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Californian state law makers propose age verification for all internet users.
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 | 30th June 2022
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| See article from theregister.com |
California state lawmakers are discussing proposed legislation to require age and identity verification for all internet users. The proposal is bassed upon the UK's Age Appropriate Design Code that requires websites likely to be accessed by under 18s to
implement data protection according to age. Younger viewers will be restricted from handing over personal data. But of course the rub is that the websites needs to know the age of the reader to implement this. The bill, AB2273, is known as The
California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act. Critics of the legislation contend this requirement threatens the privacy of adults and the ability to use the internet anonymously. Eric Goldman, Santa Clara University School of Law professor commented:
The bill pretextually claims to protect children, but it will change the Internet for everyone. In order to determine who is a child, websites and apps will have to authenticate the age of ALL consumers before they can use
the service. No one wants this.
The bill will put an end to casual web browsing, forcing companies to collect personal information they don't want to store and protect -- and that consumers don't want to
provide -- in order to authenticate the age of visitors. And since age authentication generally requires identity details, that threatens the ability to use the internet anonymously.
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China unbans Lady GaGa
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| 17th January 2014
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| See article from
aceshowbiz.com |
Lady GaGa' s music is no longer banned in China. The government lifted the ban nearly three years after it said that GaGa's songs were too vulgar and put them on a "poor taste" blacklist. Now that GaGa's music is allowed in China,
her new album ARTPOP has been approved for release in the country with no cuts. |
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Lady Gaga advert on the back of buses
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| 11th November 2013
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| 8th November 2013. See Family First press
release from scoop.co.nz |
Moralist campaigners at Family First NZ have written to the Howick and Eastern Bus Company asking them to remove a supposedly objectionable billboard on the back of their buses. The image advertising Lady Gaga's latest album features the partly-covered
naked singer in a provocative pose. Bob McCoskrie, National Director of Family First NZ spouted: We expect this raunch culture from shock artists like Lady Gaga, but to display it on a public bus often used as a school bus
is unacceptable. The image simply objectifies women as sex objects and is part of the agenda of a pornified music world. These images should not be 'broadcast' on street billboards and school buses. It is offensive and
inappropriate and many parents will not want their children being exposed to larger-than-life porn images. It's difficult to have 'parental controls' over the images on a bus driving in front of you. The music industry wants to
sexualise and objectify women. But advertisers, and the Advertising Standards Authority, should be doing everything it can to reject this. We are asking the Howick and Eastern Bus Company to show social responsibility.
Update: Advert to be withdrawn 11th November 2013. See article from
tvnz.co.nz An Auckland bus company has asked its advertising agency to remove a racy Lady Gaga billboard from the back of its buses. Family First NZ said it has received
notification from the Howick and Eastern Bus Company that they have asked their advertising agency to remove a billboard advertising the popstar's latest album from the back of its buses. We're stoked that Howick and Eastern Bus Company have
responded to the concerns of families and have shown social responsibility, Bob McCoskrie, National Director of Family First NZ, said. |
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Lady GaGa
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7th November 2012
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The South African Council of Churches wants to ban Lady Gaga from performing in South Africa. The church group claims to be concerned about the supposedly destructive impact Lady Gaga could have on South Africa's youth when she
performs here later this year. According to Channel24, Reverend Mxolisi Sonti said they are afraid that Gaga's visit could lead to an exponential growth of Satanism in South Africa. According to Channel24, the group are planning a
march to the department of Arts and Culture in Pretoria, where they will be handing over a written request to stop Gaga's visit to the country. Lady Gaga kicks off her shows in South Africa with a performance at the FNB Stadium, Johannesburg on 30
November, before she moves to the Cape Town Stadium on 3 December.
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Anti-gay Russians attempt to sue Madonna for supporting gay rights
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| 20th August 2012
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Russian activists have claimed that they were offended by Madonna's support for gay rights during a recent concert in St. Petersburg, where there is a legal ban on promoting homosexuality to young people. Madonna performs during her concert in
St. Petersburg on the day Russian activists say she promoted gay rights in front of children as young as 12 The star performing at the concert in St. Petersburg earlier this month. The complaint against her is said to include a video taken at the concert
showing Madonna stomping on an Orthodox cross It was reported that Alexander Pochuyev, a lawyer representing the nine activists, had filed the suit on Friday, against Madonna, the organizer of her concert, and the hall where it was held, asking
for damages totaling 333 million rubles, or nearly $10.5 million.
