internet censorship
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]
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 Service Providers' Association (Ispa) has repeated its assertion that ISPs should... [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 iTunes music through the Bebo social... [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 OpenNet Initiative (ONI), which is made up of groups at... [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 internet in these countries has... [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 in the 'to google or not to... [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 Justice Department's Office... [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 company has named it, will... [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 have in different ways... [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 "reasonably effective" denial of... [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 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]
Cheat Sheet: Net neutrality
Cheat Sheet Democrat congressmen and senators, believing that it will create a new form of 21st century monopoly and censorship, tabled an amendment that would enshrine "net neutrality". The telcos argue that in television, radio and press, distributors have... [16 Jun 2006]
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