Indian government forced to censor one of its own websites
A recent defamation suit forced the Indian government to apply its notoriously harsh censorship laws to 78 of its own webpages.
On Feb 21, 2013 by Kevin Collier
Former Google China head blocked on Weibo, but not on Twitter
Lee Kaifu, a former Microsoft and Google exec famous for railing against Chinese Internet censorship, has been blocked from China’s most popular social networks.
On Feb 18, 2013 by Kevin Morris
Russian blogging platform censored in “pedophile” controversy
Was a popular Russian blogging site blacklisted because of a pedophile account, or as part of a wider free-speech crackdown?
On Feb 14, 2013 by Jennifer Abel
YouTube files suit over Russian censorship
Analysts claim that Google’s suit is likely the first to ever legally challenge the hotly contested Bill 89417-6, but it will not be the last.
On Feb 12, 2013 by Chase Hoffberger
Russia wants to save you from porn by censoring the Internet
An entire Russian region will soon launch a vast experiment in Internet censorship.
On Feb 6, 2013 by Kevin Morris
Godmother of Cuban blogging finally gets her passport
Yoani Sánchez, a prominent Cuban dissident and one of the earliest and most important bloggers in the Communist nation, has finally been granted a passport.
On Jan 31, 2013 by Curt Hopkins
New Orleans settles Super Bowl “Clean Zone” lawsuit
New Orleanians have won a lawsuit against The “Clean Zone,” an area of the city where only the NFL and its sponsors can post signage.
On Jan 30, 2013 by Curt Hopkins
Did Germany’s GEMA take down Kim Dotcom’s Mega launch video?
Dotcom says GEMA eighty-sixed his video from YouTube, and he’s threatening legal action. GEMA says it did nothing of the sort.
On Jan 24, 2013 by Kevin Collier
Australians can vote for pirates this year
The Pirate Party has had a hard time outside of Europe until now.
On Jan 23, 2013 by Kevin Collier
World’s largest chat app takes Chinese censorship global
A list of words and phrases censored in China also affects international users of the world’s most popular messaging app, WeChat.
On Jan 11, 2013 by Curt Hopkins
Belarus is building a massive Internet tracking system
Despite adding new Internet users at one of the fastest rates in the world, Belarus is on a path toward even more totalitarian Internet restriction.
On Jan 4, 2013 by Kevin Collier
China’s “Great Firewall” cracks down on VPNs
Virtual Private Networks have long been used to circumvent China’s “Great Firewall,” but the government is now restricting VPNs.
On Dec 17, 2012 by Curt Hopkins
India bans police from making arrests over Facebook posts
Communications Minister Kapil Sibal says such arrests are “an abuse” of the law, but does not want to change the controversial law itself.
On Nov 30, 2012 by Kevin Collier
Russian court bans Pussy Riot performance video
Video clips of the cathedral performance that led to the all-female protest punk band’s arrest have now been banned throughout their home country.
On Nov 29, 2012 by Chase Hoffberger
Facebook apologizes for mistaking elbows for breasts
Facebook has come to its senses, apologizing for its banning of an indecent image that was hardly indecent at all.
On Nov 27, 2012 by Chase Hoffberger
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