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The Russian government blocks a public health website for publishing information about a banned drug; Google and Facebook comply with Indian court requests to take down objectionable content; Google's director of corporate and policy communications turns attention to "middle countries" without well-defined Internet freedom or censorship policies.
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The Russian government shuts down the website of the Andrey Rylkov Foundation for publishing information on methadone, a substance banned in the country.
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Google and Facebook have abided by Indian High Court demands to take down content from websites with Indian domains. They are scheduled to appear in court again on March 13.
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Polish citizens take to the streets to protest ACTA; Thailand government becomes first to endorse Twitter's censorship; Google follows Twitter's footsteps with changes to Blogger platform.
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Google joins Twitter and announces plans to censor on a country-to-country basis.
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Protests erupt in Europe over ACTA, what critics have called "SOPA's evil twin."
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Last week, Twitter announced that it will begin censoring tweets when faced with legal orders from individual countries.
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SOPA/PIPA loses support from 19 senators; Twitter will now begin withholding content on a country-to-country basis; Digital Agenda leader and European Commission VP criticizes SOPA on her Twitter feed while supporting ACTA.
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A Russian government official publicly criticized the US for proposing SOPA following protests by the Russian Pirate Party outside the American Embassy in Moscow last week.
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Polish public administration websites are attacked by hackers after the government passes the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.
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China's Internet users hit the 500 million mark; big tech companies oppose Indian High Court's ruling on content censorship; Wikipedia shuts down in protest of SOPA/PIPA; SOPA and PIPA lose support from Congress members after public outcry pressures reps to rethink the bills.
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As China officially surges ahead of the 500-million mark in terms of people using the Internet, many wonder whether the government can really sustain their tight grip on online content.
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Already a Twitter celebrity within days of creating an account, Rupert Murdoch took to the Twittersphere by criticizing Obama and Google for opposing SOPA/PIPA and for supporting piracy.
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The Iranian government steps up restrictions on Internet café use just in time for the country's legislative elections in March.
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Delhi's High Court recently warned American Internet companies to start filtering their content, threatening to block the sites if they do not abide by Indian requests to censor content. In the court order, Justice Suresh Kait drew a direct comparison between India and China.
China's Internet users hit the 500 million mark; big tech companies oppose Indian High Court's ruling on content censorship; Wikipedia shuts down in protest of SOPA/PIPA; SOPA and PIPA lose support from Congress members after public outcry pressures reps to rethink the bills.
The Iranian government steps up restrictions on Internet café use just in time for the country's legislative elections in March.
