China has confirmed it will continue with plans to force every computer in the country to run controversial filtering program Green Dam. The move...
China web censorship controversy continues
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US lodges China complaint over web censorship
An official complaint was lodged by US representatives with the Chinese government over plans to introduce mandatory Green Dam web censorship...
Catholic teacher fired in Vietnam over website row
A Catholic teacher has been fired in Vietnam for allegedly encouraging her students to access "politically sensitive web-sites". Read more here
China blocks website before Tiananmen anniversary
The online version of one of China's most radical magazines, Yanhuang Chunqiu (China Through the Ages) has been closed by the censors who patrol the...
UK troops banned from Page 3 website
The Ministry of Defence has banned UK troops in Iraq and Afghanistan from looking at The Sun's page3.com website deeming it inappropriate for...
Australian ‘hacktivists’ attack classification website
The Australian National Classification Board’s website was hacked into just before Senator Stephen Conroy went onto television to defended the...
Journalist released, website reopened in Mauritania
Writer and journalist Abou Abbass Ould Brahim, the editor of the news website Taqadoumy, was released today after being held for three days in the...
Libel: Strasbourg ruling a setback for web publishing
This is a guest post by Peter Noorlander The European Court of Human Rights today handed down its judgment in the case of Times Newspapers Ltd (Nos....
Groups appeal for web freedom
Human rights groups are urging Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft not to become complicit in Internet censorship, declaring 12 March World Day Against...
Watching Me, Watching You
Government data retention plans will make life difficult for Britain's investigative journalists, says Bill Thompson The UK government’s decision to...
Wikipedia page blocked over image of naked child.
A Wikipedia page showing an image of an album cover by German heavy metal band The Scorpions has been blocked following allegations of potential...
An imprecise and unwelcome art
Internet filtering, no matter how modern, serves the same purposes as censorship always has, says Egbert Dommering Filtering is the latest form of...
