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Modern Censorship in Russia

By Chris Bennett, Tudor Carsten, Michael R. Coburn, Sarah Dale-Harris, Pablo Guzman, Danielle (Dani) Lemon, Chris Metcalfe and David Spratley

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Folks in Russia weren't impressed with a scene in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 where a Russian terror cell shoots up an airport full of civilians. After threats of government bans or recalls, Activision has reportedly decided to remove the offensive scene from the Russian version of the game. Russia has no formal ratings board for video games, so the approach to game review in Russia is different. Equally effective, though, it would appear... Gamasutra coverage here.Bookmarks: <a href="http://del.icio.us/login/?url=http://www.davis.ca/en/blog/Video-Game-Law/2009/11/18/Modern-Censorship-in-Russia&title=Modern+Censorship+in+Russia" >Delicious</a>, <a href="http://digg.com/tools/digthis.php?u=http://www.davis.ca/en/blog/Video-Game-Law/2009/11/18/Modern-Censorship-in-Russia" >Digg </a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://www.davis.ca/en/blog/Video-Game-Law/2009/11/18/Modern-Censorship-in-Russia">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/bookmarks/mark?op=add&bkmk=http://www.davis.ca/en/blog/Video-Game-Law/2009/11/18/Modern-Censorship-in-Russia&title=Modern+Censorship+in+Russia" >Google</a>, <a href="http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://www.davis.ca/en/blog/Video-Game-Law/2009/11/18/Modern-Censorship-in-Russia&title=Modern+Censorship+in+Russia">Reddit</a>, <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://www.davis.ca/en/blog/Video-Game-Law/2009/11/18/Modern-Censorship-in-Russia&title=Modern+Censorship+in+Russia">StumbleUpon</a>, <a href="http://myweb2.search.yahoo.com/myresults/bookmarklet?u=http://www.davis.ca/en/blog/Video-Game-Law/2009/11/18/Modern-Censorship-in-Russia&=Modern+Censorship+in+Russia" >Yahoo</a>

Full post as published by Video Game Law Blog on December 04, 2009 (boomark / email).