internet censorship
Inbox: Who's to blame for snail's pace broadband?
Comment I'm sorry but that is against free speech, it is censorship and having "a place governments cannot reach" is a good thing, those that disagree should take a long look at what China does with internet... [12 Jan 2009]
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... [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... [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... [27 Sep 2007]
ISPs: 'Don't blame us for illegal activity'
News Any kind of censorship of the internet has to be at the government level - ISPs are not law enforcement. What we wouldn't want is corporate censorship. The Internet... [12 Jul 2007]
In Brief: Apple gets social, YouTube goes mobile, Yahoo! upholds censorship and IT disappoints
News At the company's AGM yesterday proposals to oppose internet censorship or set up a human rights committee to review such practices were both defeated. Apple is expected to announce a deal today to sell... [13 Jun 2007]
Net censorship on the rise
News Government censorship of internet content is widespread and on the rise. Twenty-five out of 41 governments studied block or filter internet content, according to a survey carried out by... [18 May 2007]
Enemies of the internet named and shamed
News Libya, the Maldives and Nepal were removed from the list this year as a result of fact-finding missions that revealed there were no longer any jailed cyber-dissidents, said Pain, who added that censorship of the... [08 Nov 2006]
Agenda Setters: Where are they now... Eric Schmidt
News While few people feel much sympathy for the Redmond behemoth, Google has also seen its public image take a battering this past year over issues as diverse as web censorship in China and the protection of its brand name... [21 Sep 2006]
Web smut labelling plan still on cards
News This is not censorship. The proposed restrictions are no different from requiring multipurpose stores such as 7-Eleven to shield pornographic magazines with so-called blinder racks, Larry Rothenberg, an attorney in the... [19 Sep 2006]
Google gets political
News at a well-publicised February hearing in which a House of Representatives panel lashed out at the companies' alleged compliance with the Chinese government's censorship regime. The top priority for Google NetPAC, as the... [19 Sep 2006]
Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! slammed over China
News betrayed their values and colluded with government censorship in China in pursuit of lucrative revenue opportunities, according to human rights charity Amnesty International. The Amnesty report said: "All three companies... [20 Jul 2006]
Cracked: The Great Firewall of China
News Even though this technique would only block communication between two particular points on the internet, the researchers calculated that a lone attacker using a single dial-up connection could still generate a... [04 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. With 400 million mobile phone... [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... [20 Jun 2006]
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