internet 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. Rosedale said virtual reality is the next step in the evolution of the internet, and argued the virtual world... [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. When my electronic mail is cluttered up every day with requests... [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]
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. With 400 million mobile phone subscriptions and 110 million internet users, he says the... [29 Jun 2006]
Dan's China diary - day 11
Comment There's still censorship though. The big threat to the government's stronghold on the media is undoubtedly the internet. This is his warts-and-all diary, which appears daily this month. For in-depth coverage of this fact-finding trip inside China... [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. After the election, Tom Harris MP, another member of the All Party Internet Group picked up the baton and resurrected that... [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. Because as soon as they go down this route the government... [15 Aug 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]
The legacy of an FCC chairman
Comment But Powell's legacy is more complicated than either copyright or censorship. In particular, he deserves credit for erecting a historic set of protections for network providers and voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) companies. [25 Jan 2005]
Analysis: What Europe (still) doesn't get about tech
Comment European censorship is hardly new. One unsung benefit of the internet is how beautifully it illustrates why the technology climate in the United States is superior to the one in Europe. French internet providers are in more danger of being sued for... [23 Jun 2004]
Leader: Get to know your ISP
Leader BT announced earlier this week that it is trying out a new technology that blocks all sites with pornographic images of children from its internet customers. It's hard to argue with this because of the type of content being blocked. [09 Jun 2004]
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