The threat of censorship that hangs over artists and writers must be removed once and for all, according to civil rights activists.

Chinese internet users have lost access to Microsoft's Bing search engine, sparking complaints about the ruling Communist Party's increasingly tight online censorship.

Calls for the lyrics of Fairytale of New York to be censored this Christmas are proving controversial.

Censorship in Ireland, which was largely overturned 50 years ago, meant the public couldn’t easily get their eyes on work by our best writers, making it a badge of honour, says Donal Ó Drisceoil.

Developments across the water caught my eye last week, specifically some news filtering out of Newcastle and Glasgow.

Bums are okay, nipples are not.

India’s top court has backed people’s right to free speech in cyberspace by overturning a legal provision that called for imprisoning people who send “offensive” messages by computer or mobile phone.