Turkey one of 13 to ban YouTube
Turkish Press Scanner – Turkish Daily News May 27, 2008: ” Turkey one of 13 to ban YouTube – Vatan Google and Reporters Without Borders, or RWB, have responded to court decisions that ban access…
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YoTube, Turkey and Ataturk videos
: “Testimony of Nicole Wong, Deputy General Counsel, Google Inc., U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law Hearing on ‘Global Internet Freedom: Corporate Responsibility and the Rule of Law’ May 20,…
US Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Global Internet Freedom
Interesting Read…. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: “May 13, 2008 The US Senate Committee on the Judiciary had a hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law on ‘Global Internet Freedom:…
Google Public Policy Blog: Promoting free expression on the internet
Google Public Policy Blog: Promoting free expression on the internet: “Promoting free expression on the internet Tuesday, May 20, 2008, Posted by Pablo Chavez, Senior Policy Counsel Google’s commitment to freedom of expression is at…
Human rights videos besiege the Tunisian Presidential palace
Human rights videos besiege the Tunisian Presidential palace Tunisia blocked access to both popular video-sharing websites, Youtube and Dailymotion, in order to prevent Tunisian netizens from watching video content featuring testimonies from former political prisoners…
Riding the rollercoster of Turkey’s Youtube bans
I am currently in istanbul, Turkey and as of today YouTube is still blocked. A court complaint of a single video clip (out of presumably millions of video files) results with the blocking of the…
China dissident held ‘for criticising quake response’
China dissident held ‘for criticising quake response’ Jonathan Watts in Beijing, The Guardian, Wednesday May 21 2008 Chinese police have detained a political dissident because of remarks he made about the government’s handling of the…
Analysis: Should YouTube censor al-Qaida?
Analysis: Should YouTube censor al-Qaida? – UPI.com: “Analysis: Should YouTube censor al-Qaida?” Published: May 20, 2008 at 10:12 AM, By SHAUN WATERMAN UPI Homeland and National Security Editor WASHINGTON, May 20 (UPI) — Sen. Joseph…
Cisco Systems Denies Online Censorship Role in China
Cisco Systems Denies Online Censorship Role in China: A Cisco executive told a Senate subcommittee Tuesday that comments in an internal document about China’s goal to ‘combat’ a religious group did not reflect the company’s…
Syria: Three-Year Sentence for Blogger Tariq Baiasi
Syria: Three-Year Sentence for Blogger Tariq Baiasi: On Sunday 11-5-2008 the State Security Court in Damascus stated its verdict on the Syrian blogger Tariq Baiasi who was held in detention since 7-7-2007. Tariq was detained…