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Archive: June 2011 (2 Posts)

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Violence, Censorship, and the Human Centipede II

Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt

In a related theme to gruesome, violent ads (commercials) being removed from programming in the UK, as described in my previous blog post, the UK has censored an entire film (movie).  The Human Centipede II has failed to get a certification (rating) from the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). The BBFC is an independent, non-governmental …

Posted in: Education, Global Law, In the News

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Glee and The Mechanic: A Bad Romance?

Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt

In my morning perusal of the newspapers the other week I came across an article saying that the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the UK’s independent regulator for advertising in the media, has banned two film (movie) trailers for the movie The Mechanic, one of which was aired during the show Glee. The ASA has a …

Posted in: Education, Global Law, In the News