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By: Jane Abell
Date: 01 Jul 2011
Reports from Chinese internet users and publications have revealed that Google's new social networking Google+ service is currently available in China, indicating that the earlier reports that China had blocked the service were either premature or outright false.
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By: Jane Abell
Date: 01 Jul 2011
With the 2011 Thai General Election fast approaching, the nation is gearing up to embrace what could herald a new chapter for the country, and revitalize its democracy after more than 5 years of political crisis. But news has emerged that Thais could face a stint in jail and a hefty fine if they’re caught commenting on any of the candidates or the parties on Twitter – or any other digital channel – in the build up to the election.
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By: Jane Abell
Date: 30 Jun 2011
Iranian officials appear to be increasingly worried about the U.S.-funded "Internet in a Suitcase" project that aims to deploy shadow Internet and telecommunication networks in repressive countries.
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By: Jane Abell
Date: 30 Jun 2011
The Irish government asked Google to remove content from its online services in 2009, according to the company, but Google gave no details on what that content was or why it was taken down.
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By: Jane Abell
Date: 30 Jun 2011
The final OECD communiqué on Internet Policy-Making Principles has been published. The entertainment industries and a few governments ultimately let blind copyright enforcement repression undermine the text's support of fundamental freedoms and the Net's openness.
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By: Jane Abell
Date: 30 Jun 2011
Today, the Government Accountability Office (the investigative arm of the US Congress), released a 15-page report, which outlines that in the two years since the Iranian election, no American companies have been selling online surveillance tools to the Islamic Republic.
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By: Jane Abell
Date: 30 Jun 2011
Earlier this week members of the hacker collective, and specifically a sub-group known as the People’s Liberation Front, (PLF) launched two new leaking sites, LocalLeaks.tk (not to be confused with the similarly named Localeaks.com) and HackerLeaks.tk. Both hope to receive documents through anonymous submission systems, analyze them, and then distribute them to the press to get “maximum exposure and political impact.”
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By: Jane Abell
Date: 30 Jun 2011
Computer hackers shut down al-Qaida's ability to communicate its messages to the world through the Internet, interrupting the group's flow of videos and communiqués, according to a terrorism expert.
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By: Jane Abell
Date: 29 Jun 2011
China today blocked the Google+ social network just one day after its limited release, drawing attention to the country's censorship practices that may try to prevent social uprisings.
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By: Jane Abell
Date: 29 Jun 2011
The Danish daily newspaper Information has obtained classified documents about propaganda strategy from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that would have been approved by top party leaders like President Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao.
