IDF demands popular Israeli bloggers submit posts to censor
Israel’s new chief military censor has demanded that popular
bloggers writing on security-related issues submit their posts to her
before publication. Failure to do so will be considered a crime. Critics
say the move is Orwellian.
censorship scope was first revealed by one of the bloggers targeted,
Yossi Gurvitz. He runs a Facebook page called “George's Friends” – a
title alluding to writer George Orwell – which has over 10,000
subscribers.
This week he tweeted that the IDF’s former
spokesperson, who was appointed chief censor less than a year ago, has
ordered that he submit his posts for prepublication review.
