censorship
RSS censorshipEditor'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]
Human rights enshrined in open source software
News In July, Ruffin published a manifesto that referenced the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights and said internet censorship is "a serious form of organised and systematic violence against citizens, is... [02 Dec 2002]
Google banned by Chinese government
News This is the first time a search engine has been blocked in this way in China, but political unrest, ahead of a Party congress expected to see sweeping changes in the country's leadership is thought to have been the catalyst for this... [03 Sep 2002]
Yahoo! 'helped China jail journalist for state secret leak'
News collaborates enthusiastically with the Chinese regime in questions of censorship, and now we know it is a Chinese police informant as well. A French media watchdog group claimed on Tuesday that Yahoo! [07 Sep 2005]
Amnesty slams 'colluder' Google
News Allen urged all internet companies to "resist the Chinese government's censorship pressure, which is a violation of internationally recognised rights of free expression". Amnesty International has hit out at Google over... [27 Jan 2006]
Analysis: What Europe (still) doesn't get about tech
Comment European censorship is hardly new. Declan McCullagh, from silicon.com's sister site CNET News.com, offers his perspective on why the US is a more attractive option than Europe to technology entrepreneurs and start-ups. [23 Jun 2004]
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... [15 Aug 2005]
Dot-eu sails into stormy waters
News The amendment, which could be used to bar domains like ira.eu or eta.eu, is likely to cause concern amongst industry experts and lead to accusations of censorship. A storm is brewing over the creation of Europe's... [06 Sep 2001]
CIO Jury: Corporate blogs more than a fad
News He said: "The real dilemma that we faced, as do all corporate blogs, is the issue of censorship, moderation, PR and the shades of grey between these three states. Corporate blogs can be a useful communication and... [08 Sep 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]
IWF refocuses on international issues
News However, Chris Ellison, founder of Internet Freedom, criticised the IWF, branding it "unaccountable", and saying it "operates a policy of invisible censorship that is repugnant to democracy". The Internet Watch... [25 Jan 2000]
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... [02 Jun 2005]
International anti-spam crusades score big wins
News The organisation had found its English language site being blocked due to the government's censorship policies and has now set up a SpamHaus written site in Chinese and hosted in China, with details on acceptable usage... [28 May 2004]
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... [04 Apr 2008]
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... [23 Sep 2005]
