Index on Censorship » BlackBerry Messenger http://www.indexoncensorship.org for free expression Sat, 18 May 2013 18:40:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 for free expression Index on Censorship no for free expression Index on Censorship » BlackBerry Messenger http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org India: BlackBerry snooping system underway http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/04/india-blackberry-rim/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/04/india-blackberry-rim/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:01:42 +0000 Marta Cooper http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=35099 BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) has given Indian security forces access to private instant messages. The move follows the setting up of a BlackBerry service centre in Mumbai last February, with official sources reporting that the interception of BlackBerry’s messenger service (BBM) messages will be used in cases where criminal activity is suspected. Law enforcement [...]

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]]> access to private instant messages. The move follows the setting up of a BlackBerry service centre in Mumbai last February, with official sources reporting that the interception of BlackBerry’s messenger service (BBM) messages will be used in cases where criminal activity is suspected. Law enforcement agents must first seek gain permission from the Home Ministry, before sending a request to the suspect’s operator or RIM for the data it needs. RIM has neither confirmed nor denied the reports.

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]]> http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/04/india-blackberry-rim/feed/ 0 UK: Disorder no excuse to clamp down on internet http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/11/uk-david-cameron-cybersecurity-internet/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/11/uk-david-cameron-cybersecurity-internet/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:00:48 +0000 Alice Purkiss http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=28569 Governments must not crack down on internet and mobile phone networks during times of unrest, the British Prime Minister David Cameron said yesterday. Speaking at a two-day international cybersecurity conference in London, Cameron said that cybersecurity should not be an “excuse for censorship or to deny their people the opportunities that the internet represents”. Speaking at [...]

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]]> Governments must not crack down on internet and mobile phone networks during times of unrest, the British Prime Minister David Cameron said yesterday. Speaking at a two-day international cybersecurity conference in London, Cameron said that cybersecurity should not be an “excuse for censorship or to deny their people the opportunities that the internet represents”. Speaking at the same conference, Index on Censorship CEO John Kampfner said: “as soon as our own Western-style stability of the state is called into question then freedom of expression is expendable. There should be one rule for all, including Western governments.”

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]]> http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/11/uk-david-cameron-cybersecurity-internet/feed/ 1 UK: Twitter vows to protect users from government http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/10/uk-twitter-vows-to-protect-users-from-government/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/10/uk-twitter-vows-to-protect-users-from-government/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:46:18 +0000 Alice Purkiss http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=28134 Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has stressed the need to keep freedom of speech as a priority, even in times of civil unrest. Speaking at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco on Monday, Costolo stood by the decision not to suspend the service or reveal user identities to authorities in the wake of the UK [...]

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]]> Dick Costolo has stressed the need to keep freedom of speech as a priority, even in times of civil unrest. Speaking at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco on Monday, Costolo stood by the decision not to suspend the service or reveal user identities to authorities in the wake of the UK riots this summer. Talks between representatives from Facebook, Twitter, BlackBerry Messenger and Home Secretary Theresa May during the riots caused speculation that the government would try to temporarily suspend the digital networks.

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]]> http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/10/uk-twitter-vows-to-protect-users-from-government/feed/ 0 Index on Censorship reaction to David Cameron comments on social media http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/08/index-on-censorship-reaction-to-david-cameron-comments-on-social-media/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/08/index-on-censorship-reaction-to-david-cameron-comments-on-social-media/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:36:29 +0000 Index on Censorship http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=25521 Index on Censorship news editor Padraig Reidy said today: “David Cameron must not allow legitimate anger over the recent riots and looting in the UK to be used in an attack on free expression and free information. Too often, channels of communication, whether Twitter, Facebook or BlackBerry Messenger are seen as the culprits in acts [...]

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