Botched judge threat probe downs Fathers 4 Justice website: “ Taxpayers stung for unjust email injunction Exclusive The government faces accusations of technical incompetence and waste after it went to the High Court and shut…
Pakistan president Asif Zardari bans jokes ridiculing him – Telegraph: “Pakistan president Asif Zardari bans jokes ridiculing him Pakistan’s president, Asif Zardari, has been accused of suffering from a sense of humour failure after banning…
CN – Chinese Web sites close amid tightening controls(AP) Two more Web sites dedicated to social networking went offline in China amid tightening controls that have blocked Facebook, Twitter and other popular sites that offered…
Iran blocks Wikileaks: “ Site condemns their ‘Berlin Wall moment’ Iran has blocked access to whistleblowers’ site WikiLeaks, ahead of today’s expected protests.… “ (Via The Register – Public Sector.)
CN – How China polices the internet(Financial Times) Like the entire political apparatus in China, the censorship machine is controlled by two institutional bodies: the Communist party and the government. At the national level, the…
NZ – Web filter will focus solely on child sex abuse images: “(Press release) A filtering system to block websites that host child sexual abuse images will be available voluntarily to New Zealand internet service…
Child protection groups undermine Aussie Firewall: “ Gov.au attacks ‘spurious claims’ You know your child protection policy is in trouble when even mainstream children’s charities speak out against it – and this is just the…
Turkey’s YouTube Ban Is Cause For Concern – Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2009 July 08, 2009, By Claire Berlinski Very few people in Turkey are exercised by the YouTube blackout, now in…
AU – Net filtering a $33m waste: child groups(Australian IT) Child rights groups have come out in force to criticise the Rudd Labor government’s controversial plan to censor the internet, saying the scheme will divert…
New Calls for Global Web Censorship Probe – InternetNews.com Following social media flurry in Iran and China, lawmaker calls for a hearing to look into online censorship abroad. July 9, 2009, By Kenneth Corbin In…