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Iran denies intranet rumors; major software companies support CISPA; China blocks all foreign websites for one day after Anonymous attacks Chinese websites.
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Facebook, Microsoft, and a number of major technology firms wrote letters to Congress in support of CISPA, prompting people to detail the differences between CISPA and its SOPA predecessor.
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Iran's Ministry of Information and Communications Technology has denied reports that the country will install an Intranet in the next five months that will block Gmail, Facebook, and many other websites in attempts to create a "clean Internet."
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Critics call CISPA the sequel to SOPA; Anonymous targets and defaces over 500 Chinese websites; Arizona approves a controversial online harassment bill; Microsoft blocks links to the Pirate Bay.
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Critics attack new House bill that would have similar effects on Internet freedom as SOPA and PIPA.
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Arizona's House of Representatives passed a bill originally intended to prevent telephone harassment that now extends to electronic communications. Critics now fear that the bill violates the First Amendment and will give the state the power to censor content arbitrarily.
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Windows Live Messenger is being accused of censorship and blocking links that advertise the Pirate Bay.
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The Global Online Freedom Act gets approval from a House subcommittee that would prevent American firms from contributing to censorship in foreign countries.
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China removes all mentions of Bo Xilai on microblogs; Egypt plans to ban all online pornography; Iranian food blogger talks about Iceland Internet conference about getting around Iran's Internet bans.
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The Egypt Independent reports that the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology is aiming to reduce pornography consumption on the Internet.
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Mr. Taster, an Iranian food critic, speaks at the Reykjavik Internet Marketing Conference about bypassing restrictive Internet censorship in Iran to make use of social media.
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After Chinese politician Bo Xilai was removed from his post as the Secretary of Chongqing municipality last week, a flurry of online activity occurred on China's most popular microblogging site Weibo. Now, the Communist Party is cracking down on the site to prevent dissidence.
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Britain's Foreign Secretary points the finger at Tehran for blocking a British government website aimed at reaching out to Iranians about British foreign policy.
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Pakistan reverses decision to install a firewall; PayPal loosens its policy regarding erotic e-book content; the UK criticizes Iran for blocking a British foreign policy website; Reporters Without Borders releases its 2011 "Enemies of the Internet" Report.
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Pakistan's Minstry of Information Technology withdraws plans to install a URL blocking system on the country's Internet after criticisms.
Iran denies intranet rumors; major software companies support CISPA; China blocks all foreign websites for one day after Anonymous attacks Chinese websites.0 comment(s)
Iran's Ministry of Information and Communications Technology has denied reports that the country will install an Intranet in the next five months that will block Gmail, Facebook, and many other websites in attempts to create a "clean Internet."
Critics attack new House bill that would have similar effects on Internet freedom as SOPA and PIPA.
Britain's Foreign Secretary points the finger at Tehran for blocking a British government website aimed at reaching out to Iranians about British foreign policy.
Pakistan reverses decision to install a firewall; PayPal loosens its policy regarding erotic e-book content; the UK criticizes Iran for blocking a British foreign policy website; Reporters Without Borders releases its 2011 "Enemies of the Internet" Report.
Pakistan's Minstry of Information Technology withdraws plans to install a URL blocking system on the country's Internet after criticisms.
