Although only 10 per cent of India's population is online, a divisive national debate over internet freedom has implications for the country's...
India’s face-off with internet freedom
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CATEGORY: Digital Freedom
The strange cyber-utopianism of the internet censor
Padraig Reidy: The strange cyber-utopianism of the internet censor
The mechanics of China’s internet censorship
With 500 million internet users, how does China censor the web? Dinah Gardner explains the Communist Party’s sophisticated online controls
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...
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 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...
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"...
Internet freedoms under increasing attack
While the internet and social media facilitate democratic instant global discourse, they are also tools of control, says Kirsty Hughes
PLUS: Read our Storify of the Dublin Internet Freedom Conference
Lord Justice Leveson’s big internet problem
The inquiry into UK press standards does not seem to understand how to deal with the web, says Marta Cooper
South Africa: Newspaper drops controversial image of president from website
The website of a South African newspaper has been forced to remove an image of a controversial painting of President Jacob Zuma. City Press...
Thailand: Webmaster Chiranuch Premchaiporn sentenced in lèse majesté case
A Thai webmaster has been found guilty of not removing posts deemed insulting to the country's monarchy quickly enough. The court...
India: Government debates cyber censorship, ‘hacktivists’ hack government websites
Hacktivists have targeted two Indian government websites, as discussions of internet regulation took place in parliament. The websites of India’s...
