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Chinese Authorities are gearing up to issue a ban on domestic media companies that will prohibit them from using quotes from foreign media sources and information from microblogging platform Weibo.
Apparently one of the reasons for this ban is to “form a healthy reporting structure” and the authorities are said to be preparing some strict reporting regulations. Continue Reading
North Korean propaganda videos have been doing the rounds on the net in recent months, with several of them removed for copyright violation after they used images and music from video games Call of Duty and The Elder Scrolls!
As well as nabbing the content, these videos also depicted just how hostile this reclusive nation feels towards the U.S. and this latest video depicts North Korea invading the mighty North America. Continue Reading
ProPublica, the non-profit, independent organization has recently released an insightful article about the Russian PR film Ketchum and their involvement in the placement of op-eds on CNBC and the Huffington Post that praise the Russia, their government and their policies.
These op-ed’s appear to be written by independent professionals – a lawyer, businessmen and academics and were intended to promote the country.
ProPublica point out that it is not unusual for PR firms like Ketchum to carry out work like this on behalf of Russia, but it is rare for readers of op-eds to know how they were generated. Continue Reading
The German Sparkasse Chemnitz Bank has started issuing a credit card that carries the image of the big daddy of socialism, Karl Marx – now if that’s not irony, I really don’t know what is!
It was actually the general public’s choice to put Marx’s image on the card, the bank carried out a vote offering customers the option of 10 images that could appear on their personal MasterCards. The image of the renowned German philosopher, economist, sociologist and revolutionary won in a landslide victory!
A Reuters report suggests that the location of the bank might hold the answer as to why Marx’s image was chosen. It is located in the eastern side of the country – the part of course that used to be a communist state! Continue Reading
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