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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 30 Aug 2011
South Korean ban on 2,600 pop songs deemed as "hazardous content" over the past two years has sparked anger in South Korean community.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 30 Aug 2011
Yale professor, Navid Hassanpour argues that the Internet may actually hinder revolutions by creating mass-confusion while doing little to generate action. Global Voices writer and Tunisian revolutionary Slim Amamou questions this logic, arguing that without the Internet, the revolutions which took place during the Arab Spring may not have occurred at all.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 29 Aug 2011
Fake Indian 'Immigration Bureau' Sina Weibo account deleted after facilitating discussion on several contentious issues in China such as education, real estate, medical care, and democracy.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 29 Aug 2011
The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority has banned the use of encryption software and any technology that would allow users to browse the Internet privately. This effectively bans the use of VPNs and EVPNs as well.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 29 Aug 2011
U.K. prime minister David Cameron drops proposal to censor social media in the wake of riots after a Thursday meeting between Home Secretary Theresa May and social media representatives.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 29 Aug 2011
Uzbekistan launches an state-led internal social network. The new network is called Muloqot.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 26 Aug 2011
An analysis of whether BART's decision to shut down cell service in an attempt to prevent protests violated free speech rights.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 25 Aug 2011
China has banned 100 songs from artists including Lady Gaga, the Backstreet Boys, and Beyonce, stating that the songs "harm the security of state culture must be cleaned up and regulated under the law". Among the list of banned songs are Lady Gaga's "Marry the Night", "Hair", and "Edge of Glory".
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 25 Aug 2011
Chinese secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, Liu Qi, has told Internet portal and microblogging service Sina "step up the application and management of new technology, and absolutely put an end to fake and misleading information."
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 24 Aug 2011
Chinese 10 year old girl's blog account and posts are deleted by censors after she created a post discussing the suspicious death of her father under police custody.
