With 500 million internet users, how does China censor the web? Dinah Gardner explains the Communist Party’s sophisticated online controls
The mechanics of China’s internet censorship
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CATEGORY: Campaigns
UAE: Joint open letter to William Hague calling for release of activists
Since March, Emirati authorities have arrested over 50 activists and human rights defenders in a widespread crackdown on dissent. Index joins a group of international rights groups in calling on UK Foreign Minister William Hague and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to push for the prisoners’ release
The curious case of Belarus’s bears that weren’t there
A young Belarusian journalist has been arrested and detained – for taking photographs of teddy bears that the government denies even exist.
Andrei Aliaksandru reports
Max Mosley versus the web
Max Mosley has some ambitious ideas for the internet. Speaking briefly at the Leveson Inquiry today, the former motorsports boss outlined his plans for the future regulation of the British press, on which Leveson will make recommendations this...
What?!? Now we're not even allowed to link to the Olympics website?
Padraig Reidy: What?!? Now we’re not even allowed to link to the Olympics website?
Index urges British MPs to back creation of EU special representative on human rights
On Thursday 12 July, British parliamentarians will vote on a government motion on whether to back the creation of a European Union special representative on human rights
Index condemns Russian internet blacklist plan
Russia's Wikipedia and LiveJournal blacked out today to protest a draft law that would allow websites that promote drugs, suicide or contain contain porn or “extremist” materials to be blacklisted without judicial oversight. Activists fear the...
Russia prepares internet blacklist
A draft law is set to create a digital blacklist of Russian websites which promote drugs or suicide or contain contain porn or "extremist" materials. The draft law would allow websites to be blacklisted without judicial oversight --- it merely...
Azerbaijan anti-censorship petition goes to Houses of Parliament
British MPs back Index campaign to protect free speech in Eurovision host state
Libel reform is no joke
Comics Dara Ó Briain and Dave Gorman and scientist Professor Brian Cox joined Index and the Libel Reform Campaign at Downing Street to demand a public interest defence in the defamation bill
Petitions, letters, and press releases from Index on Censorship