Algeria Joins Filtering Fray
Algeria Joins Filtering Fray: “ Algeria is the latest Arab country to join the ranks of Internet filterers, leaving only Iraq, Egypt, Libya, and Lebanon without widespread filtering. The first report of a blocked site…
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Tunisia and Bahrain Block Individual Twitter Pages
Tunisia and Bahrain Block Individual Twitter Pages: “ First, governments blocked Blogspot. Then they blocked Facebook, and then Twitter. And just when technophiles all over the globe started groaning, a couple of governments got a…
China Closes Down The Internet
CN – China Closes Down The Internet: “(Forbes) This week, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released regulations, dated Dec. 15, requiring the registration of all Web sites. MIIT’s justification was the need to…
India: Yahoo, Flickr and Microsoft introduce access filters
IN – Yahoo, Flickr and Microsoft introduce access filters: “(Guardian) A Guardian investigation has discovered that several internet companies have quietly introduced filters to prevent Indian users from accessing sexual content. The Yahoo search engine…
Iranian cyber army hits Twitter
'Iranian cyber army' hits Twitter: (BBC) A group claiming to be the Iranian Cyber Army managed to redirect Twitter users to its own site displaying a political message. Twitter said the attack had been carried…
AU – could soon have the most restrictive internet regime in the Western world
AU – could soon have the most restrictive internet regime in the Western world: (Sydney Morning Herald) Senator Stephen Conroy’s consultation paper on mandating the filtering of internet sites by Australian internet service providers suggests…
UK attempt to censor punternet.com
The truth behind Punternet.com, 2009 – Wikileaks: Punternet.com is a website for those who use prostitutes to write about their experiences in the similar manner to product review sites — price, location, features and quality….
China Imposes New Internet Controls
China Imposes New Internet Controls: “The new measures limit ordinary citizens’ ability to set up personal Web sites and to view hundreds of other sites.” (Via NYT > Freedom of Speech and Expression.)
China expands porn sting by shutting P2P video sites
CN – China expands porn sting by shutting P2P video sites: “(IDG News Service) Chinese regulators have taken a wide-ranging war against online porn one step further by closing a series of popular BitTorrent and…
China tightens Internet controls in the name of fighting porn, piracy, and cybercrime
CN – China tightens Internet controls in the name of fighting porn, piracy, and cybercrime: “(Rebecca MacKinnon) China’s blocking of overseas websites – including Facebook, Twitter, and thousands of other websites including this blog –…