple, Facebook and Twitter…On two occasions Apple has blocked Christian apps on the iTunes App Store due to the religious content…[because they say] that homosexual conduct is immoral and this, in Apple's view, was offensive…the policies of the main Web-based platforms have very loose definitions of what they regard as hate speech, which the report criticizes as being a danger to free speech…[refers also to MySpace, Comcast, AT&T, Verizon]