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By: Simon Columbus
Date: 05 Aug 2011
Searches made by millions of Internet users are being hijacked and redirected by some Internet service providers in the US. Patents filed by Paxfire, the company involved in the hijacking, suggest that it may be part of a larger plan to allow ISPs to generate revenue by tracking the sites their customers visit.
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By: Simon Columbus
Date: 05 Aug 2011
In the face of increasing concerns from the public over a planned Internet filtering system to be imposed in late August, Turkey's Internet watchdog decided not to oblige Internet users to choose a filtering option and postponed the introduction of the system until November.
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By: Simon Columbus
Date: 04 Aug 2011
Yesterday the UK government announced that following a report from regulator OFCOM, plans to block alleged copyright-infringing websites would be dropped. A second report by the regulator was partly censored by the Culture Ministry, but the omissions have been uncovered.
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By: Simon Columbus
Date: 04 Aug 2011
Russia's interior minister called on Tuesday for limits on the Internet to prevent a slide in traditional cultural values among young people, raising fears of controls over the vibrant Russian-language Web.
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By: Simon Columbus
Date: 04 Aug 2011
Charles Chao, CEO of China's biggest microblogging service Sina Weibo, is treading a fine line between an active user base in the hundreds of millions and the censorship demands of the Chinese states.
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By: Simon Columbus
Date: 04 Aug 2011
Burmese found guilty of defaming individuals and organisations on the social networking site Facebook risk up to five years in prison under the Electronic Transactions Act, domestic news has warned.
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By: Simon Columbus
Date: 03 Aug 2011
For countries looking to censor the Web, offline URL filtering appear to be the weapon of choice as more Internet service providers (ISPs) turn to it to comply with government regulations in a cost-effective manner.
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By: Simon Columbus
Date: 03 Aug 2011
UK business secretary Vince Cable says that site blocking is too cumbersome and unworkable, and work is being done on other ways to tackle online copyright infringement.
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By: Simon Columbus
Date: 03 Aug 2011
McAfee publishes an in-depth analysis of victim profiles from a five year targeted malware operation.
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By: Simon Columbus
Date: 02 Aug 2011
Jacob Appelbaum speaks about the circumvention software TOR and how it was used during the Egyptian revolution.
