YouTube Banned in Russia Over Racist Video 29.07.2010 A court in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russia has demanded a Russian ISP block access to YouTube because the site hosted ‘Russia for Russians,’ which was judged to be an…
Written by Dr. Yaman Akdeniz, Associate Professor, Human Rights Law Research Center, Faculty of Law, Istanbul Bilgi University, and Director of Cyber-Rights.Org. (lawya@cyber-rights.org) Published also by Index on Censorship on 29.07.2010 Internet censorship is alive…
Political Economy – Morning briefing: China says Google will obey censorship laws, Britain’s deficit shrinks slightly: “China says Google will obey censorship laws, Britain’s deficit shrinks slightly By Ariana Eunjung Cha, Washington Post, 20.07.2010 *China…
BBC News – Pakistan to monitor Google and Yahoo for ‘blasphemy’: “Pakistan to monitor Google and Yahoo for ‘blasphemy’ 25.06.2010 Google website – file Pakistan says the main website will be unaffected Pakistan will start…
Approximately 2000 persons marched against government censorship of the Internet on Saturday, the 17th of July, 2010. The protest march started in the popular Taksim Square and ended in the Galatasaray square with a press…
Bianet: Deputy Governor Had Website Banned A Şanlıurfa court decided to ban access to the Sanlıurfa.com website due to articles and reader comments criticizing Deputy Governor Yıdıray Malğaç. Assoc. Prof. Dr Akdeniz said the decision…
Turkish group opens court case over Google services | Reuters Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:48am EDT * Thousands of websites blocked in Turkey * Turkey asking Google for $20 million in taxes * Row sparks…
Turkey faces legal challenge over YouTube ban | World news | The Guardian Internet rights group claims restrictions on access to Google-owned sites illegally discriminate against users * Nichole Sobecki in Istanbul * guardian.co.uk, Sunday…
English: Minister Yıldırım: YouTube or any Other Ordinary Person… – Bianet In the context of the access ban for the YouTube website, Transport Minister Yıldırım addressed YouTube officials, ‘You will be treated just the same…
BBC News – Google in ‘new approach’ on China: “Google in ‘new approach’ on China Page last updated at 08:10 GMT, Tuesday, 29 June 2010 09:10 UK Google has announced a ‘new approach’ in its…