censorship in comment and analysis
The Weekly Round-Up: 04.04.08
Round-Up Probably eager to avoid being smitten with the Sword of Ultimate Smiting, Congresswoman Jane Harman said: "I am not advocating censorship. However, as it happens, the rather strange but law-abiding denizens of Second Life (no, not these guys... [04 Apr 2008]
The Brampton Factor: Chinese whispers
Comment There is also a continual rumble of criticism of China's regard for internet censorship. Like most censorship, Chinese efforts on the internet appear to be erratic and inconsistent. Censorship is an emotive subject and we are strongly committed to... [25 Oct 2007]
Editor's Blog: Burmese days on the internet
Comment When commentators have in the past talked about net censorship in other countries - notably the 'great firewall of China' - the emphasis has been on the control the government can exert and how Western comms equipment-makers appear only too happy... [27 Sep 2007]
China's internet revolution
Comment Our model on censorship is no different to foreign media in China. One word that seems synonymous with the internet in China in the Western media is censorship. Erisman says: "I don't spend any time worrying about censorship. [21 Jul 2006]
Dan's China diary - day 20
Comment Porter Erisman, an Alibaba VP, talks about censorship but says the benefits of providing internet services in China outweigh the negatives of having to conform. In May 2006, silicon.com senior reporter Dan Ilett travelled to China, seeking to get... [29 Jun 2006]
Dan's China diary - day 11
Comment There's still censorship though. This is his warts-and-all diary, which appears daily this month. For in-depth coverage of this fact-finding trip inside China, including analysis and exclusive stories, click here. [20 Jun 2006]
Devil's Advocate: Ethics before profit
Comment But reading of attacks on them by politicians over complicity in Chinese censorship, I almost shed a tear. Censorship of uninvited email communications might be very welcome to many. But I would not want to confine that behaviour to the single... [07 Feb 2006]
Leader: Give IT more than 10 minutes
Leader You'd think it was a 'no brainer' irrespective of some academic arguments opposed to censorship of the internet on principal. Today saw the latest MP exercise their right to a Ten Minute Bill ruling in order to get an IT issue onto the... [26 Oct 2005]
Wen Jiabao
AS Profile At the same time, other far-from-insignificant obstacles - such as the country's inconsistent enforcement of intellectual property rights and the totalitarian approach to internet censorship - will need to be tackled for western companies to feel... [23 Sep 2005]
Leader: Who wants to test bloggers' new 'dodge jail' measures?
Leader Free-speech advocates at French organisation Reporters Without Borders have compiled a booklet to inform bloggers and journalists in countries with heavy-handed censorship how to get their message out safely. [23 Sep 2005]
Opinion: Blogging - the great democratic equaliser?
Comment In other words, it involves the readers a part of the news gathering process and operates without the suspicion of local political correctness or censorship that many readers attach to local newspapers. [14 Sep 2005]
Leader: Why the UK can't defeat obscene web content
Leader The problem is that legality and censorship vary wildly from country to country and there is very little chance of agreement on an international standard of what is and isn't acceptable. The UK government is reportedly set to announce a crackdown... [15 Aug 2005]
Devil's Advocate: Who owns blogs?
Comment Naturally, there is still likely to be a significant degree of self censorship in blogs that have employer support. Have you started blogging? Millions of people have, creating another angle on the disputations about intellectual property rights. [14 Jun 2005]
Leader: Should businesses fight ethical battles?
Leader The software giant has neither confirmed nor denied this censorship but has given some woolly, non-committal statements that it abides by the regulations of the countries in which it operates. But any company that makes political statements... [13 Jun 2005]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Don't hold your breath for 3G
Comment Today that history looks all so quaint and the battles so unnecessary, just like the censorship of the works of DH Lawrence et al. The Science Museum, London, UK I just had a meeting with a group of young people who brought back a flood of memories... [02 Jun 2005]
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