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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 15 Sep 2011
Two bloggers are found hung by a pedestrian bridge after posting to well known Internet sites that collect reports on drug violence where reporters can no longer safely do their jobs. Notes left with the victims warned of similar action against other "snitches"
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 14 Sep 2011
Indian MP, Jayant Chaudhary calls for a review of India's Internet controls in the recently concluded Lok Sabha session.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 14 Sep 2011
The Usenet indexing site Newzbin2 has released an encrypted client to access its site after the London High Court UK ISP BT to block subscriber access to the site. The block is not expected to go in place until October.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 13 Sep 2011
U.S. authorities, including the FBI and homeland security, have begun clamping down on the online hacktivist group Anonymous. U.S. officials claim that the group has moved from being online pranksters to a potential threat to national security.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 13 Sep 2011
Moroccan authorities have arrested 3 online activists in reaction to the recent surge in pro-democracy protests in the country in the past few days.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 12 Sep 2011
Egyptian security forces raid Al Jazeera in Egypt, detaining some of its staff. State news agency MENA claims that Al Jazeera was shut down, along with other channels, on Sunday for not having a proper license.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 12 Sep 2011
Leaked US cable reveals that the single-gateway structure of Chinese Internet access forced Google to censor its own results rather than allowing local ISPs to censor content.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 09 Sep 2011
China's censorship regime struggles to adapt to the explosion of Weibo usage and accompanying growth of criticism and citizen reporting online.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 09 Sep 2011
More Malaysians turn to online sources for news as Prime Minister Najib Razak calls for a reexamination of the country's strict censorship regulations.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 08 Sep 2011
Northeastern faculty member Hua Dong answers questions on how censorship of cultural and social material has impacted Chinese culture in the light of China's recent song bannings.
