The most expensive and forbidden Internet – Turkish Daily News Sep 23, 2008: “” The most expensive and forbidden Internet, Tuesday, September 23, 2008 CENGIZ AKTAR Last year, Turkish Internet users launched a terrific campaign…
Kuwait to block Youtube over anti-Muslim videos: “ Scan of the memo. Source: Aljarida.com The Kuwait Ministry of Communications has issued an order to local ISPs denying access to Youtube due to video content considered…
Flaws in YouTube gangster video vetting exposed – Times Online From The Times, September 18, 2008: Flaws in YouTube gangster video vetting exposed A Times investigation has exposed failures in the video-sharing website’s monitoring system…
Turkish court bans Richard Dawkins website | World news | guardian.co.uk: “Turkish court bans Richard Dawkins website Riazat Butt, religious affairs correspondent, guardian.co.uk, Thursday September 18 2008 13:46 BST Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins (above) described…
(Via Techdirt.) Will YouTube Ban Videos Of Putting Your Head In The Sand Next?: “It appears that Google’s YouTube subsidiary is caving to various government pressure concerning whatever videos the government doesn’t like. This started…
Evolutionist Dawkins’ Internet Site Banned In Turkey: “Turkish court has banned the access to world famous evolutionist Prof. Richard Dawkins’ internet site upon complaint by creationist Adnan Oktar on the grounds that the site contained…
BBC NEWS | UK | Crackdown on ‘suicide websites’: “Crackdown on ‘suicide websites’” [Note also the Times coverage: Government clampdown on ‘suicide websites’] The law on “suicide websites” is to be rewritten to ensure people…
YouTube removes clips glorifying gang violence: “YouTube, the world’s largest video-sharing website, this week removed over two dozen videos glorifying gangs and gang violence which had been on its website in some cases for over…
A Moroccan blogger who wrote an article criticising the King was sentenced to two years in jail after a startling short trial, report the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), International PEN’s Writers in…
Scientology critics fight YouTube takedown notices: “ Push Me F*ck You Net users are fighting back against attempts to remove content critical of the Church of Scientology (CoS) from YouTube.… “ (Via The Register –…