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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 17 Oct 2011
A French court has ruled that a cop-watching site, which showed videos of cops arresting suspects, taunting protesters, and allegedly committing acts of violence against ethnic minorities, must be blocked by all ISPs.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 14 Oct 2011
Director general of China’s State Council Information Office, Wang Chen, states that online microblogging services such as Sina Weibo should be more tightly monitored.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 13 Oct 2011
China blocks Google's Android Market and the Android Gmail App.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 13 Oct 2011
Facebook has recently claimed that some parts of the users' personal data are its intellectual property.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 13 Oct 2011
The Internet Rights and Principles Coalition seeks to uphold human rights standards within government Internet policies and processin the face of a rapidly changing online environment.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 12 Oct 2011
Interesting article on Lina Ben Mhenni, a Tunisian blogger who began blogging at the Arab Spring's earliest stages, often at odds with the government regime.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 12 Oct 2011
Tint Swe, head of Myanmar's censorship department, has stated that censorship is incompatible with democratic practices and should be abolished in the near future.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 11 Oct 2011
The U.S. government obtained a secret court order forcing Google and a small ISP, Sonic, to hand over information on a WikiLeaks volunteer.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 11 Oct 2011
The New York Stock Exchange website slowed significantly twice on Monday when Anonymous had scheduled plans to launch a DDoS attack on the site.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 11 Oct 2011
A new study of online censorship in China and Iran indicates that, beyond human rights issues, Internet censorship may also hinder growth by creating obstacles for governments, businesses, and news organizations.
