Ban on YouTube Enters 2nd Year in Turkey
Ban on YouTube Enters 2nd Year: “Activists urge the government to leave content control to citizens and NGOs. Courts can easily ban access to web sites, depending on the law 5651.” (Via Bianet :: English.)
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Big boost for Aussie firewall
Big boost for Aussie firewall: “ Another shrimp on anti-prawnography trial barbie The controversial Great Aussie Firewall got a big boost yesterday when Australia’s second largest ISP Optus agreed to join the pilot.… “ (Via…
Mobile Broadband Providers Block The Pirate Bay
(Via TorrentFreak.) Mobile Broadband Providers Block The Pirate Bay Starting today, BT Mobile Broadband users are disallowed access to the largest BitTorrent tracker on the Internet, instead they get a ‘content blocked’ message. This proactive…
ADD moves to ban Google sites for defaming Atatürk in Turkey
ADD moves to ban Google sites for defaming Atatürk 13 April 2009, Monday, TODAY’S ZAMAN WITH WIRES, İSTANBUL The Atatürkist Thought Association (ADD) has moved to block access to Google Sites due to content it…
Amazon Says Error Removed Listings
Amazon Says Error Removed Listings: “A computer error that caused thousands of books on Amazon.com to lose their sales rankings led to cries of censorship from some critics. (Via NYT > Technology.)
U.K. Attacks Extreme Porn
U.K. Attacks Extreme Porn: “Recently, the U.K. has begun a clampdown on ‘extreme porn.’ Meanwhile, across the rest of Europe, various countries are limbering up to clamp down on adults viewing what they deem to…
Secret European project to battle online jihad
Secret European project to battle online jihad: “ ‘Significant’ international bid to block extremism The UK is collaborating with the German, Dutch and Czech governments on a secret research project on how to effectively block…
How the government uses dirty data to legislate morality
How the government uses dirty data to legislate morality: “ So what’s a standard deviation? When it comes to sex and censorship, Government’s insistence that laws are ‘evidence-based’ is little more than hot air.… “…
Germany not a hard-line censor after all
Germany not a hard-line censor after all: “ Wikileaks.de suffers chronic lack of teutonic efficiency Rumours of state censorship in Germany may turn out to have been just a little exaggerated. However, plans for putting…
In Britain, Web Leaves Courts Playing Catch-Up – Wikileaks
In Britain, Web Leaves Courts Playing Catch-Up – Wikileaks From Wikileaks, March 29, 2009 By Noam Cohen (New York Times)[1] On March 17, hours after publishing leaked documents on its Web site showing the lengths…