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Campaign Snapshot: Taking on iTunes's over censorship (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News December 12, 2018

In 2018, SMEX launched a petition in collaboration with the Lebanese band Al-Rahel Al-Kabir to make their songs – which had been censored from iTunes Middle East – available on the platform.
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