David Cameron is facing serious questions over how his plan for automatic internet 'porn filters' in every British home would work

Filtering the internet abroad has led to censorship and increased surveillance

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Nicholas Serota: The director of the Tate warned that creative freedoms are being usurped by legal fears

Artists afraid of losing sponsors ‘are self-censoring,’ says Sir Nicholas Serota

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A Roman marble statue depicting Vibia Sabina

Qatar returns statues to Greece after row over nudity

Male statues had their genitalia covered with black cloths by authorities

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Sittwe, the capital of Arakan state, is little more than a sleepy, dusty, overgrown village. Time appears to have stopped not long after the British left in 1948. Opposite the town’s golden zeydi, its Buddhist stupa, are the green-painted ruins of a mosque, but today there are few other obvious signs of last year’s violence. The great bulk of the town’s Muslim population has been banished to the outskirts: fishermen’s shacks and a sprawling camp where 7,000 men, women and children live under canvas.

Lizi Patch says her son became withdrawn and sullen after watching pornography online

The day my 11-year-old son found violent porn on the web

Nine out of 10 schoolchildren have watched pornography online, new research suggests.  One mother, Lizi Patch, reveals the horrifying effect a ‘funny’ video had on her son

Ed Miliband is up against a sense of entitlement

Labour has no ideology to offer disaffected voters. Plus, the England football team also fail to inspire, and the case for censorship

Leveson: Who knows what might pop up next

Is it lawful for a regulator to force an apology that a newspaper doesn't believe? The regulation will be tested in practice - and fractures may appear

Leveson: Time to stop talking about press regulation and see if it actually works

Improved press regulation is important, but what has been going on for the last few weeks is the tiresome zealotry of the self-righteous

Jubilee Party supporters celebrate the vote for Uhuru Kenyatta

West faces nervous wait as Uhuru Kenyatta edges closer to victory

Local media agree to avoid speculation in bid to avoid repeat of 2007 post-election violence

Dundee University yanks The Sun from its shelves in Page Three row

The Sun has been stripped from the shelves of Dundee University campus stores with immediate effect after students led a campaign against the infamous Page Three.

It’s no joke: Richard Herring

The Week in Radio: Comedy and radio do not mix - in fact they are sworn enemies

“And here on 4 we have a comedy coming up,” said the BBC continuity announcer. Oh God, I thought. Really? Must you? Must we? Isn’t it time to give it up? To admit defeat? To say to your listeners “Look, guys, we’ve given comedy our best shot, we’ve brought in the big guns, we’ve maxed out the budget, but it’s just not working.”

Libel law reform at threat as House of Lords passes Lord Puttnam's Defamation Bill changes

Film producer proposes statutory regulation of the press and for publishers to face 'exemplary damages'

Tom Hanks and Halle Berry in 'Cloud Atlas'

Chinese censors chop 38 minutes from Cloud Atlas including gay and straight love scenes

It follows Skyfall as the latest film to receive extreme modification for distribution in China

Leftists displaying banners and portraits of the late Chinese leader

Duel in the newsroom... How paper took on Chinese propaganda chief - and lost

Insider tells how Communist official demanded editorial be printed

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