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Madonna's performance on the Anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising
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| 2nd August
2012
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| See article from nme.com
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Catholic groups in Poland are protesting against Madonna's Warsaw show because it falls on the same day as the anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising. Every year, Poles commemorate the date the city's failed revolt against Nazi occupation began.
At 5pm on August 1, sirens wail across Warsaw and people stand still to pay their respects to the 200,000 victims of the 63-day uprising. Concert organisers have agreed to a proposal by city officials by showing a short film about the events of
1944 to appease the protestors. [Madonna can probably squeeze her set into the advert breaks!] However, catholic groups have started an online campaign urging people not to watch the concert -- claiming more than
50,000 have signed up to their Don't Go To See Madonna campaign. One group, Krucjata Mlodych (Youth Crusade) says anti-Madonna Mass services and prayer sessions have been held. They accuse the singer of offending their faith by burning
crucifixes and using crown of thorns imagery, adding that she promotes pornography.
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Princess Die, a new song by Lady GaGa
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| 2nd July 2012
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channel24.co.za
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Lady Gaga has come under nutter fire for her new song about Princess Diana's death. She premiered the new track, Princess Die , in Melbourne, Australia and 'outraged' royal fans with her lyrics, which appears to reference the Princess
of Wales' tragic death in a Paris car accident in 1997. Gaga sings: And wish that I would go
In my rich boyfriend's limo
Right after he proposed
With a 16-carat stone wrapped in rose gold
With the
papparazzi all swarming around
So bob head your head for another dead blonde.
The lyrics have been blasted as distasteful when she says in the song: I wish that I could cope but I took pills and
left a note.
Suicide charities in Australia have slammed the singer's words and are worried about the message she is sending to impressionable fans. Chris Wagner, communications director for Lifeline, said:
We understand artistic license and we get artistic expression, but celebrities need to recognise that they're role models for young people in the community. GaGa said during her performance that Princess Die
may or may not be included on her next album.
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Thailand's Culture Ministry has a nonsense whinge about Lady Gaga
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| 16th June 2012
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First she made a joke about
buying a fake Rolex. Now Thailand's culture ministry has filed a complaint to police against Lady Gaga for misuse of the Thai flag during her show last month. The ministry claimed the part of Lady Gaga's performance when she wore a traditional
headdress and sat on a motorcycle in a skimpy outfit with a Thai flag trailing behind was inappropriate and hurt Thai people's sentiment . We are not asking police to prosecute her but it's our normal procedure to file complaints to
concerned agencies when we receive them, a senior ministry official, who declined to be named, said.
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Lady GaGa's latest album banned in Lebanon
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article from thestar.com.my
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Lady Gaga's latest album Born This Way may be topping the music charts in 21 countries, but it has been banned in Lebanon for being offensive to Christianity . A shipment of the album was immediately impounded by authorities in
the general security department on grounds of taste, reports thesun.co.uk Update: Oh no it isn't! 8th June 2011. See
article from dailystar.com.lb
Lady Gaga's latest record Born This Way will be distributed to stores in Lebanon soon, General Security said following rumors that the album had been banned for being offensive to Christianity. General Security had not
released any statement banning the entry or distribution of this album, and [the CD] has received approval for entry and distribution in the Lebanese market, a statement by the General Security said.
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11th April
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See article from
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Lady Gaga's new single, Judas , is being slammed by religious groups even though they haven't seen it yet. It is believed that the singer will depict Mary Magdalene in the video accompanying the song, while Hawaii Five-0 actor,
Norman Reedus, plays Judas. The Catholic League For Religious And Civil Rights have claimed that Gaga is stomping over the Easter celebrations. President of the CLFRCR Bill Donahue said: People have
real talent then there is Lady Gaga. I find her to be increasingly irrelevant. Is this the only way to jet up her performance? This isn't random, we are getting closer to holy week and Easter.
The video is due out on 19th of April.
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