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Here are some hilarious curse words banned from the Web in Mongolia

These are not words that people use in real life. 

On Mar 20, 2014 by EJ Dickson

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Anti-gay Texas senator calls for man-on-man nuptials in a beautiful typo

Dan Patrick doth protest too much.

On Feb 26, 2014 by Miles Klee

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Uganda signed a crazy anti-porn bill

Uganda quietly signed a broad, sweeping anti-pornography bill last week.

On Feb 25, 2014 by Kevin Collier

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Naming your kid ‘Facebook’ was just outlawed in this Mexican state

There goes that branding strategy.

On Feb 12, 2014 by Miles Klee

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Here’s why you won’t see Etsy links on Reddit anymore

All links to Etsy have been soft-banned from Reddit. Here’s what that means.

On Jan 30, 2014 by Fernando Alfonso III

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This gun ad was barred from the Super Bowl, and the far right is ticked

Shut up and pass the dip.

On Jan 22, 2014 by Miles Klee

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China bans ‘Battlefield 4,’ calling video game a security threat

The Ministry of Culture gets touchy about an unflattering bit of fiction.

On Dec 28, 2013 by Miles Klee

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How ‘Duck Dynasty’ got caught in Twitter’s spam filter

Twitter blames the block on IStandWithPhil.com on a third-party spam tracker.

On Dec 25, 2013 by Tim Sampson

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The most influential people on Reddit in 2013

Here are the users who mattered most in Reddit’s year of the ban.

On Dec 20, 2013 by [email protected]

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No, Reddit didn’t just ban half the Internet

The r/politics moderators probably see the media’s response to their bans as “sensationalistic.” This time, they’d be right.

On Oct 31, 2013 by Kevin Morris

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Facebook bans ‘juvenile boobies’ ad for all the wrong reasons

If only terrible jokes were enough to get you banned fom Facebook.

On Sep 5, 2013 by Kevin Morris

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Reddit’s r/news bans RT.com for alleged spamming

The popular Russian news source has been accused of spamming to promote its stories on r/news.

On Aug 29, 2013 by Fernando Alfonso III

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There’s no logic to this list of banned Instagram hashtags

A blog’s list of blocked Instagram tags highlights why hiding search results doesn’t make the nude bodies go away.

On Aug 26, 2013 by Kris Holt

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Amazing Atheist struck down by the hand of YouTube

YouTube’s notification lists “hate speech” as the reason for the removal.

On Aug 20, 2013 by Gaby Dunn

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Memeageddon: Reddit bans another popular meme generator

It’s been a bad few weeks for meme generators on Reddit.

On Aug 7, 2013 by Fernando Alfonso III

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