US raises China filter amid business concern: official: “(AFP) The United States raised concerns to China about its new rule requiring Internet filtering software in computers after US businesses voiced unease. Computer makers have been…
Google and Facebook go Farsi to help spread Iran message: “Google and Facebook set up Farsi versions of their websites and services yesterday, saying that they were responding to the importance of the internet as…
CN – Google to cut China porn results: “(BBC) Google says it will take ‘all necessary steps’ to remove pornography from its Chinese language portal, Google.cn. The firm was responded to criticism from China’s internet…
Google submits to Beijing porn drive: “ Thumbing nose at Tehran OK, but not at Beijing Google’s attempt to burnish its public image by helping anti-government demonstrators in Iran has been hobbled by its apparent…
Web Pries Lid of Censorship by Iranian Government: “Iran’s sometimes faltering attempts to come to grips with censorship in the 21st century are providing a laboratory for what can and cannot be done. (Via NYT…
Iran Threatens Bloggers, ‘Deviant News Sites’: “Iran’s bloggers and in-country journalists are told to tone down their rhetoric by the fearsome Revolutionary Guard, or face some unpleasant consequences. (Via Wired News.)
Iran’s Twitter Revolution: Ahmadinejad’s Fear of the Internet: “With the Iranian authorities cracking down on the international press, the West is reliant on the Internet to find out what is happening on the ground. Hard…
China Orders Patches to Planned Web Filter: “Efforts to improve a censorship application suggest that the government still supports its use. “ (Via NYT > Technology.)
Google, Facebook rush Iranian language support: “ Twitter has the starring role as opening up Net communications about Iran’s turbulent politics, but Google and Facebook are jumping in with their its own hasty efforts. Google…
Internet proxies let Iranians and others connect to blocked Web sites | Science & Technology | Deutsche Welle | 18.06.2009 New media tools like Twitter have helped organize protests from Georgia to Guatemala and, now,…