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RSS censorshipChina'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]
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]
Vint Cerf: People power must 'censor' the web
News In his foreword to the latest Reporters Without Borders report on the state of internet censorship, The Internet Under Surveillance - Obstacles to the Free Flow of Information Online, Cerf decried internet censorship by governments, and put the... [23 Jun 2003]
'Tunisia not fit to host world web summit'
News The groups say the country is unfit to host the international summit because of its track record for censorship. A global summit scheduled this week to address a power struggle over the internet is getting off to a rocky start in the eyes of some... [15 Nov 2005]
Web smut labelling plan still on cards
News This is not censorship. The US Department of Justice has stepped up its defence of a proposal to imprison website operators who don't label pages containing sexually explicit material. The idea, outlined in an April speech by attorney general... [19 Sep 2006]
The legacy of an FCC chairman
Comment But Powell's legacy is more complicated than either copyright or censorship. The ramifications of policies dictated by the chairman of the US Federal Communications Commission are quite often felt around the world - if not directly, then indirectly... [25 Jan 2005]
Rescuing Network Capacity From Spam
White Paper There are no false positives, no false negatives, or no content censorship. ArmorPost Anti-Spam provides an environment of authentic messaging to all participants. Registries and Gateways cooperate to authenticate every message and enforce... [03 Jul 2008]
How to Disable Internet Filtering Programs
White Paper Internet filtering software, internet babysitter programs, web blocking software.call it what you will, it is software that runs in the background on the machine you surf the 'net with for the purpose of restricting access to certain types of Web... [25 Feb 2004]
China in internet café crackdown
News Maintaining its iron-clad stance on information censorship, Chinese authorities have now banned internet cafes from sprouting up near residences and schools. Internet-cafe owners are barred from operating within a 200-meter radius from residential... [25 Mar 2004]
Microsoft source code to go on state display
News Microsoft is to be forced to open up its source code to the nine remaining states still pressing for more severe censorship of the company in the long-running antitrust trial against it. Last week the US states requested a chance to look at the... [18 Feb 2002]
Rivals damn McAfee's gagging licences
News Network Associates, the anti-virus vendor at the centre of a court battle over its censorship of software reviews, has been slammed by industry peers for its 'draconian' measures. The software vendor found itself in court last month after the New... [05 Mar 2002]
Hackers aren't quite ready to wage war on censors
News A group of hackers has decided to pull the launch of its ambitious file-sharing project designed to trounce censorship. The project, named Peekabooty was announced last year by hacker group Cult of the Dead Cow, apparently needs more work before it... [28 Jun 2001]
Pakistan to give away anti-porn software
News Authorities in Pakistan are banking on self-censorship to weed out internet pornography in the conservative Muslim nation. The country plans to soon develop content-filtering software to stop its one million internet users from accessing adult... [04 Jul 2003]
Podcast: The Weekly Round-Up 24.08.07
Round-Up Podcast Up for discussion this week: the battle of the sexes in IT, tech-savvy youngsters who can't read or write, biodegradable hardware, chip and bin anarchy and Wikipedia censorship. Host Sylvia Carr is joined by Natasha Lomas, Steve Ranger and Tim... [24 Aug 2007]
"Sometimes we have to admit that we got it a bit wrong, and this time we got it a bit wrong."
News Internet censorship is "a serious form of organised and systematic violence against citizens, is intended to generate confusion and xenophobia and is a reprehensible violation of trust. Oxblood Ruffin, founder of Hacktivismo.http://www.silicon.com... [06 Dec 2002]
